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Lessons from Iceland: Liberty, Technology and Property
Technology Op-Ed
8.26.2005
This week, a group of legal scholars, high government officials, Nobel prize recipients and economic experts gathered for the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, to discuss e-government, telecommunications and intellectual property, among other issues.
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Merck Found Liable in Vioxx Case
PRI in the News
By: Marc Kaufman
8.20.2005
After less than 11 hours of deliberation, a Texas jury yesterday found Merck & Co. responsible for the death of a 59-year-old triathlete who was taking the company's once-popular painkiller, Vioxx.
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Just Say 'No' to DMV-ization of Broadband
Technology Op-Ed
8.19.2005
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom asked for public feedback this week on a plan to create a citywide, free wireless network. The response should be a no-brainer, especially in a city dubbed the number-one wireless market in the United States.
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S.F.'s lofty Wi-Fi goal
PRI in the News
By: Carrie Kirby
8.18.2005
San Francisco has long been known as a wired city, but now it wants to be known as a wireless one.
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Invited Testimony Regarding the Verizon/MCI Merger
PRI Technology Testimony
By: Vince Vasquez
8.15.2005
The Pacific Research Institute believes that the Verizon/MCI merger will undoubtedly benefit consumer welfare and fuel growth in the communications sector. Market data and prior proceedings suggest that telecom mergers can improve service options for customers and sustain innovative research and development through fiscal solvency and asset consolidation.
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Speech to the Downtown Des Moines Rotary Club
PRI Presentation
By: Peter J. Pitts
8.15.2005
Almost 60 years after the end of World War II, the pharmaceutical industry is fighting its own version of the Battle of the Bulge in a last ditch effort to regain consumer confidence and stave off more regulation or (gasp!) legislation.
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Atta Report Hints Solons May Have Acted Too Quickly
PRI in the News
By: Josh Gerstein
8.12.2005
WASHINGTON - The recent disclosure that a Pentagon unit experimenting with data-mining technologies apparently linked the ringleader of the September 11, 2001, attacks to a Brooklyn-based terror cell more than a year before the strikes is prompting new questions about whether the Pentagon and Congress acted too hastily when they publicly disavowed such database intensive research in 2003.
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Destination: Broadband Competition
Technology Op-Ed
8.12.2005
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission made an important ruling in favor of competition in broadband. This change points the country towards greater broadband deployment, investment, and innovation.
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Road closed: Initiative blocks raids on transport funds
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Anthony P. Archie
8.12.2005
Buried within Proposition 76, the "Live Within Our Means" budget reform initiative, is a provision that would prohibit the borrowing of special fund dollars to cover General Fund shortfalls. With this common-sense proposal, state lawmakers would no longer be able to balance budgets by raiding funds earmarked for infrastructure investment.
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PhRMA Fights the Battle of the Bulge
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Peter J. Pitts
8.11.2005
Almost 60 years after the end of World War II, the pharmaceutical industry is fighting its own version of the Battle of the Bulge in a last ditch effort to regain consumer confidence and stave off more regulation or (gasp!) legislation.
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Here are the merits, Judge
PRI in the News
By: Ralph R. Reiland
8.8.2005
It was Christmas in July! Like Santa with an overflowing bag of goodies, Gov. Ed Rendell dashed around our part of the state with his super-sized, photo-op checks, handing out $51 million in taxpayers' money, mainly to private businesses that have good schmoozing and grant-writing skills.
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Reconsidering Total Information Awareness
Technology Op-Ed
8.5.2005
Following the example of the United Kingdom, San Francisco officials have installed two surveillance cameras in a high-crime area. This popular trend is perhaps only the beginning of an "always on" surveillance society.
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California's budget shell game
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Anthony P. Archie
8.4.2005
Buried within Proposition 76, the "Live Within Our Means" budget reform initiative, is a provision that would prohibit the borrowing of special fund dollars to cover general fund shortfalls. With this common sense proposal, state lawmakers would no longer be able to balance budgets by raiding funds earmarked for infrastructure investment, a common practice here. Take, for example, the raids on transportation funds over the past three years.
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Breaking Barriers to Competition
Technology Op-Ed
8.4.2005
Recently, legislation was introduced in both the Senate and House to spur communications competition by encouraging the entry of telecommunications firms into cable markets. While technology already is driving change in the sector, the benefits can't be fully realized until the laws overcome local obstacles to competition.
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