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Business & Economics
Barron’s Op-Ed Cites PRI Study on Underperformance of ESG Investing
Former Connecticut State Treasurer and founder and president of the Institute for Pension Fund Integrity Christopher Bancroft Burnham recently cited Dr. Wayne Winegarden’s study showing how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds underperform broader investment funds over the long-term in an op-ed published in Barron’s. BlackRock’s ESG Strategy Plays Politics with ...
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push with Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy discuss the push for single-payer during the COVID-19 crisis and her new book (False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All) on a virtual webinar with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
Climate Change
Read Bakersfield Californian Story on Legislating Energy Prosperity Study
Report says removing state energy mandates would save consumers money By John Cox A new study questions the wisdom of California energy policies aimed at fighting climate change, concluding that their economic toll has been steep despite achieving unimpressive greenhouse-gas reductions . . . The findings are likely to resonate ...
Coronavirus
Watch: Sally Pipes Discusses Push for Medicare for All During COVID-19 Crisis
Single-payer advocates such as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are seizing on the COVID-19 pandemic to push even more aggressively for a complete takeover of our health care system by the federal government. Watch as PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health ...
Coronavirus
Read Dr. Henry Miller in Healthline: A COVID-19 Vaccine by January?
A COVID-19 Vaccine by January? Here’s Why It’s Possible But Not Likely By Christopher Curley The timeline to develop a safe, effective vaccine to fight a virus is typically counted in years — or even decades. But with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting millions around the world and killing hundreds of thousands of ...
Coronavirus
Listen to Lance Izumi Discuss Online Learning During COVID-19 on “The Freedom Line” Podcast
Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss online learning and homeschooling during the COVID-19 crisis with host Renee Giachino on the Center for Individual Freedom’s “Freedom Line” podcast. Click here to listen
Coronavirus
Watch: Online Learning and Homeschooling Options During the COVID-19 Crisis
Watch the latest Pacific Research Institute webinar featuring a panel of policy experts, education specialists, and homeschooling practitioners discussing how schools and parents have transitioned to schooling at home through the use of distance and online-learning tools and curricula. The panelists discuss the many options available to parents and how ...
Coronavirus
Dr. Henry Miller Quoted in Yahoo! on Coronavirus, Hydroxychloroquine Debate
How hydroxychloroquine toes the line between promise and ‘happy talk’ in the coronavirus fight By: Anjalee Khemlani After weeks of polarizing debate over the use of two generic anti-malarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, the Food and Drug Administration this week warned they were not “safe and effective” when used on ...
Business & Economics
Watch: How CA Can Embrace Entrepreneurship and Small Business in an Economic Downturn
Watch Pacific Research Institute’s inaugural panel webinar featuring a panel of business experts and entrepreneurs analyzing how California can recover economically from the coronavirus pandemic. The panel looks at the current economic outlook resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and talks about current or new policies that should be passed, put ...
California
“AB5 Makes No Sense” Says Wayne Winegarden in Washington Free Beacon
California Law Limiting Independent Contractors is Hindering Coronavirus Response, Experts Say By Collin Anderson, The Washington Free Beacon Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rebuffed calls to suspend a controversial labor law that experts say hinders the state’s pandemic response and hurts vulnerable workers. State and federal legislators, small ...
Barron’s Op-Ed Cites PRI Study on Underperformance of ESG Investing
Former Connecticut State Treasurer and founder and president of the Institute for Pension Fund Integrity Christopher Bancroft Burnham recently cited Dr. Wayne Winegarden’s study showing how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds underperform broader investment funds over the long-term in an op-ed published in Barron’s. BlackRock’s ESG Strategy Plays Politics with ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push with Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Watch PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy discuss the push for single-payer during the COVID-19 crisis and her new book (False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All) on a virtual webinar with the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.
Read Bakersfield Californian Story on Legislating Energy Prosperity Study
Report says removing state energy mandates would save consumers money By John Cox A new study questions the wisdom of California energy policies aimed at fighting climate change, concluding that their economic toll has been steep despite achieving unimpressive greenhouse-gas reductions . . . The findings are likely to resonate ...
Watch: Sally Pipes Discusses Push for Medicare for All During COVID-19 Crisis
Single-payer advocates such as Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are seizing on the COVID-19 pandemic to push even more aggressively for a complete takeover of our health care system by the federal government. Watch as PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health ...
Read Dr. Henry Miller in Healthline: A COVID-19 Vaccine by January?
A COVID-19 Vaccine by January? Here’s Why It’s Possible But Not Likely By Christopher Curley The timeline to develop a safe, effective vaccine to fight a virus is typically counted in years — or even decades. But with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting millions around the world and killing hundreds of thousands of ...
Listen to Lance Izumi Discuss Online Learning During COVID-19 on “The Freedom Line” Podcast
Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, discuss online learning and homeschooling during the COVID-19 crisis with host Renee Giachino on the Center for Individual Freedom’s “Freedom Line” podcast. Click here to listen
Watch: Online Learning and Homeschooling Options During the COVID-19 Crisis
Watch the latest Pacific Research Institute webinar featuring a panel of policy experts, education specialists, and homeschooling practitioners discussing how schools and parents have transitioned to schooling at home through the use of distance and online-learning tools and curricula. The panelists discuss the many options available to parents and how ...
Dr. Henry Miller Quoted in Yahoo! on Coronavirus, Hydroxychloroquine Debate
How hydroxychloroquine toes the line between promise and ‘happy talk’ in the coronavirus fight By: Anjalee Khemlani After weeks of polarizing debate over the use of two generic anti-malarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, the Food and Drug Administration this week warned they were not “safe and effective” when used on ...
Watch: How CA Can Embrace Entrepreneurship and Small Business in an Economic Downturn
Watch Pacific Research Institute’s inaugural panel webinar featuring a panel of business experts and entrepreneurs analyzing how California can recover economically from the coronavirus pandemic. The panel looks at the current economic outlook resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and talks about current or new policies that should be passed, put ...
“AB5 Makes No Sense” Says Wayne Winegarden in Washington Free Beacon
California Law Limiting Independent Contractors is Hindering Coronavirus Response, Experts Say By Collin Anderson, The Washington Free Beacon Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rebuffed calls to suspend a controversial labor law that experts say hinders the state’s pandemic response and hurts vulnerable workers. State and federal legislators, small ...
