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PRI’s work encompasses countless studies, commentary, books, podcasts, blog posts, and events surrounding our mission to promote the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility. Our areas of research include health care, education, environment, innovation, California reform, and business economics. Explore our topics below.
Health Care
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Consumer Choice Should Apply to Hospitals as Well
Americans are clamoring for relief from soaring healthcare prices. Thankfully, Congress seems to be looking in the right place for the answer. Last week, members of a House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony on “the effect of mergers, certificate of need laws, regulations, vertical integration, and ...
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Who really won the Paramount-Warner Bros. spat?
The federal government cleared the deal in June after a “rigorous eight-month investigation” led by the U.S. Justice Department Antitrust Division’s career staff – concluding the merger was unlikely to restrain competition or harm consumers. Overseas regulators representing 68 jurisdictions also approved the merger. But that wasn’t enough for ...
California Reform
Most Recent Post:
Who really won the Paramount-Warner Bros. spat?
The federal government cleared the deal in June after a “rigorous eight-month investigation” led by the U.S. Justice Department Antitrust Division’s career staff – concluding the merger was unlikely to restrain competition or harm consumers. Overseas regulators representing 68 jurisdictions also approved the merger. But that wasn’t enough for ...
Education
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25 Years Later, America Must Never Forget
I remember September 11, 2001, though I was just a young child living through it. My dad, an airplane parts manufacturer, left for work early that morning while my mom was home with me and pregnant with my little sister. From our apartment in Montebello, ...
Environment
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California court rewinds new AEWR methodology
A U.S. District Court in California has upended the new U.S. Department of Labor wage calculation methodology for the H-2A visa program in the United States. The judge ordered DOL to create a new methodology while leaving the current wage structure in place. Under the ...