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Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden – How Government Policy Made the Pandemic Worse for Entrepreneurs
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the final paper in his “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on entrepreneurship. Wayne discusses how well-intentioned government policies enacted during the pandemic, such as eviction moratoriums and massive spending increases, actually made the pre-pandemic problems ...
Commentary
Democrats Abandon US Patients to Rescue Drug-Pricing Reform
Just a few days ago, it appeared that Democrats had given up on including prescription drug pricing reforms in their massive spending bill. But not anymore. In an eleventh-hour turn of events, congressional Democrats this week resurrected their long-standing desire to levy government price controls on prescription drugs. If lawmakers successfully deploy their latest ...
Blog
Microsoft Flies Under the Big Tech Backlash Radar
“Find a bad guy you can beat up in the stairwell.” That’s the main takeaway from a LinkedIn post I read recently on marketing. The post explained how big brands engage in witty ads to poke fun at competitors and try and make memorable marketing campaigns for consumers. Think of ...
Podcast
Clark Judge – The State of the Biden Presidency
This week’s guest is Clark Judge. In addition to being chairman of PRI, he is the founder and managing director of the White House Writers Group – a high stakes communications firm. Clark Judge was also speechwriter to Pres. Ronald Reagan. We discuss Pres. Biden’s handling of the pandemic, the ...
Medicaid
Democrats’ Latest Attempt To Expand Medicare Would Hurt Seniors
As part of their $3.5 trillion budget plan, Democrats hope to expand Medicare to include, among other additions, coverage for dental benefits by 2028. It’s a dream progressives have been pursuing for years. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called for the changes in his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaign platforms. House Speaker Nancy ...
Blog
Remembering September 11th, 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago, my day began fairly routinely for the middle of September. I was up early preparing to go to work for the final week of the legislative session – traditionally the busiest week of the year. I had the radio on while brushing my teeth and I heard ...
Blog
PRI’s “September Issue” 2021
Three years ago, lamenting over the politicization of fashion magazines, Sally Pipes and I tried our hand as fashion editors and featured the Men of PRI in all their finery for PRI’s September Issue blog. Little did we know then of the origins of women’s magazines, “style” sections, or recipe ...
Agriculture
Can Congress Bring More Broadband to Americans in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?
The public got a look at the 2,702-page federal infrastructure bill on Sunday, giving the country more details on how the Biden administration will tackle broadband infrastructure investment. The $65 billion being doled out to states for broadband comes in a variety of programs. The meat of the broadband funding ...
Podcast
An Interview with Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of the new biography on Sarah Josepha Hale
This week’s podcast guest is Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of the new book, Lady Editor, a biography of Sarah Josepha Hale. Hale was the editor of the most prominent ladies magazine in her day and responsible for publishing prominent American authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her ...
Drug Pricing
Watch PRI, Pioneer Institute Webinar on ICER, health care innovation
The Pioneer Institute and Pacific Research Institute hosted an educational webinar on the importance of protecting treatment access, innovation, and equity as Washington addresses drug pricing reforms on July 19, 2021. Pioneer Institute, PRI, and special guests explored the current policy landscape on treatment value and access and how policy ...
Wayne Winegarden – How Government Policy Made the Pandemic Worse for Entrepreneurs
PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the final paper in his “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on entrepreneurship. Wayne discusses how well-intentioned government policies enacted during the pandemic, such as eviction moratoriums and massive spending increases, actually made the pre-pandemic problems ...
Democrats Abandon US Patients to Rescue Drug-Pricing Reform
Just a few days ago, it appeared that Democrats had given up on including prescription drug pricing reforms in their massive spending bill. But not anymore. In an eleventh-hour turn of events, congressional Democrats this week resurrected their long-standing desire to levy government price controls on prescription drugs. If lawmakers successfully deploy their latest ...
Microsoft Flies Under the Big Tech Backlash Radar
“Find a bad guy you can beat up in the stairwell.” That’s the main takeaway from a LinkedIn post I read recently on marketing. The post explained how big brands engage in witty ads to poke fun at competitors and try and make memorable marketing campaigns for consumers. Think of ...
Clark Judge – The State of the Biden Presidency
This week’s guest is Clark Judge. In addition to being chairman of PRI, he is the founder and managing director of the White House Writers Group – a high stakes communications firm. Clark Judge was also speechwriter to Pres. Ronald Reagan. We discuss Pres. Biden’s handling of the pandemic, the ...
Democrats’ Latest Attempt To Expand Medicare Would Hurt Seniors
As part of their $3.5 trillion budget plan, Democrats hope to expand Medicare to include, among other additions, coverage for dental benefits by 2028. It’s a dream progressives have been pursuing for years. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., called for the changes in his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaign platforms. House Speaker Nancy ...
Remembering September 11th, 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago, my day began fairly routinely for the middle of September. I was up early preparing to go to work for the final week of the legislative session – traditionally the busiest week of the year. I had the radio on while brushing my teeth and I heard ...
PRI’s “September Issue” 2021
Three years ago, lamenting over the politicization of fashion magazines, Sally Pipes and I tried our hand as fashion editors and featured the Men of PRI in all their finery for PRI’s September Issue blog. Little did we know then of the origins of women’s magazines, “style” sections, or recipe ...
Can Congress Bring More Broadband to Americans in Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?
The public got a look at the 2,702-page federal infrastructure bill on Sunday, giving the country more details on how the Biden administration will tackle broadband infrastructure investment. The $65 billion being doled out to states for broadband comes in a variety of programs. The meat of the broadband funding ...
An Interview with Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of the new biography on Sarah Josepha Hale
This week’s podcast guest is Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of the new book, Lady Editor, a biography of Sarah Josepha Hale. Hale was the editor of the most prominent ladies magazine in her day and responsible for publishing prominent American authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her ...
Watch PRI, Pioneer Institute Webinar on ICER, health care innovation
The Pioneer Institute and Pacific Research Institute hosted an educational webinar on the importance of protecting treatment access, innovation, and equity as Washington addresses drug pricing reforms on July 19, 2021. Pioneer Institute, PRI, and special guests explored the current policy landscape on treatment value and access and how policy ...
