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Costly union-only agreements result in fewer city projects
From street repairs to building construction, municipal infrastructure projects are costly, but often necessary, endeavors. To get them done in the most cost-effective manner possible, city taxpayers are best served by having open, competitive markets for contracts to complete such projects efficiently and at the best price. This might sound like ...
Sal Rodriguez
March 8, 2023
Business & Economics
PRI Sacramento Policy Conference: The Best and Worst Big Cities in America
This podcast is a recording of a panel discussion on the conditions of America’s largest cities from PRI’s 5th Annual Ideas in Action Conference in Sacramento.
Pacific Research Institute
March 6, 2023
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Latest San Francisco Public Bank Proposal Doomed to Fail
According to the proposal prepared by consultants, the bank would focus “its initial lending activities on affordable housing development and affordable homeownership, local enterprises (small businesses), and green investments and environmental justice.” The “fundamental need for a city-owned bank,” it says, “stems from the historic inability of traditional financial institutions ...
Kerry Jackson
March 6, 2023
Business & Economics
Red Tape Strangles Charities
By Elizabeth McGuigan & Wayne Winegarden A recent Gallup poll shows Americans see the government as the top problem facing the nation. For the most vulnerable Americans this may be especially true as new research shows that excessive government burden is having a negative impact on the organizations that struggling individuals and ...
Pacific Research Institute
March 3, 2023
Business & Economics
Keith Knopf – President and CEO of Raley’s
Our guest this week is Keith Knopf, President and CEO of Raley’s. Mr. Knopf was the keynote speaker at this year’s PRI Sacramento conference.
Pacific Research Institute
February 27, 2023
Business & Economics
Overregulation hinders New Jersey’s charities
By Wayne Winegarden & Regina Egea New Jersey has long been ranked as one of the most expensive places to live and worst to do business. Add to that list a new ranking of the state as one of the worst states to operate a charity. With over 50,000 nonprofit organizations in ...
Pacific Research Institute
February 21, 2023
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Court Slows The FAST Act, But Business Exodus Could Accelerate
The FAST Act (AB257), which was scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, “makes it all but impossible to run small business restaurants” in California, says Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, in an open letter that appears on the company’s corporate website. The top of the Jan. 25 letter, ...
Kerry Jackson
February 14, 2023
Business & Economics
The ITC Empowers Special Interests To The Detriment Of U.S. Prosperity
Policies have consequences, both good and bad. The right policy environment improves our living standards and makes it easier to address the many problems facing the country – from underfunded public pensions to global climate change. The opposite is also true. Anti-growth policies decrease our well-being, impoverishes families, and turns ...
Wayne Winegarden
February 13, 2023
Business & Economics
All-Star Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address
Our all-star cast of former speechwriters are back to unpack the President’s State of the Union Address.
Pacific Research Institute
February 9, 2023
Business & Economics
Empowering Shareholders Will Help Reduce Proxy Advisory Firm’s Undue Influence
Titans of Wall Street have become vocal advocates for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing – including leaders of the world’s largest asset managers, banks, and other financial institutions. Less well known proponents, but perhaps even more influential, are the proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis, who control 97 percent of ...
Wayne Winegarden
February 7, 2023
Costly union-only agreements result in fewer city projects
From street repairs to building construction, municipal infrastructure projects are costly, but often necessary, endeavors. To get them done in the most cost-effective manner possible, city taxpayers are best served by having open, competitive markets for contracts to complete such projects efficiently and at the best price. This might sound like ...
PRI Sacramento Policy Conference: The Best and Worst Big Cities in America
This podcast is a recording of a panel discussion on the conditions of America’s largest cities from PRI’s 5th Annual Ideas in Action Conference in Sacramento.
Latest San Francisco Public Bank Proposal Doomed to Fail
According to the proposal prepared by consultants, the bank would focus “its initial lending activities on affordable housing development and affordable homeownership, local enterprises (small businesses), and green investments and environmental justice.” The “fundamental need for a city-owned bank,” it says, “stems from the historic inability of traditional financial institutions ...
Red Tape Strangles Charities
By Elizabeth McGuigan & Wayne Winegarden A recent Gallup poll shows Americans see the government as the top problem facing the nation. For the most vulnerable Americans this may be especially true as new research shows that excessive government burden is having a negative impact on the organizations that struggling individuals and ...
Keith Knopf – President and CEO of Raley’s
Our guest this week is Keith Knopf, President and CEO of Raley’s. Mr. Knopf was the keynote speaker at this year’s PRI Sacramento conference.
Overregulation hinders New Jersey’s charities
By Wayne Winegarden & Regina Egea New Jersey has long been ranked as one of the most expensive places to live and worst to do business. Add to that list a new ranking of the state as one of the worst states to operate a charity. With over 50,000 nonprofit organizations in ...
Court Slows The FAST Act, But Business Exodus Could Accelerate
The FAST Act (AB257), which was scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, “makes it all but impossible to run small business restaurants” in California, says Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, in an open letter that appears on the company’s corporate website. The top of the Jan. 25 letter, ...
The ITC Empowers Special Interests To The Detriment Of U.S. Prosperity
Policies have consequences, both good and bad. The right policy environment improves our living standards and makes it easier to address the many problems facing the country – from underfunded public pensions to global climate change. The opposite is also true. Anti-growth policies decrease our well-being, impoverishes families, and turns ...
All-Star Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address
Our all-star cast of former speechwriters are back to unpack the President’s State of the Union Address.
Empowering Shareholders Will Help Reduce Proxy Advisory Firm’s Undue Influence
Titans of Wall Street have become vocal advocates for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing – including leaders of the world’s largest asset managers, banks, and other financial institutions. Less well known proponents, but perhaps even more influential, are the proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis, who control 97 percent of ...