Pacific Research Institute

CAPITAL IDEAS: California Plays Fast and Loose with Food Stamp Work Requirements

September 20, 2018

California

Download the PDF California, not West Virginia, not Mississippi, has the highest poverty rate among the 50 states. Blame policymakers who, rather than solving the problem, have inflamed it. In fact, California officials have gone out of their way to keep hundreds of thousands dependent on...

New PRI Chartbook Shows California’s Public Pension Monster Has Grown to Nearly $1 Trillion

September 05, 2018

New PRI-Open the Books Chartbook Shows California’s Public Pension Monster Has Grown to Nearly $1 Trillion More Realistic Market Estimate Show State Pension Funds are Just 28 Percent Funded...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Is Blue State California’s Agenda America’s Future?

August 30, 2018

California

Download PDF Originally published in PRI’s Impact magazine, Summer 2018 An article that posits California as the model for the country’s future recently picked up some traffic, thanks to an affirming tweet from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who called it a “great read.” We’d say it’s...

CAPITAL IDEAS: More Competition Will Help Consumers Needing Quick Cash

August 14, 2018

California

Open the PDF California lawmakers have had several chances to handcuff payday lenders, and in each instance, they were either unable to, or chose not to. Naturally, some see this as a series of missed opportunities. We understand the reaction. But this is an industry that...

NEW STUDY: Medicare Competitive Bidding Process Should Be Reformed

July 26, 2018

Healthcare

Proposed reforms to the Medicare competitive bidding process for wheelchairs, home breathing equipment, and other durable medical equipment underscore the findings of a recently-released Pacific Research Institute study showing that patient health is being negatively impacted by an inefficient system plagued by low provider payments...

CAPITAL IDEAS – Choice Robbers: California Nannies Won’t Give Up

July 26, 2018

Download the PDF When the Legislature declared a moratorium on cities enacting soda taxes, it felt like a win for freedom and a pushback of interventionism. But the busybodies never give up and they plow a fertile field in California, which has no rival as a...

CAPITAL IDEAS: A Futuristic and Cheaper Alternative to High-Speed Rail

June 27, 2018

Download the PDF California’s “bullet” train to nowhere keeps going -- nowhere. Unless tearing down a bridge just to rebuild it is somewhere. Construction of an overpass near Fresno was scrapped late last year—yes, we’re learning about this just now because it was done “quietly”—because, according to...

New Study: Patients, Employers and Taxpayers Could Save Significantly if Barriers to Biosimilars Removed

June 05, 2018

New Study: Patients, Employers and Taxpayers Could Save Significantly if Barriers to Biosimilars Removed Case Study: Increasing Use of Infliximab Biosimilar Could Lower Costs Up to $465 Million Annually...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Should California Workers & Policymakers Fear Flippy the Hamburger-Making Robot?

May 14, 2018

DOWNLOAD THE PDF Flippy, California’s and the world’s first automated fast-food grill master, has been fired. But after a few tweaks, he will be rehired. The same can’t be said about the humans who will lose their jobs to robots due to the state’s minimum wage. Flippy...

How Much Should We Spend? New PRI Report Offers the 15% Solution

May 02, 2018

Business Economics

In the aftermath of a record $1.3 trillion federal spending deal, the latest report in the Pacific Research Institute’s Beyond the New Normal series makes the case that such record spending levels hurts economic growth and American prosperity. The new report released today, “The 15 Percent...