Pacific Research Institute

New Issue Brief: Increased Use of Biosimilars Could Bring Billions in Savings for Patients, Providers, Taxpayers

July 11, 2019

Healthcare

Biosimilars have the potential to realize billions in savings for the health care system if reforms are enacted to incent their market share to grow, according to a new issue brief issued today by the Center for Medical Economics and Innovation at the California-based, free-market...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Lease-Purchase Model May Provide Solution for Home Affordability Problem

June 20, 2019

California

READ THE PDF For a large majority of Americans, their home is their most valuable asset, while also serving as a major portion of their retirement portfolio. For others, owning their home provides a source of stability and community for themselves and their children, granting freedom...

New PRI Study: Free-Market Reforms, Private Charities Key to Addressing San Francisco’s Growing Homeless Crisis

June 19, 2019

California

A new brief on San Francisco’s homeless crisis published today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute concludes that the city could make great strides in reducing homelessness by encouraging and supporting private sector involvement, while making policy changes that will invite a homebuilding boom. The brief...

Much-Publicized Report on Financial Returns on Cancer Treatments Contains Significant Flaws and Biases, Finds New PRI Brief

June 12, 2019

Healthcare

Much-Publicized Report on Financial Returns on Cancer Treatments Contains Significant Flaws and Biases, Finds New Center for Medical Economics and Innovation Brief New PRI Brief Finds WHO Report Overstates Returns by 350 Percent or More ...

Issue Brief: Dishonest Propaganda Sprouts from Organic Agriculture

June 04, 2019

In The Wealth of Nations, the 18th century economist and philosopher Adam Smith observed about the chicanery of some businessmen, “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in...

New Study Finds ESG Funds Underperform Broader Investment Funds Over Long-Term

May 22, 2019

Business Economics

ESG funds that champion environmental and social causes have historically underperformed funds investing in the broader market over the long-term, so finds a new study released today by California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. “In recent years, ESG funds have been presented to investors...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Cracking Down on Fracking in California— Is it The Smart Thing to Do?

May 15, 2019

Environment

DOWNLOAD THE PDF Jerry Brown left office in January as one of the most popular governors in California history. He also left successor Gavin Newsom with a few headaches. Among the more prominent unresolved issues are the high-speed rail project, the housing and homeless crises, and...

CAPITAL IDEAS: Don’t Confuse Private Prisons with The Bastille

April 18, 2019

California

Download the PDF They are not as unpopular in California as President Trump is, but private prisons are becoming a preferred target of politicians. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has a large blue-plate special of problems to solve, is at the forefront of a campaign to end the...

New Study: Costly Regulations Hurt Entrepreneurship, Reform Needed to ‘Break Down Barriers’ for Jobs, Innovation

April 03, 2019

Business Economics

Costly regulations serve as a barrier to entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and job opportunities to lift people into the middle class, concludes the first paper in a new series from the California-based, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. Click here to download the first...

CAPITAL IDEAS: California’s Plastic Police Always on The Job

March 25, 2019

California

DOWNLOAD THE PDF It was inevitable. California lawmakers’ assault on choice continues in 2019. The plastic-bag ban already in effect is not enough to satisfy their appetite for micromanaging others’ lives. After successfully outlawing single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other large retailers, with the help...

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