The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy promotes the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government. By focusing on public policy issues such as education, the environment, health care, entrepreneurship, regulation, and technology, the Institute strives to foster a better understanding of the principles of a free society among leaders in government, academia, the media, and the business community.

Through its five research centers, described below, PRI publishes books and studies, provides commentary to leading media, hosts public events, and conducts comprehensive grassroots and community outreach.


Business and Economic Studies (BES)

Business and Economic Studies examines how the entrepreneurial spirit, the engine of economic growth and opportunity, is stifled by onerous taxes, regulations, and health-care policies. Its scholars recommend comprehensive public-policy reforms that will maintain a robust economy, ensure consumer choice, and spur creativity and innovation.

Education Studies (EDS)

Education Studies works to restore to all parents the basic right to choose the best educational opportunities for their children. Through research and grassroots outreach, our scholars advance parental choice in education, high academic standards, charter schools, teacher quality, and school finance reform.

Environmental Studies (ES)

Environmental Studies reveals the dramatic and long-term trend towards a cleaner, healthier environment. It also examines and promotes the essential ingredients for abundant resources and environmental quality - property rights, markets, local action, and private initiative.

Health Care Studies (HCS)

Health Care Studies examines public policies that affect America's health-care system, explains how these policies limit access to affordable, high-quality health care, and prescribes reforms that rely on market-based solutions.