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Business & Economics

CAPITAL IDEAS: Latest California Climate Change Plan Doubles Down On Job-Killing Policies

Download the Brief Sacramento’s response to President Trump’s Inauguration Day was to release the latest version of its heavy-handed plan to stop global warming. The state’s updated approach to environmental policy will be about as effective in stopping climate change as another anti-Trump riot and far more economically damaging. The ...
Business & Economics

Beyond The New Normal – Part 2: Accounting For Government

Does More Government Spending Boost the Economy? New PRI Study Finds Overspending Doesn’t Create Jobs, Takes Away Investment in Private-Sector Also published in Utah Standard News Challenging the status quo thinking that more government spending boosts the economy, a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute found that ...
Health Care

Who Has The Best Plan?

As the Trump administration and members of Congress consider how they will repeal and replace Obamacare, the Pacific Research Institute today released The Way Out of Obamacare, a nonpartisan guide to help policymakers craft a market-based plan that protects doctors and patients. The guide, an updated version of PRI’s pre-election ...
Common Core

Capital Ideas: Lots Of Reasons To Celebrate National School Choice Week

Download the Brief This week marks National School Choice Week (NSCW) and efforts to empower parents to choose the best public or private education option for their children. NSCW comes at perfect time given recent news about student performance and politics in the classroom. In December, scores for the 2015 ...
Business & Economics

Beyond the New Normal – New Study: Slow Economic Growth Is Not “The New Normal” For U.S. Economy

Countering the narrative that slow economic growth is “the new normal” for America’s economy, the Pacific Research Institute today released the first in a series of reports from its new study, Beyond the New Normal, which makes the case that future U.S. economic growth can meet –or exceed – past ...
Business & Economics

Beyond the New Normal – New Study: Slow Economic Growth Is Not “The New Normal” For U.S. Economy

Countering the narrative that slow economic growth is “the new normal” for America’s economy, the Pacific Research Institute today released the first in a series of reports from its new study, Beyond the New Normal, which makes the case that future U.S. economic growth can meet –or exceed – past ...
Business & Economics

CAPITAL IDEAS: Different Thinking Needed to Meet Demand of California’s Clean Energy Future

Download the Brief California is destined for yet another energy crisis, which, like the drought that’s been scorching the state, will be man-made. Shortages can be avoided, but that will require lawmakers to think in ways that few have engaged in in recent decades. California’s electricity demand is expected to ...
Business & Economics

Impact Magazine — Winter 2016

Read the Magazine This edition of IMPACT includes a special feature on our new study The Clean Power Plan’s Economic Impact by PRI Senior Fellow Dr. Wayne Winegarden – released on November 1st. This important study confirms that big federal government programs like the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan ...
Health Care

New PRI Study: Free Market Policies Needed To Stop Drug-Resistant Diseases, Encourage New Life-Saving Treatments

SACRAMENTO – Responding to the problem of drug-resistant infections and the decline in the development of new antibiotics, the Pacific Research Institute today released a new study on ways to incentivize the development of new treatments that will effectively address this growing public health crisis. A copy of the study ...
California

CAPITAL IDEAS:Public Employee Unions Must Accept Reality on State Pensions, Work Toward Reform

A janitor who works for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system made nearly a quarter of a million dollars last year in regular and overtime pay. Another janitor made more than $200,000 while a third came close. The highest-paid worker earned $57,946 in base pay and $162,000 in overtime, and ...
Business & Economics

CAPITAL IDEAS: Latest California Climate Change Plan Doubles Down On Job-Killing Policies

Download the Brief Sacramento’s response to President Trump’s Inauguration Day was to release the latest version of its heavy-handed plan to stop global warming. The state’s updated approach to environmental policy will be about as effective in stopping climate change as another anti-Trump riot and far more economically damaging. The ...
Business & Economics

Beyond The New Normal – Part 2: Accounting For Government

Does More Government Spending Boost the Economy? New PRI Study Finds Overspending Doesn’t Create Jobs, Takes Away Investment in Private-Sector Also published in Utah Standard News Challenging the status quo thinking that more government spending boosts the economy, a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute found that ...
Health Care

Who Has The Best Plan?

As the Trump administration and members of Congress consider how they will repeal and replace Obamacare, the Pacific Research Institute today released The Way Out of Obamacare, a nonpartisan guide to help policymakers craft a market-based plan that protects doctors and patients. The guide, an updated version of PRI’s pre-election ...
Common Core

Capital Ideas: Lots Of Reasons To Celebrate National School Choice Week

Download the Brief This week marks National School Choice Week (NSCW) and efforts to empower parents to choose the best public or private education option for their children. NSCW comes at perfect time given recent news about student performance and politics in the classroom. In December, scores for the 2015 ...
Business & Economics

Beyond the New Normal – New Study: Slow Economic Growth Is Not “The New Normal” For U.S. Economy

Countering the narrative that slow economic growth is “the new normal” for America’s economy, the Pacific Research Institute today released the first in a series of reports from its new study, Beyond the New Normal, which makes the case that future U.S. economic growth can meet –or exceed – past ...
Business & Economics

Beyond the New Normal – New Study: Slow Economic Growth Is Not “The New Normal” For U.S. Economy

Countering the narrative that slow economic growth is “the new normal” for America’s economy, the Pacific Research Institute today released the first in a series of reports from its new study, Beyond the New Normal, which makes the case that future U.S. economic growth can meet –or exceed – past ...
Business & Economics

CAPITAL IDEAS: Different Thinking Needed to Meet Demand of California’s Clean Energy Future

Download the Brief California is destined for yet another energy crisis, which, like the drought that’s been scorching the state, will be man-made. Shortages can be avoided, but that will require lawmakers to think in ways that few have engaged in in recent decades. California’s electricity demand is expected to ...
Business & Economics

Impact Magazine — Winter 2016

Read the Magazine This edition of IMPACT includes a special feature on our new study The Clean Power Plan’s Economic Impact by PRI Senior Fellow Dr. Wayne Winegarden – released on November 1st. This important study confirms that big federal government programs like the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan ...
Health Care

New PRI Study: Free Market Policies Needed To Stop Drug-Resistant Diseases, Encourage New Life-Saving Treatments

SACRAMENTO – Responding to the problem of drug-resistant infections and the decline in the development of new antibiotics, the Pacific Research Institute today released a new study on ways to incentivize the development of new treatments that will effectively address this growing public health crisis. A copy of the study ...
California

CAPITAL IDEAS:Public Employee Unions Must Accept Reality on State Pensions, Work Toward Reform

A janitor who works for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system made nearly a quarter of a million dollars last year in regular and overtime pay. Another janitor made more than $200,000 while a third came close. The highest-paid worker earned $57,946 in base pay and $162,000 in overtime, and ...
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