Studies
California
CAPITAL IDEAS: Majority Party’s War on Trump Is Really War on California’s Middle Class
Download the Brief KUSI television reported on June 12 that “Gov. Brown and the Democrats in Sacramento are in open revolt against President Trump.” While not a new development, it seems to indicate that California is seceding from the Union as it had threatened without providing official notice. Yes, it’s ...
Business & Economics
New PRI Issue Brief Finds Government Policies Have Strangled State’s Housing Market, Made Housing Unaffordable
Big government policies and political constraints are the primary causes for rising California home prices and lack of supply, according to the findings of a new “California Ideas in Action” issue brief released today by the non-partisan Pacific Research Institute. Reforms to open California’s housing market are recommended as the ...
Business & Economics
CAPITAL IDEAS: Time for Return to Reasonableness in Federal Land Grabs
Download the Brief Nearly half of California isn’t actually California. It’s an extension of Washington, D.C. Almost 46 percent of the state’s land mass is owned by the federal government, according to the Congressional Research Service. This means business opportunities in virtually half of the state are greatly restricted. In ...
Business & Economics
New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Healthcare Costs
It’s easy for politicians and consumers to rage about the high price of prescription drugs, but Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute’s senior fellow in business and economics, said those prices are not to blame for the high cost of healthcare in the United States. Recently, U.S. Bernie Sanders has been ...
Health Care
New Brief Highlights The Economic Costs Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Exploring a tool that millions of Americans use every day when paying for prescription drugs, the Pacific Research Institute today released a new research brief exploring how Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) impact prescription drug costs, access, and patient care. “Pharmacy Benefit Managers impact more than 260 million Americans when they ...
California
CAPITAL IDEAS: Will Largest Gas Tax Increase In State History Bring Traffic Relief?
Download the Brief It’s painfully obvious that lawmakers in Sacramento just can’t help themselves. Otherwise Gov. Jerry Brown and a majority of legislators wouldn’t support a $52 billion tax hike to fix California’s gouged, pitted and cracked roads. They would find a way to do it with the resources they ...
Business & Economics
New PRI Study Finds That High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Health Care Costs
A more realistic evaluation of U.S. prescription drug prices shows that high drug prices are not actually driving up health care costs overall, and reflect the higher U.S. health care costs compared to the rest of the world, according to a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute. ...
Drug Innovation
ISSUE BRIEF: Nevada Proposal To Regulate Excess Costs Are Price Controls By Another Name
Click here to download a copy of PRI’s Issue Brief Senate Bill 265 would require pharmaceutical firms to reimburse insurers for any “excess costs” associated with drugs for diabetes, which are defined as the excess costs over the highest price in other developed countries. The Fiscal Notes on SB 265 ...
Business & Economics
New Study – Beyond the New Normal Part 4: Policy Mix Theory and Historical Evidence
America’s economy can return to the days of 3 percent and higher annual growth rates if Washington embraces pro-growth economic policies, concludes the latest installment of Pacific Research Institute’s Beyond the New Normal series released today. “Nothing impacts America’s economy more than government economic policy,” said Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI ...
Business & Economics
The “Golden Skirts,” Norway’s New Quota Queens
The “Golden Skirts,” Norway’s New Quota QueeI can’t think of too many items I use that are manufactured in Norway, though perhaps some of their seafood finds its way to San Francisco restaurants. The Scandinavian nation, however, is worthy of note for progress in the quota industry. Starting January 1, ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Majority Party’s War on Trump Is Really War on California’s Middle Class
Download the Brief KUSI television reported on June 12 that “Gov. Brown and the Democrats in Sacramento are in open revolt against President Trump.” While not a new development, it seems to indicate that California is seceding from the Union as it had threatened without providing official notice. Yes, it’s ...
New PRI Issue Brief Finds Government Policies Have Strangled State’s Housing Market, Made Housing Unaffordable
Big government policies and political constraints are the primary causes for rising California home prices and lack of supply, according to the findings of a new “California Ideas in Action” issue brief released today by the non-partisan Pacific Research Institute. Reforms to open California’s housing market are recommended as the ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Time for Return to Reasonableness in Federal Land Grabs
Download the Brief Nearly half of California isn’t actually California. It’s an extension of Washington, D.C. Almost 46 percent of the state’s land mass is owned by the federal government, according to the Congressional Research Service. This means business opportunities in virtually half of the state are greatly restricted. In ...
New Study Finds High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Healthcare Costs
It’s easy for politicians and consumers to rage about the high price of prescription drugs, but Wayne Winegarden, Pacific Research Institute’s senior fellow in business and economics, said those prices are not to blame for the high cost of healthcare in the United States. Recently, U.S. Bernie Sanders has been ...
New Brief Highlights The Economic Costs Of Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Exploring a tool that millions of Americans use every day when paying for prescription drugs, the Pacific Research Institute today released a new research brief exploring how Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) impact prescription drug costs, access, and patient care. “Pharmacy Benefit Managers impact more than 260 million Americans when they ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Will Largest Gas Tax Increase In State History Bring Traffic Relief?
Download the Brief It’s painfully obvious that lawmakers in Sacramento just can’t help themselves. Otherwise Gov. Jerry Brown and a majority of legislators wouldn’t support a $52 billion tax hike to fix California’s gouged, pitted and cracked roads. They would find a way to do it with the resources they ...
New PRI Study Finds That High Prescription Drug Costs Are Not Driving Up U.S. Health Care Costs
A more realistic evaluation of U.S. prescription drug prices shows that high drug prices are not actually driving up health care costs overall, and reflect the higher U.S. health care costs compared to the rest of the world, according to a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute. ...
ISSUE BRIEF: Nevada Proposal To Regulate Excess Costs Are Price Controls By Another Name
Click here to download a copy of PRI’s Issue Brief Senate Bill 265 would require pharmaceutical firms to reimburse insurers for any “excess costs” associated with drugs for diabetes, which are defined as the excess costs over the highest price in other developed countries. The Fiscal Notes on SB 265 ...
New Study – Beyond the New Normal Part 4: Policy Mix Theory and Historical Evidence
America’s economy can return to the days of 3 percent and higher annual growth rates if Washington embraces pro-growth economic policies, concludes the latest installment of Pacific Research Institute’s Beyond the New Normal series released today. “Nothing impacts America’s economy more than government economic policy,” said Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI ...
The “Golden Skirts,” Norway’s New Quota Queens
The “Golden Skirts,” Norway’s New Quota QueeI can’t think of too many items I use that are manufactured in Norway, though perhaps some of their seafood finds its way to San Francisco restaurants. The Scandinavian nation, however, is worthy of note for progress in the quota industry. Starting January 1, ...
