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Should City Hall Go Bankrupt?
5.30.2012 12:00:00 PM
A CalWatchdog Series on Municipal Bankruptcy 
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Capitol Update with U.S. Rep Darrell Issa (CA-49)
6.14.2012 12:00:00 PM
Chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee 
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Jonah Goldberg Luncheon and Book Signing
6.22.2012 12:00:00 PM

The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of IdeasMore

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Benjamin Rush Society Debate: UCSD
5.17.2012 3:00:00 PM
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Public Pension Tsunami: Closer to the Shore?
5.17.2012 12:00:00 PM
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5.3.2012 5:45:00 PM

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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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In Defense of Price Gouging and Profiteering
Speech
By: Benjamin Zycher
7.1.2001

Speech presented to the Western Economics International Association Conference on the electricity crisis in California.
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The Role and Importance of Think Tanks
By: Sally C. Pipes
1.1.2001

Think tanks deal with ideas, and as you know, ideas do have consequences. We believe in the idea of a democratic society of free individuals taking responsibility for their own behavior, a civil society with a limited government, and economic activity taking place in a free market. These are the principles to which the Pacific Research Institute is dedicated.
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The Challenges of Building Policy Consensus and Civic Cooperation
Speech
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
11.17.1999

Let me begin by confessing that I find this to be an intimidating task. To a conservative from California, Minnesota is a scary place; after all, it is the only state in the country that never voted even once for Ronald Reagan.
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Pursuing Equality in a Free Society
By: Sally C. Pipes
8.1.1996

Our Common Destiny
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By: Joel Kotkin
6.1.1996

In essence, the real debate today is whether multi-racial , increasingly Latino communities such as Los Angeles have any real future, other than as settings for sci-fi dystopias. The real debate is really about the future for a recreated America in the 21st century.
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