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The Gordon Chang Report–“Keep Out, China!”: Trump Resurrects the Monroe Doctrine

READ THE PDF “Keep Out, China!”: Trump Resurrects the Monroe Doctrine “Murder.” That’s how Colombian President Gustavo Petro, in comments to the BBC late last month, termed recent U.S. airstrikes on small drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. He also called the attacks an “act of tyranny.” Petro said America’s ...
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Spending Watch

California’s FY2025-26 Budget Failed to Address the State’s Long-term Financial Risks

California’s FY2025-26 Budget Failed to Address the State’s Long-term Financial Risks Wayne Winegarden October 2025 Politicians too often assume that California’s fiscal health is synonymous with the state of its annual budget. When revenue growth is strong, the state is allegedly in a sound fiscal position. It is only when ...
Drug Prices

NEW BRIEF: New California Medi-Cal Restrictions Will Hurt Patients; Competition Key to Affordable, High-Quality Health Care

SACRAMENTO – As California prepares to restrict access to proven private health insurers for dual eligible Medicare and Medi-Cal patients, the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute – the nonpartisan, California-based, free market think tank – today released a new brief showing that expanding competition—not ...
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Legislators Did Not Relieve California’s Energy Poverty Problem

Legislators Did Not Relieve California’s Energy Poverty Problem Wayne Winegarden September 2025 The legislative year is over and there is lots to be concerned about. Paramount among these concerns, the legislature passed several bills that will worsen the state’s energy affordability problems. Perhaps most disappointing, though not unexpected, legislators passed ...
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The Gordon Chang Report–China’s Car Industry Slams Into the World

READ THE PDF China’s Car Industry Slams Into the World BYD Co., the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles, reported that sales in August increased 0.2% from the same month last year. That rate was down from July’s year-on-year increase of 0.6% and the 12.0% jump in June. The company’s ...
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New Free Cities Book

New Free Cities Center Booklet Calls for Common-Sense Reforms to Better Protect Californians from Wildfires

SACRAMENTO – The Free Cities Center at the Pacific Research Institute – the California-based, nonpartisan, free market think tank – today released a new booklet examining the failures in state and local wildfire prevention and response policies during this year’s devastating Southern California wildfires, offering practical reforms to make California ...
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The Gordon Chang Report–China is Making the World Food-Insecure

READ THE PDF China Is Making the World Food-Insecure Of all the countries in the world, only one produces all the food it needs: South America’s Guyana.[1] Does food self-sufficiency matter anymore? In a peaceful and stable period, perhaps not, because the trade in foodstuffs this century led to rising ...
Health Care

New PRI Study: Reforms to Expand PACE Program Could Save Taxpayers Billions, Improve Senior Care

SACRAMENTO – A new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute calls for reforms to expand the reach of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a joint Medicare and Medicaid program that delivers comprehensive medical and social ...
Drug Innovation

New PRI Brief Warns Trump Drug Price Control Policies Would Lead U.S. Down the Path to European-Style Socialism

SACRAMENTO – The Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute – a nonpartisan, California-based, free market think tank – today released a new issue brief warning that efforts by the Trump administration and some Republicans in Congress to embrace and expand the government price controls on ...
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The Gordon Chang Report–In China’s ‘Intriguing Period,’ Xi Jinping Could Be Deposed

READ THE PDF In China’s ‘Intriguing Period,’ Xi Jinping Could Be Deposed Xi Jinping, often called China’s “all-powerful” leader, has recently lost substantial influence over the Chinese regime. Some analysts even believe that in the next few months Xi will be formally removed from his three positions: Communist Party general ...
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The Gordon Chang Report–“Keep Out, China!”: Trump Resurrects the Monroe Doctrine

READ THE PDF “Keep Out, China!”: Trump Resurrects the Monroe Doctrine “Murder.” That’s how Colombian President Gustavo Petro, in comments to the BBC late last month, termed recent U.S. airstrikes on small drug boats in the Caribbean Sea. He also called the attacks an “act of tyranny.” Petro said America’s ...
Blog

Spending Watch

California’s FY2025-26 Budget Failed to Address the State’s Long-term Financial Risks

California’s FY2025-26 Budget Failed to Address the State’s Long-term Financial Risks Wayne Winegarden October 2025 Politicians too often assume that California’s fiscal health is synonymous with the state of its annual budget. When revenue growth is strong, the state is allegedly in a sound fiscal position. It is only when ...
Drug Prices

NEW BRIEF: New California Medi-Cal Restrictions Will Hurt Patients; Competition Key to Affordable, High-Quality Health Care

SACRAMENTO – As California prepares to restrict access to proven private health insurers for dual eligible Medicare and Medi-Cal patients, the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute – the nonpartisan, California-based, free market think tank – today released a new brief showing that expanding competition—not ...
Blog

Spending Watch

Legislators Did Not Relieve California’s Energy Poverty Problem

Legislators Did Not Relieve California’s Energy Poverty Problem Wayne Winegarden September 2025 The legislative year is over and there is lots to be concerned about. Paramount among these concerns, the legislature passed several bills that will worsen the state’s energy affordability problems. Perhaps most disappointing, though not unexpected, legislators passed ...
Blog

The Gordon Chang Report–China’s Car Industry Slams Into the World

READ THE PDF China’s Car Industry Slams Into the World BYD Co., the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles, reported that sales in August increased 0.2% from the same month last year. That rate was down from July’s year-on-year increase of 0.6% and the 12.0% jump in June. The company’s ...
Book

New Free Cities Book

New Free Cities Center Booklet Calls for Common-Sense Reforms to Better Protect Californians from Wildfires

SACRAMENTO – The Free Cities Center at the Pacific Research Institute – the California-based, nonpartisan, free market think tank – today released a new booklet examining the failures in state and local wildfire prevention and response policies during this year’s devastating Southern California wildfires, offering practical reforms to make California ...
Blog

The Gordon Chang Report–China is Making the World Food-Insecure

READ THE PDF China Is Making the World Food-Insecure Of all the countries in the world, only one produces all the food it needs: South America’s Guyana.[1] Does food self-sufficiency matter anymore? In a peaceful and stable period, perhaps not, because the trade in foodstuffs this century led to rising ...
Health Care

New PRI Study: Reforms to Expand PACE Program Could Save Taxpayers Billions, Improve Senior Care

SACRAMENTO – A new issue brief released today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute calls for reforms to expand the reach of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a joint Medicare and Medicaid program that delivers comprehensive medical and social ...
Drug Innovation

New PRI Brief Warns Trump Drug Price Control Policies Would Lead U.S. Down the Path to European-Style Socialism

SACRAMENTO – The Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the Pacific Research Institute – a nonpartisan, California-based, free market think tank – today released a new issue brief warning that efforts by the Trump administration and some Republicans in Congress to embrace and expand the government price controls on ...
Blog

The Gordon Chang Report–In China’s ‘Intriguing Period,’ Xi Jinping Could Be Deposed

READ THE PDF In China’s ‘Intriguing Period,’ Xi Jinping Could Be Deposed Xi Jinping, often called China’s “all-powerful” leader, has recently lost substantial influence over the Chinese regime. Some analysts even believe that in the next few months Xi will be formally removed from his three positions: Communist Party general ...
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