Commentary
Business & Economics
Phoenix: Not so free, not so unfree
July 24, 2008 Disloyal Opposition Blog, Phoenix isn’t a terrible place when it comes to personal freedom. It’s not so great either, despite Arizona’s overstated Wild-West reputation. Reason magazine’s Radley Balko raised a fuss in Chicago with his column in the Chicago Tribune taking that city to task for “treating ...
Business & Economics
Speaker criticizes N.J. climate for firms facing suits
New Jersey’s legal environment is one of the worst in the nation for a business defending itself against a tort lawsuit, and the climate can stunt a state’s job creation and economic growth, a trade group heard. The claim was made at a New Brunswick forum organized by the Trenton-based ...
Business & Economics
Partisan election of judges doesn’t help
Kudos to David Ridenour for highlighting many problems with West Virginia’s dysfunctional tort system in his July 15 column, “The state should pursue tort reform.” I’d like to add one more problem – the state’s partisan judicial elections. Litigation awards tend to be higher in states with an elected judiciary. ...
Business & Economics
Soaking the rich won’t solve boom-and-bust cycles
California’s Democratic legislators just proposed to slap $8.2 billion in tax hikes on “the rich.” This might raise some quick cash, but it’s a recipe for recession and more of the revenue roller coaster that will only make the next budget crisis worse. The Golden State’s most productive citizens already ...
Commentary
Let Energy Technologies Stand Alone
Late last month, the California Energy Commission and Public Utility Commission touted “feed-in tariffs” as yet another approach to spur development of renewable electricity sources. These “renewables” remain a favorite of government despite dismal economics and poor performance. Government favoritism toward renewables includes subsidies, mandatory purchases such as renewable portfolio ...
Commentary
Wonder why Universal Health Care is Nothing but Smoke and Mirrors?
American Alliance Training Network Corp., July 27, 2008 MASSACHUSETTS’S UNIVERSAL health care law turned one in April. To survive, its guardians have had to make many changes, each of which has increased current and future government spending, increased the government’s role in regulating the healthcare market, decreased individual responsibility to ...
Commentary
New Report Attempts to Tally California’s Cost of Remediation
A new report from the libertarian-leaning Pacific Research Institute attempts to calculate the total costs Californians bear as a result of students who graduate from high school unprepared for college. The report, scheduled for release today, estimates that each wave of freshmen entering California’s public colleges in need of remediation ...
Business & Economics
The Diplomatic Courier Announces Significant New Global Partners and New Advisory Board Member
Washington, DC – Today, the Diplomatic Courier is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its editorial base through partnerships with the Prague-based news organization Newstin (Czech Republic), the Zurich-based International Relations and Security Network (Switzerland), and the California-based Pacific Research Institute (United States). ‘The addition of these new partners ...
Business & Economics
Finding a Fix for New Jersey’s Climate Woes
New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, July 22, 2008 PRI’s Director of Business and Economic Studies, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D., talks about the U.S. Index of Tort Liability and New Jersey’s poor ranking at this event sponsored by the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance.
Business & Economics
Solidify California as the Nation’s Medicine Chest
The Star-Ledger is reporting that Hoffmann-La Roche, which employs 3,240 workers in New Jersey, is moving its corporate headquarters to California. Although the full jobs impact is not yet known, Hoffmann-La Roche’s move represents another setback for a state that in 1990 had 20 percent of the pharmaceutical jobs in ...
Phoenix: Not so free, not so unfree
July 24, 2008 Disloyal Opposition Blog, Phoenix isn’t a terrible place when it comes to personal freedom. It’s not so great either, despite Arizona’s overstated Wild-West reputation. Reason magazine’s Radley Balko raised a fuss in Chicago with his column in the Chicago Tribune taking that city to task for “treating ...
Speaker criticizes N.J. climate for firms facing suits
New Jersey’s legal environment is one of the worst in the nation for a business defending itself against a tort lawsuit, and the climate can stunt a state’s job creation and economic growth, a trade group heard. The claim was made at a New Brunswick forum organized by the Trenton-based ...
Partisan election of judges doesn’t help
Kudos to David Ridenour for highlighting many problems with West Virginia’s dysfunctional tort system in his July 15 column, “The state should pursue tort reform.” I’d like to add one more problem – the state’s partisan judicial elections. Litigation awards tend to be higher in states with an elected judiciary. ...
Soaking the rich won’t solve boom-and-bust cycles
California’s Democratic legislators just proposed to slap $8.2 billion in tax hikes on “the rich.” This might raise some quick cash, but it’s a recipe for recession and more of the revenue roller coaster that will only make the next budget crisis worse. The Golden State’s most productive citizens already ...
Let Energy Technologies Stand Alone
Late last month, the California Energy Commission and Public Utility Commission touted “feed-in tariffs” as yet another approach to spur development of renewable electricity sources. These “renewables” remain a favorite of government despite dismal economics and poor performance. Government favoritism toward renewables includes subsidies, mandatory purchases such as renewable portfolio ...
Wonder why Universal Health Care is Nothing but Smoke and Mirrors?
American Alliance Training Network Corp., July 27, 2008 MASSACHUSETTS’S UNIVERSAL health care law turned one in April. To survive, its guardians have had to make many changes, each of which has increased current and future government spending, increased the government’s role in regulating the healthcare market, decreased individual responsibility to ...
New Report Attempts to Tally California’s Cost of Remediation
A new report from the libertarian-leaning Pacific Research Institute attempts to calculate the total costs Californians bear as a result of students who graduate from high school unprepared for college. The report, scheduled for release today, estimates that each wave of freshmen entering California’s public colleges in need of remediation ...
The Diplomatic Courier Announces Significant New Global Partners and New Advisory Board Member
Washington, DC – Today, the Diplomatic Courier is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its editorial base through partnerships with the Prague-based news organization Newstin (Czech Republic), the Zurich-based International Relations and Security Network (Switzerland), and the California-based Pacific Research Institute (United States). ‘The addition of these new partners ...
Finding a Fix for New Jersey’s Climate Woes
New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance, July 22, 2008 PRI’s Director of Business and Economic Studies, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D., talks about the U.S. Index of Tort Liability and New Jersey’s poor ranking at this event sponsored by the New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance.
Solidify California as the Nation’s Medicine Chest
The Star-Ledger is reporting that Hoffmann-La Roche, which employs 3,240 workers in New Jersey, is moving its corporate headquarters to California. Although the full jobs impact is not yet known, Hoffmann-La Roche’s move represents another setback for a state that in 1990 had 20 percent of the pharmaceutical jobs in ...
