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5.30.2012 12:00:00 PM
A CalWatchdog Series on Municipal Bankruptcy 
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6.14.2012 12:00:00 PM
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Car-Tastrophe: How federal policy can help, not hinder, the greening of the automobile
PRI Study
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
2.14.2011

New report explores the environmental implications of several commercially available vehicle and fuel types, and indentifies where policies could be improved to result in net benefits to Americans.
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NEW BOOK! Short-Circuited: The Challenges Facing the Online Learning Revolution in California
Government Red Tape and Special Interests Short Circuit E-Learning Revolution
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
2.3.2011

Government red tape and inertia, plus union opposition, have prevented widespread student access to K-12 online learning according to the new book now available on amazon.com!
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Medi-Cal Long-Term Care
Safety Net or Hammock?
By: Stephen Moses
1.4.2011

Easy access to Medi-Cal-financed long-term care (LTC) has caused many Californians to put off long-term care planning and rely on publicassistance. The taxpayer price tag for Medi-Cal Long-Term Care was $12.5 billion in 2008 andwill likely increase with the growing population of age-80-plus citizens in the state.
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Demography Is Still Not Destiny
New Study
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D, Matthew Ladner
11.29.2010

Florida’s low-income, Hispanic, and black fourth graders now outperform all California fourth graders on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessment. Demography is Still Not Destiny attributes this striking gap to Florida’s comprehensive education reform efforts combining accountability, transparency, and parental choice.


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Is Your Food Making the Planet Sick?
PRI Study
By: Amy Kaleita, Ph.D
11.2.2010

Modern agriculture has been blamed for a host of environmental problems, including global warming, water pollution, and ecosystem damage. While growing crops and raising livestock does have significant environmental impact, in many cases the situation has been misrepresented or oversimplified, and some of the proposed solutions have been ineffective or more costly than the benefits derived.
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Costs and Consequences: Rate-of-Return Biases, Rate Suppression, and Market Incentives for Quality in Property/Casualty Insurance Regulation
PRI Study
By: Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D
10.26.2010

The imposition of legal and regulatory constraints on market prices—price controls, or rate suppression in the case of the property/casualty insurance market—is an important tool with which public officials can effect wealth transfers among groups and economic sectors.
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No Bang for the Taxpayer’s Buck: Why California Must Reform Spending and Trim Government
PRI Study
By: Jason Clemens, Julie Kaszton, Niels Veldhuis
10.13.2010

California government can do more with fewer taxpayer dollars, according to a new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in San Francisco.
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No Bang for the Taxpayer’s Buck: Why California Must Reform Spending and Trim Government
PRI Study
By: Jason Clemens, Julie Kaszton, Niels Veldhuis
10.13.2010

California government can do more with fewer taxpayer dollars, according to a new study released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in San Francisco.
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The Prospective Effects of Proposition 23 on Employment in California
PRI Study
By: Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D
10.4.2010

A new study finds that the approval of Proposition 23, suspending the implementation of AB 32, would add nearly 150,000 jobs in California in 2011, more than a half million jobs by 2012, and more than 1.3 million jobs by 2020.
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New Study Finds GI Junior Scholarships Would Expand Education Options for CA Military Children
PRI Study
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
9.21.2010

New policy brief finds that providing military families with school vouchers to allow parents to choose schools that best fit their children’s needs would raise educational achievement and save the state money.
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