Commentary
Business & Economics
Google Promises to Stop Photographing on Private Property Without Permission
Despite claiming in court documents it could rightfully publish photographs taken on private roads and driveways, Google Inc. now says it will use only photos taken on public thoroughfares for the “street view” feature of its wildly popular Google Maps program. A Pennsylvania couple sued Google in April for trespass ...
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Gov’t Control of Health Care Unravelling? CVS Gives Cash Discounts for Generic Drugs
While state and federal governments flail around trying to unbreak the health care “system” that they’ve been breaking for decades, entrepreneurs are addressing patients’ needs in innovative ways. CVS, a leading chain of pharmacies has now cut prices for 400 generic drugs to $9.99 for a 90-day supply. A key ...
Commentary
Grading Obama
Lance T. Izumi, a senior fellow in California studies and the senior director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, is the co-author of the book “Not as Good as You Think: Why the Middle Class Needs School Choice.” (Full biography.) The federal No Child Left ...
Business & Economics
Technological Singularity: Utopia or Annihilation?
Some far-thinkers gathered at a recent Singularity Institute conference to ponder the possibility that machines might eventually develop a capacity for intelligence that could outstrip humanity’s. TechNewsWorld columnist Sonia Arrison, who attended the event, shares some of their provocative ideas on the subject of technological singularity. It’s been called the ...
Business & Economics
Impact – October 2008
PRI Ideas in Action – October 2008 Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report PRI continues to impact public policy in California, the nation, and abroad. Click below to view PRI’s recent contributions. Read PDF
Commentary
Measure establishes rights
On November 4, Arizonans have the opportunity to make a key decision about their rights. Proposition 101, the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, secures your right to spend your money on the health care of your choice. It comes as no surprise that some people, notably government types, ...
Business & Economics
Where have Silicon Valley’s Republicans gone?
Calling venture capitalist Tim Draper an ardent Republican is something of an understatement. In 1999, he was enough of a fan of then-candidate George W. Bush that he chaired three fundraisers over a year before the actual election. Salon once dubbed him “George W.’s point man in Silicon Valley.” The ...
Commentary
Newsflash! Women Have Different Health Costs Than Men!
Surely, Robert Pear’s article in today’s New York Times, “Women buying health policies pay a penalty”, falls under the category of “old news”. (So old, indeed, that my former colleague Diana Ernst addressed it last year.) Calling it a “penalty”, rather than an actuarially fair premium, is also an old ...
Business & Economics
Paulson’s Plan Making Things Worse
U.S. financial markets continue to implode, yet government officials assure the American people that the problem is under control. More economists, however, are starting to realize that the government’s constantly evolving rescue plan is contributing to the instability. When the House of Representatives failed to pass the original request for ...
Business & Economics
To dig out of the hole, N.Y. must expand economic freedom
The economic misery caused by the nation’s financial meltdown has hit New York especially hard. Since September 2007, the city’s financial sector has lost 13,400 jobs, according to the state Labor Department. An additional 65,000 financial jobs will be gone in New York and its suburbs by mid-2010, says BusinessWeek. ...
Google Promises to Stop Photographing on Private Property Without Permission
Despite claiming in court documents it could rightfully publish photographs taken on private roads and driveways, Google Inc. now says it will use only photos taken on public thoroughfares for the “street view” feature of its wildly popular Google Maps program. A Pennsylvania couple sued Google in April for trespass ...
Gov’t Control of Health Care Unravelling? CVS Gives Cash Discounts for Generic Drugs
While state and federal governments flail around trying to unbreak the health care “system” that they’ve been breaking for decades, entrepreneurs are addressing patients’ needs in innovative ways. CVS, a leading chain of pharmacies has now cut prices for 400 generic drugs to $9.99 for a 90-day supply. A key ...
Grading Obama
Lance T. Izumi, a senior fellow in California studies and the senior director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, is the co-author of the book “Not as Good as You Think: Why the Middle Class Needs School Choice.” (Full biography.) The federal No Child Left ...
Technological Singularity: Utopia or Annihilation?
Some far-thinkers gathered at a recent Singularity Institute conference to ponder the possibility that machines might eventually develop a capacity for intelligence that could outstrip humanity’s. TechNewsWorld columnist Sonia Arrison, who attended the event, shares some of their provocative ideas on the subject of technological singularity. It’s been called the ...
Impact – October 2008
PRI Ideas in Action – October 2008 Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report PRI continues to impact public policy in California, the nation, and abroad. Click below to view PRI’s recent contributions. Read PDF
Measure establishes rights
On November 4, Arizonans have the opportunity to make a key decision about their rights. Proposition 101, the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, secures your right to spend your money on the health care of your choice. It comes as no surprise that some people, notably government types, ...
Where have Silicon Valley’s Republicans gone?
Calling venture capitalist Tim Draper an ardent Republican is something of an understatement. In 1999, he was enough of a fan of then-candidate George W. Bush that he chaired three fundraisers over a year before the actual election. Salon once dubbed him “George W.’s point man in Silicon Valley.” The ...
Newsflash! Women Have Different Health Costs Than Men!
Surely, Robert Pear’s article in today’s New York Times, “Women buying health policies pay a penalty”, falls under the category of “old news”. (So old, indeed, that my former colleague Diana Ernst addressed it last year.) Calling it a “penalty”, rather than an actuarially fair premium, is also an old ...
Paulson’s Plan Making Things Worse
U.S. financial markets continue to implode, yet government officials assure the American people that the problem is under control. More economists, however, are starting to realize that the government’s constantly evolving rescue plan is contributing to the instability. When the House of Representatives failed to pass the original request for ...
To dig out of the hole, N.Y. must expand economic freedom
The economic misery caused by the nation’s financial meltdown has hit New York especially hard. Since September 2007, the city’s financial sector has lost 13,400 jobs, according to the state Labor Department. An additional 65,000 financial jobs will be gone in New York and its suburbs by mid-2010, says BusinessWeek. ...
