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Telescam: How Telecom Regulations Harm California Consumers
Press Release
8.21.2003

SAN FRANCISCO – A new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) shows that California consumers are experiencing an annual decline of $120 per average household in economic output because of poorly crafted telecommunications regulations. Nationally, the loss is $101 per household.
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New Study Demonstrates How Conservation and Markets Can Advance Common Goals
Press Release
8.19.2003

SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI) and Reason Public Policy Institute today released a new study titled Saving Endangered Species Privately: A Case Study of Earth Sanctuaries Ltd., by Michael De Alessi, director of natural resource policy for the Reason Public Policy Institute and fellow in environmental studies for the Pacific Research Institute.
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Where Even Good Is Bad: California’s education quagmire.
Education Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
8.12.2003

With the recall election only eight weeks away it is far from certain who will be running California next year. But whoever gains office can be sure of one thing. The state's public-education system is in miserable shape, even worse than recent assessments by the federal government.
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Insurance Reform: Workers' Comp Rules Invite Abuse
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Andrew M. Gloger
8.10.2003

Fraud, says California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, "is just one more skyrocketing workers' comp cost-driver that must be brought under control."
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A Tax-Funded Union Lobby: UC think tank exists solely to provide academic cover for political operations
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Andrew M. Gloger
8.8.2003

The powerful California Labor Federation (CLF) and the national AFL-CIO have officially joined Gov. Gray Davis in his fight against the recall, urging (if futilely) elected Democrats not to run in the Oct. 7 election. Their support for the beleaguered governor comes as no surprise. If Davis is defeated, they have much to lose, possibly including a little-known, yet influential, think tank called the University of California Institute for Labor and Employment (ILE).
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Telescam: How Regulations harm California Consumers
By: Stephen Pociask
8.1.2003

This study examines the effects of telecommunications regulations on California consumers and finds that government price controls are resulting in an annual decline in economic output equivalent to $120 per average household in California.


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PRI Bay Area School Rankings Report
8.1.2003

World and U.S. Indices
Special Report
8.1.2003

This web page provides links to indices that rank countries and U.S. states based on various political, economic, and social conditions such as economic freedom, health care, and development. The indices allow economists, political scientists, students, policymakers, financial analysts, the media, and others to make useful comparisons and track progress and decline over time.


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