Pacific Research Institute
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Discusses California’s Pension Monster on “The DeMaio Report”
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss his new chartbook and study on California’s $1 trillion pension monster with Carl DeMaio on “The DeMaio Report” on KOGO Radio in San Diego.
Pacific Research Institute
September 6, 2018
Blog
The September Issue
By Sally C. Pipes and Rowena Itchon “In the occasionally parallel universe of fashion magazines,” writes Matthew Schneier, style editor of the New York Times, “the calendar diverges from the standard. The Gregorian does not apply. For fashion magazines, September is Christmas. September is your birthday. September is New Year’s ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 6, 2018
Health Care
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push by Young Doctors on Dr. Drew Midday Live
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the push for single-payer health care and her recent column in the Washington Examiner on the problem of younger doctors embracing single-payer in medical school on the “Dr. Drew Midday Live” show with ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 5, 2018
Drug Importation
Sally Pipes Featured in Newsmax Article on Dangers of Prescription Drug Importation
Cheaper Prescription Drugs Through Deregulation, Not Importation By Jared Whitley Healthcare is frequently a sore spot for the United States in international comparisons. We conservatives like to insist that “America is No. 1,” and when leftists want to take the wind out of our sails, the first thing they point ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 5, 2018
Blog
New PRI Chartbook Shows California’s Public Pension Monster Has Grown to Nearly $1 Trillion
A new chartbook released today from the Pacific Research Institute shows that California’s unfunded public employee pension debt problem is far worse than imagined – nearly $1 trillion. Click here to download a copy of the PRI chartbook. Click here to download a copy of the accompanying study. Click here ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 5, 2018
Agriculture
Nationally-Renowned Scholar Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., Joins Pacific Research Institute as Senior Fellow in Health Care
Former Hoover Fellow’s Research Will Focus on Genetic Engineering, Evidence-Based Medicine, Regulatory Reform SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute, California’s leading free-market think tank, today announced the hiring of nationally-renowned scholar and researcher and former Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Henry Miller as a Senior Fellow in Health Care. At ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 4, 2018
California
Michael Thom – Are Film Subsidies A Good Deal for California Taxpayers?
USC Public Policy Professor Michael Thom joins us to discuss his research exploring whether California’s film and television tax credits are a good deal for taxpayers and whether they make a difference in attracting or retaining jobs and economic activity to the state.
Pacific Research Institute
September 3, 2018
Blog
What We’re Watching – Labor Day Memories
Rowena Itchon – Remembering Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement We can’t forget this Labor Day weekend Lech Walesa and the ship workers of Gdansk, Poland. The Solidarity movement would eventually help bring down Communism and win back freedom for the eastern bloc. Tim Anaya – Remembering A Labor Day ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 31, 2018
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses Student Free Speech and Washington State Teacher Strikes on Lars Larson Show
Listen to Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discuss the ongoing Washington state teacher strikes, and his recent op-ed on the victory of an Oregon student in a student free speech case on “The Lars Larson Show”. The interview begins at the ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 30, 2018
Podcast
Laurence Jurdem – How Conservative Media Influenced Reagan’s Foreign Policy
Historian Laurence Jurdem joins us to talk about his new book, Paving the Way for Reagan, which explores how National Review, Human Events, and other conservative publications strongly influenced Ronald Reagan’s outlook and paved the way for his “peace through strength” foreign policy.
Pacific Research Institute
August 27, 2018
Wayne Winegarden Discusses California’s Pension Monster on “The DeMaio Report”
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss his new chartbook and study on California’s $1 trillion pension monster with Carl DeMaio on “The DeMaio Report” on KOGO Radio in San Diego.
The September Issue
By Sally C. Pipes and Rowena Itchon “In the occasionally parallel universe of fashion magazines,” writes Matthew Schneier, style editor of the New York Times, “the calendar diverges from the standard. The Gregorian does not apply. For fashion magazines, September is Christmas. September is your birthday. September is New Year’s ...
Sally Pipes Discusses Single-Payer Push by Young Doctors on Dr. Drew Midday Live
Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Healthcare Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss the push for single-payer health care and her recent column in the Washington Examiner on the problem of younger doctors embracing single-payer in medical school on the “Dr. Drew Midday Live” show with ...
Sally Pipes Featured in Newsmax Article on Dangers of Prescription Drug Importation
Cheaper Prescription Drugs Through Deregulation, Not Importation By Jared Whitley Healthcare is frequently a sore spot for the United States in international comparisons. We conservatives like to insist that “America is No. 1,” and when leftists want to take the wind out of our sails, the first thing they point ...
New PRI Chartbook Shows California’s Public Pension Monster Has Grown to Nearly $1 Trillion
A new chartbook released today from the Pacific Research Institute shows that California’s unfunded public employee pension debt problem is far worse than imagined – nearly $1 trillion. Click here to download a copy of the PRI chartbook. Click here to download a copy of the accompanying study. Click here ...
Nationally-Renowned Scholar Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., Joins Pacific Research Institute as Senior Fellow in Health Care
Former Hoover Fellow’s Research Will Focus on Genetic Engineering, Evidence-Based Medicine, Regulatory Reform SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute, California’s leading free-market think tank, today announced the hiring of nationally-renowned scholar and researcher and former Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Henry Miller as a Senior Fellow in Health Care. At ...
Michael Thom – Are Film Subsidies A Good Deal for California Taxpayers?
USC Public Policy Professor Michael Thom joins us to discuss his research exploring whether California’s film and television tax credits are a good deal for taxpayers and whether they make a difference in attracting or retaining jobs and economic activity to the state.
What We’re Watching – Labor Day Memories
Rowena Itchon – Remembering Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement We can’t forget this Labor Day weekend Lech Walesa and the ship workers of Gdansk, Poland. The Solidarity movement would eventually help bring down Communism and win back freedom for the eastern bloc. Tim Anaya – Remembering A Labor Day ...
Lance Izumi Discusses Student Free Speech and Washington State Teacher Strikes on Lars Larson Show
Listen to Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discuss the ongoing Washington state teacher strikes, and his recent op-ed on the victory of an Oregon student in a student free speech case on “The Lars Larson Show”. The interview begins at the ...
Laurence Jurdem – How Conservative Media Influenced Reagan’s Foreign Policy
Historian Laurence Jurdem joins us to talk about his new book, Paving the Way for Reagan, which explores how National Review, Human Events, and other conservative publications strongly influenced Ronald Reagan’s outlook and paved the way for his “peace through strength” foreign policy.