Pacific Research Institute

Published July 16, 2017 by utahian. Filed under

Pacific Research Institute The mission of the Pacific Research Institute is to champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions. The Institute believes these principles are best encouraged through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative and limited government.

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Follow the FDA’s Self-Interest

Published October 29, 2018

Follow the FDA’s Self-Interest Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. Wall Street Journal Bringing a new drug to market now takes, on average, $2.6 billion and more than 10 years. Those numbers could shrink, and countless patients could benefit, if Food and Drug Administration regulators were less risk-averse. I know that from firsthand experience. Oct. 30 marks […]

California Supreme Court Ruling Takes Its First Scalp

Published September 18, 2018

California Supreme Court Ruling Takes Its First Scalp September 18, 2018 Kerry Jackson It didn’t take long for a California Supreme Court decision to start claiming victims. Bottle & Barlow, a “get loose stay sharp” joint on trendy R Street in Sacramento, where a gentleman can sip whisky and also be stylishly shorn, has lost […]

Should We Pay Teachers the Same as Legislators?

Published November 6, 2017

Should We Pay Teachers the Same as Legislators? November 06, 2017 Tim Anaya California’s initiative process is imperfect. We cherish the right to circulate citizen’s petitions when the Legislature refuses to act on matters of critical importance. But give any Californian the right to submit a ballot measure, and you’re sure to have some wild […]

Reports of Obamacare repeal’s death are greatly exaggerated

Published August 5, 2017

Reports of Obamacare repeal’s death are greatly exaggerated by Sally Pipes | Aug 3, 2017, 5:00 PM President Trump recently tweeted, “Unless the Republican senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead!” He’s completely right that free-marketeers shouldn’t give up on health reform. But if we’re being honest, none of the bills that […]

Californians Would Pay $1.9 Billion More For Insurance If Congress Passes Border Adjustment Tax

Published July 16, 2017

07/12/2017 by Lars Powell, Ian Adams, and R.J. Lehmann R Street Institute-PRI Study Californians would face $1.9 billion in higher insurance costs if Congress passes a border adjustment tax as part of federal tax reform, according to a new study released today by the R Street Institute and the Pacific Research Institute. This tax would […]

Does More Government Spending Boost the Economy?

Published February 7, 2017

Feb 6, 2017 / Pacific Research Institute New PRI Study Finds Overspending Doesn’t Create Jobs, Takes Away Investment in Private-Sector Challenging the status quo thinking that more government spending boosts the economy, a new report released today by the Pacific Research Institute found that bigger government does very little to boost the economy. Part 2 […]

“A Platform as Powerful

as the People Who Use It”

Pacific Research Institute

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