Tariffs Harm American Consumers, Manufacturers and the Economy, Warns New Study

SACRAMENTO – Recently enacted and proposed tariffs will have devastating consequences for American families, businesses, and the overall economy, according to a new study by the Pacific Research Institute. The report, authored by economist Dr. Wayne Winegarden, finds that tariffs ...

Read the new book from Sally Pipes “The World’s Medicine Chest”

Just released from PRI – read The World’s Medicine Chest, the latest book from PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. <The World’s Medicine Chest explores how America became the world’s leader in biopharmaceutical innovation through ...

New bill in Congress revisits Prop 12

Imagine buying a house and having to adhere to the standards of a homeowner’s association five states away. In a practical sense, that is how Proposition 12 operates for pork producers across the United States. The law also outlines provisions ...

Technology is spotlighting failure of arcane transit models

Alas, the walkout, taken in response to a “disgraceful contract offer,” didn’t accomplish much. Strikers’ “energy” and “resolve” may have been “very strong,” but on Day 17 of their protest, a judge ordered the dispatchers, bus drivers and light-rail operators ...

More Rent Control Makes Things Worse

Rent control is the bad penny legislation that keeps turning up in California. It is widely regarded as crummy economic policy by economists, it ultimately leads to rental shortages and higher rents and it is based on the faulty idea ...

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Drug company profits don’t threaten lives; price controls do

More than 4 in 5 Americans blame the pharmaceutical industry’s profits for the high prices of prescription drugs. It’s little wonder, then, that roughly the ...
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Deregulation Is The Pathway To Greater Pharmaceutical Innovation

Surveys confirm that most Americans recognize the value of prescription drugs. But the same surveys also show that Americans are worried that they will be ...
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Two Good Healthcare Headlines

We all could use a little bit of good news on health policy these days. And Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum provides it ...

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