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How Precaution Kills: The Demise of DDT and the Resurgence of Malaria
PRI Luncheon Speech
By: Roger Bate
9.25.2001
Most of our preoccupations arise from the modern paradox: while our longevity, health and environment has never been better, we spend more time than ever before worrying about all three. Classic concerns are the various scares—alar, saccharine, breast implants, passive smoking, nuclear power, pesticide residues, children’s vaccines—and more recently, mobile phones, genetically modified foods and global warming. In some of these cases, the concern was completely invalid, in others the scare was blown out of all proportion.
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PRI Appoints Keith Chreston Chief Operating Officer
Press Release
9.18.2001
San Francisco, CA — The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI), one of California’s preeminent market-based public policy think tanks, today announced the appointment of Keith Chreston to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Bringing a solid reputation and 23 years of management experience to PRI, Mr. Chreston will oversee operations as well as all development and financial functions. Mr. Chreston will report to Sally C. Pipes, Chief Executive Officer and President of PRI.
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Government Privacy Regulations will Harm Consumers, Innovation, and Free Speech, Study Says
Press Release
9.5.2001
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As Congressional leaders return to Washington this week, a new study released today by the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute (PRI) warns that much of the privacy legislation pending in Congress and state legislatures nationwide will harm rather than help consumers. The study cautions that new laws may lull consumers into feeling safe, but the only way to guarantee protection is to safeguard themselves
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Legislation will hurt consumers
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Diallo Dphrepaulezz
9.5.2001
The Oakland City Council recently banned predatory lending by financial institutions seeking to do business with the city and is considering extending the ban to all financial institutions doing business in Oakland. Though well-intentioned, these regulations will harm, not enhance, the ability of low-income consumers to own homes in Oakland.
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California's Electricity Crisis
Special Report
9.1.2001
PRI has long been a leader in supplying California and the Nation with information on energy policy. In fact, our 1986 book Electric Power: Deregulation and the Public Interest predicted many aspects of the current crisis.
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