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Business & Economics

Missing step: Control spending

Wisconsin received more evidence this week that its taxes are too high. This time the evidence arrived in a study suggesting that Wisconsin may be just a few tax cuts away from becoming one of the nation’s economic hot spots. The study, from the Pacific Research Institute in association with ...
Business & Economics

Pacific Research Institute’s Report: South Dakota Ranks No. 1 in Economic Freedom

If you have wondered where you can live without tax burdens, the Pacific Research Institute has the answer for you. According to its new report, U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report, the best place for economic freedom is South Dakota. The authors of the report define economic freedom as the ...
Business & Economics

Why do trial lawyers love Obama-Biden?

Richard Ward, chief executive officer of Lloyd’s of London, told USA Today recently that the rest of the world is catching up to the United States in the ignominious realm of lawsuits. He said growing litigiousness overseas is driving up costs and stifling risk-taking there, as it already has here. ...
Commentary

Audience Votes Health Coverage Should Be Government’s Responsibility in First Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate of the Season

NEW YORK, NY, Sep 17, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford style debate series sponsored by The Rosenkranz Foundation, announced the results of the first debate of its Fall 2008 season on the motion, “Universal health coverage should be the federal government’s responsibility.” A sold ...
Business & Economics

The Candidates’ Record on Legal Reform

ShopFloor.org (NAM), September 17, 2008 The Examiner newspaper editorializes today on the tort reform records of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, asking a question of great interest to the business community: “Will either party’s presidential ticket keep a lid on the lawyers’ greed?” The editorial uses NAM’s “Key Vote” ...
Business & Economics

New Report Reveals Which States Have Most Economic Freedom

South Dakota is most free, New York most economically oppressed San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, today released the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report, a ranking of economic freedom in the 50 states. Published in association with Forbes, the Index ...
Health Care

Intelligence Squared Debate: Is The Government Responsible For Health Care?

Below are video clips of the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate “Is The Government Responsible For Health Care?” on September 16, 2008 at Rockefeller University in New York City. Universal Healthcare Debate 1: Introduction (1/12) Universal Healthcare Debate 5: Sally C. Pipes (5/12)
Business & Economics

Future of Fannie and Freddie remains unclear

The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently could create the opening many have long hoped for – to alter, diminish or eliminate the roles of the government-sponsored mortgage giants. Some industry observers worry that a world in which the companies have less influence will mean more expensive ...
Business & Economics

Fitzgerald named Illinois chief justice

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Fitzgerald is the state’s new chief justice, becoming the high court’s 115th leader. Fitzgerald, a Chicago Democrat, will serve as the chief courts officer for a state that is ranked as having one of the worst legal climates in the ...
Business & Economics

Impact – August 2008

PRI Ideas in Action – August 2008 Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report PRI continues to impactpublic policy in California, the nation, and abroad. Click below to view PRI’s recent contributions. Read PDF
Business & Economics

Missing step: Control spending

Wisconsin received more evidence this week that its taxes are too high. This time the evidence arrived in a study suggesting that Wisconsin may be just a few tax cuts away from becoming one of the nation’s economic hot spots. The study, from the Pacific Research Institute in association with ...
Business & Economics

Pacific Research Institute’s Report: South Dakota Ranks No. 1 in Economic Freedom

If you have wondered where you can live without tax burdens, the Pacific Research Institute has the answer for you. According to its new report, U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report, the best place for economic freedom is South Dakota. The authors of the report define economic freedom as the ...
Business & Economics

Why do trial lawyers love Obama-Biden?

Richard Ward, chief executive officer of Lloyd’s of London, told USA Today recently that the rest of the world is catching up to the United States in the ignominious realm of lawsuits. He said growing litigiousness overseas is driving up costs and stifling risk-taking there, as it already has here. ...
Commentary

Audience Votes Health Coverage Should Be Government’s Responsibility in First Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate of the Season

NEW YORK, NY, Sep 17, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford style debate series sponsored by The Rosenkranz Foundation, announced the results of the first debate of its Fall 2008 season on the motion, “Universal health coverage should be the federal government’s responsibility.” A sold ...
Business & Economics

The Candidates’ Record on Legal Reform

ShopFloor.org (NAM), September 17, 2008 The Examiner newspaper editorializes today on the tort reform records of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, asking a question of great interest to the business community: “Will either party’s presidential ticket keep a lid on the lawyers’ greed?” The editorial uses NAM’s “Key Vote” ...
Business & Economics

New Report Reveals Which States Have Most Economic Freedom

South Dakota is most free, New York most economically oppressed San Francisco – The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank based in California, today released the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report, a ranking of economic freedom in the 50 states. Published in association with Forbes, the Index ...
Health Care

Intelligence Squared Debate: Is The Government Responsible For Health Care?

Below are video clips of the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate “Is The Government Responsible For Health Care?” on September 16, 2008 at Rockefeller University in New York City. Universal Healthcare Debate 1: Introduction (1/12) Universal Healthcare Debate 5: Sally C. Pipes (5/12)
Business & Economics

Future of Fannie and Freddie remains unclear

The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently could create the opening many have long hoped for – to alter, diminish or eliminate the roles of the government-sponsored mortgage giants. Some industry observers worry that a world in which the companies have less influence will mean more expensive ...
Business & Economics

Fitzgerald named Illinois chief justice

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Fitzgerald is the state’s new chief justice, becoming the high court’s 115th leader. Fitzgerald, a Chicago Democrat, will serve as the chief courts officer for a state that is ranked as having one of the worst legal climates in the ...
Business & Economics

Impact – August 2008

PRI Ideas in Action – August 2008 Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report PRI continues to impactpublic policy in California, the nation, and abroad. Click below to view PRI’s recent contributions. Read PDF
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