Studies
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, ...
California
Join PRI For A Panel Discussion On California’s Housing Crisis On April 11
Join PRI for a “California Ideas in Action” Panel Discussion Unaffordable: How Government Policy Has Shaped California’s Housing Crisis and What Can Be Done to Fix It Tuesday, April 11 10:30 am California State Capitol, Room 126 Sacramento Please RSVP to Tim Anaya at [email protected] Click here for a flyer ...
Business & Economics
CAPITAL IDEAS: Rent Control Would Put Housing Out of Reach for More Californians
Download the Brief Click here to watch PRI’s panel discussion on California’s housing crisis from the State Capitol in Sacramento. The most unaffordable city in the world in which to rent a home is not New York or Tokyo or Hong Kong. The title belongs to San Francisco, where a ...
Drug Innovation
ISSUE BRIEF: Oregon Proposal To Regulate Excess Costs Is Price Controls By Another Name
Introduced in February, HB 2387 would require pharmaceutical firms to reimburse insurers for any “excess costs” associated with covered drugs. Excess costs are defined as the difference between the average wholesale price of a drug and either: the typical price in other countries; or, the difference between a health plan’s ...
Business & Economics
Beyond The New Normal – Part 3: Measuring Economic Growth
PRI Study Proposes New Look at Impact of Government Policy on Nation’s Long-Term Economic Problems The Pacific Research Institute today released the latest installment of its Beyond the New Normal series, proposing a reorganization of current economic data to better illustrate the impact of government policy on the private sector ...
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 ...
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, ...
Join PRI For A Panel Discussion On California’s Housing Crisis On April 11
Join PRI for a “California Ideas in Action” Panel Discussion Unaffordable: How Government Policy Has Shaped California’s Housing Crisis and What Can Be Done to Fix It Tuesday, April 11 10:30 am California State Capitol, Room 126 Sacramento Please RSVP to Tim Anaya at [email protected] Click here for a flyer ...
CAPITAL IDEAS: Rent Control Would Put Housing Out of Reach for More Californians
Download the Brief Click here to watch PRI’s panel discussion on California’s housing crisis from the State Capitol in Sacramento. The most unaffordable city in the world in which to rent a home is not New York or Tokyo or Hong Kong. The title belongs to San Francisco, where a ...
ISSUE BRIEF: Oregon Proposal To Regulate Excess Costs Is Price Controls By Another Name
Introduced in February, HB 2387 would require pharmaceutical firms to reimburse insurers for any “excess costs” associated with covered drugs. Excess costs are defined as the difference between the average wholesale price of a drug and either: the typical price in other countries; or, the difference between a health plan’s ...
Beyond The New Normal – Part 3: Measuring Economic Growth
PRI Study Proposes New Look at Impact of Government Policy on Nation’s Long-Term Economic Problems The Pacific Research Institute today released the latest installment of its Beyond the New Normal series, proposing a reorganization of current economic data to better illustrate the impact of government policy on the private sector ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
