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The Warren Wealth Tax
California progressives’ plan to impose a wealth tax on state residents died in committee last year. Right by the Bay’s Kerry Jackson and Tim Anaya wrote about why it would hurt everyday Californians far more than its rich and famous. Unfortunately, the idea didn’t end at the California state line. ...
Business & Economics
The Roth Effect Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Gig Economy, Stimulus
Pacific Research Institute’s Wayne Winegarden sits down with The Roth Effect with Carol Roth to discuss his new gig economy study, “The Small Business Gig,” the Biden administrations $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, and what the future holds for small business. Roth and Winegarden also discuss the role of the Federal ...
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Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage
Here is the simple truth, that is in the richest country in the world we can no longer tolerate millions of our workers being unable to feed their families because they are working for starvation wages. Senator Bernie Sanders Senator Sanders asserts that this “simple truth” justifies the “fight for ...
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Stimulus Plan a Bailout Bonanza for California
With Congress on Wednesday giving final approval to President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, who is the biggest winner from Washington’s biggest ever spending spree? State and local governments in California. In music to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ears, a virtual Brink’s truck is about deliver a mountain of cash from ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Talks Gig Economy on Freedom & Prosperity Radio
On this Wednesday edition of Freedom & Prosperity Radio Joe Thomas is joined by Dr. Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow in Business and Economics, to discuss the gig-economy.
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Is Stockton’s Basic Income Scheme Actually Working?
Proponents of Stockton’s universal basic income (UBI) pilot project – known as the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, or SEED – released a report last week detailing its first year findings. The report’s main claim is receiving UBI boosted full-time work. In February 2019, 28 percent of recipients had full-time employment, ...
Business & Economics
NTD News Interviews Wayne Winegarden on PRO Act Gig Economy Bill
Pacific Research Institute’s Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., joins NTD News to discuss the congressional and anti-gig economy PRO Act and his new study on the many benefits for gig workers. Wayne’s segments begins at the 3:24-minute mark.
Business & Economics
Congress Should Not Follow California’s Example With PRO Act
This week, the House will vote on the so-called PRO Act, which the National Law Journal calls “the most significant labor law reform since the World War II-era Taft-Hartley Act and the 1935 Wagner Act . . . which first granted private-sector employees the right to form and join labor organizations.” One of ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden Gig Economy Study Featured in NorCal Record
Study finds gig economy grows amid COVID pandemic; ‘Benefits people as consumers of goods and services and the income-earning opportunities created’ By Sarah Downey As gig economy restrictions have been reintroduced at the federal level, a new analysis has found such platforms crucial to helping businesses and workers recover from the COVID-19 ...
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Frivolous Patent Litigation Threatens The Technology Revolution
Patent trolls have been a plague on innovators for too long. Patent trolls are entities that obtain patents (sometimes obscure patents) for the sole purpose of threatening or filing lawsuits in court and then using the prospect of costly litigation to extort unwarranted payouts from an innovative company. The risks ...
The Warren Wealth Tax
California progressives’ plan to impose a wealth tax on state residents died in committee last year. Right by the Bay’s Kerry Jackson and Tim Anaya wrote about why it would hurt everyday Californians far more than its rich and famous. Unfortunately, the idea didn’t end at the California state line. ...
The Roth Effect Interviews Wayne Winegarden on Gig Economy, Stimulus
Pacific Research Institute’s Wayne Winegarden sits down with The Roth Effect with Carol Roth to discuss his new gig economy study, “The Small Business Gig,” the Biden administrations $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, and what the future holds for small business. Roth and Winegarden also discuss the role of the Federal ...
Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage
Here is the simple truth, that is in the richest country in the world we can no longer tolerate millions of our workers being unable to feed their families because they are working for starvation wages. Senator Bernie Sanders Senator Sanders asserts that this “simple truth” justifies the “fight for ...
Stimulus Plan a Bailout Bonanza for California
With Congress on Wednesday giving final approval to President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, who is the biggest winner from Washington’s biggest ever spending spree? State and local governments in California. In music to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ears, a virtual Brink’s truck is about deliver a mountain of cash from ...
Wayne Winegarden Talks Gig Economy on Freedom & Prosperity Radio
On this Wednesday edition of Freedom & Prosperity Radio Joe Thomas is joined by Dr. Wayne Winegarden, Senior Fellow in Business and Economics, to discuss the gig-economy.
Is Stockton’s Basic Income Scheme Actually Working?
Proponents of Stockton’s universal basic income (UBI) pilot project – known as the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, or SEED – released a report last week detailing its first year findings. The report’s main claim is receiving UBI boosted full-time work. In February 2019, 28 percent of recipients had full-time employment, ...
NTD News Interviews Wayne Winegarden on PRO Act Gig Economy Bill
Pacific Research Institute’s Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., joins NTD News to discuss the congressional and anti-gig economy PRO Act and his new study on the many benefits for gig workers. Wayne’s segments begins at the 3:24-minute mark.
Congress Should Not Follow California’s Example With PRO Act
This week, the House will vote on the so-called PRO Act, which the National Law Journal calls “the most significant labor law reform since the World War II-era Taft-Hartley Act and the 1935 Wagner Act . . . which first granted private-sector employees the right to form and join labor organizations.” One of ...
Wayne Winegarden Gig Economy Study Featured in NorCal Record
Study finds gig economy grows amid COVID pandemic; ‘Benefits people as consumers of goods and services and the income-earning opportunities created’ By Sarah Downey As gig economy restrictions have been reintroduced at the federal level, a new analysis has found such platforms crucial to helping businesses and workers recover from the COVID-19 ...
Frivolous Patent Litigation Threatens The Technology Revolution
Patent trolls have been a plague on innovators for too long. Patent trolls are entities that obtain patents (sometimes obscure patents) for the sole purpose of threatening or filing lawsuits in court and then using the prospect of costly litigation to extort unwarranted payouts from an innovative company. The risks ...
