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Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Impact on Biden Plan on Economy, Entrepreneurship in Detroit News
“Everything is going up” on Thanksgiving Menu By Breana Noble and Candice Williams Michiganians should expect to pay more for Thanksgiving dinner this year as labor shortages, inflation, and other supply-chain issues lead to increasing prices at the grocery store . . . “Boring Uncle Joe is going to be ...
Book
With Number of Homeschoolers Surpassing Eight Million, New PRI Book Explores The Homeschool Boom
Book examines growing homeschool appeal to minority communities, special needs students, families fleeing conventional schools Examining the growth of homeschool enrollment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released The Homeschool Boom: Pandemic, Policies, and Possibilities, a new book that profiles families from ...
Business & Economics
New study analyzes how federal relief efforts impact small business, innovation amid Covid pandemic
By Sarah Downey | Nov 9, 2021 As Californians and families nationwide struggle with rising prices, concerns persist about the extent to which federal relief programs have increased barriers to economic opportunity and contributed to historic inflation. “The federal government’s response to the pandemic’s economic consequences have been a failure,” ...
Featured
NEW BRIEF: 340B Hospitals More Profitable, Provide Less Charity Care, Receive Unwarranted Subsidies
So-called 340B hospitals whose mission is to help the vulnerable are more profitable and provide less charity care, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based, free-market think tank. Click to download “Profiting from 340B” “The ...
Featured
New PRI Series to Show How Flawed U.S. Health Insurance System Inflates Costs, Decreases Quality and Reduces Health Outcomes
Addressing the ongoing problems with the U.S. health insurance system, the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today announced the release of the first paper in the Coverage Denied series, which will analyze and propose reforms to fix the problems in the current system ...
Drug Pricing
NEW BRIEF: Focus Groups Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Government “Negotiated” Drug Pricing
Today, the Pacific Research Institute published an issue brief revealing overwhelming public disapproval for Medicare reforms that Congress is considering as part of its $3.5 trillion spending bill. Click here to read the full issue brief, “Drug Pricing Proposals Threaten America’s Most Vulnerable Patients.” “It’s a relief that Americans oppose ...
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses Homeschool Boom on KFBK Morning News
Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the rise in homeschooling in California and his new book, The Homeschool Boom on the KFBK Morning News in Sacramento.
California
KFBK Interviews Wayne Winegarden on CA Migrating Study
Pacific Research Institute senior fellow and economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden joined the KFBK Morning News to talk about Tesla’s latest announcement that it’s moving its HQ to Texas and the findings in PRI’s most recent study “California Migrating.” Winegarden and hosts Sam Shane and Cristina Mendonsa talk about reasons for ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Talks Federal Debt Ceiling in Forbes
How The Debt Ceiling Debate Impacts The Average American If you’ve been watching the news lately, you have probably heard all about the “debt ceiling,” and how disastrous it will be if Congress doesn’t raise it. Fortunately, the sky isn’t actually falling — at least not yet. Just like other ...
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses Homeschool Boom on Newsy Tonight
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the growth in homeschooling enrollment and his upcoming book “The Homeschool Boom” with host Chance Seales on “Newsy Tonight” on Newsy.
Wayne Winegarden Discusses Impact on Biden Plan on Economy, Entrepreneurship in Detroit News
“Everything is going up” on Thanksgiving Menu By Breana Noble and Candice Williams Michiganians should expect to pay more for Thanksgiving dinner this year as labor shortages, inflation, and other supply-chain issues lead to increasing prices at the grocery store . . . “Boring Uncle Joe is going to be ...
With Number of Homeschoolers Surpassing Eight Million, New PRI Book Explores The Homeschool Boom
Book examines growing homeschool appeal to minority communities, special needs students, families fleeing conventional schools Examining the growth of homeschool enrollment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today released The Homeschool Boom: Pandemic, Policies, and Possibilities, a new book that profiles families from ...
New study analyzes how federal relief efforts impact small business, innovation amid Covid pandemic
By Sarah Downey | Nov 9, 2021 As Californians and families nationwide struggle with rising prices, concerns persist about the extent to which federal relief programs have increased barriers to economic opportunity and contributed to historic inflation. “The federal government’s response to the pandemic’s economic consequences have been a failure,” ...
NEW BRIEF: 340B Hospitals More Profitable, Provide Less Charity Care, Receive Unwarranted Subsidies
So-called 340B hospitals whose mission is to help the vulnerable are more profitable and provide less charity care, finds a new brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based, free-market think tank. Click to download “Profiting from 340B” “The ...
New PRI Series to Show How Flawed U.S. Health Insurance System Inflates Costs, Decreases Quality and Reduces Health Outcomes
Addressing the ongoing problems with the U.S. health insurance system, the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute today announced the release of the first paper in the Coverage Denied series, which will analyze and propose reforms to fix the problems in the current system ...
NEW BRIEF: Focus Groups Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Government “Negotiated” Drug Pricing
Today, the Pacific Research Institute published an issue brief revealing overwhelming public disapproval for Medicare reforms that Congress is considering as part of its $3.5 trillion spending bill. Click here to read the full issue brief, “Drug Pricing Proposals Threaten America’s Most Vulnerable Patients.” “It’s a relief that Americans oppose ...
Lance Izumi Discusses Homeschool Boom on KFBK Morning News
Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the rise in homeschooling in California and his new book, The Homeschool Boom on the KFBK Morning News in Sacramento.
KFBK Interviews Wayne Winegarden on CA Migrating Study
Pacific Research Institute senior fellow and economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden joined the KFBK Morning News to talk about Tesla’s latest announcement that it’s moving its HQ to Texas and the findings in PRI’s most recent study “California Migrating.” Winegarden and hosts Sam Shane and Cristina Mendonsa talk about reasons for ...
Wayne Winegarden Talks Federal Debt Ceiling in Forbes
How The Debt Ceiling Debate Impacts The Average American If you’ve been watching the news lately, you have probably heard all about the “debt ceiling,” and how disastrous it will be if Congress doesn’t raise it. Fortunately, the sky isn’t actually falling — at least not yet. Just like other ...
Lance Izumi Discusses Homeschool Boom on Newsy Tonight
Watch Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss the growth in homeschooling enrollment and his upcoming book “The Homeschool Boom” with host Chance Seales on “Newsy Tonight” on Newsy.
