On May 11, the Pacific Research Institute held its 12th Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala at the The Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California.

We were delighted to host economist Dr. Arthur Laffer in conversation with PRI Senior Fellow Steven Hayward, Ph.D. In a wide-ranging discussion, the two discussed the current economic challenges facing our nation and the role that tax policy can play in unleashing economic prosperity. Dr. Laffer, who served as an economic policy adviser to President Reagan and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019, made a strong case for free trade, spending restraint, and regulatory reform to get the economy back on track. He also fielded questions from the audience. Dr. Laffer was introduced by former Congressman and SEC chairman, the Honorable Christopher Cox.

We were especially delighted that, at the Gala, PRI Chief Operating Officer Rowena Itchon presented our Baroness Thatcher Liberty Award to Clark Judge, PRI Board Chairman and Managing Director of White House Writers Group, for his tireless work advancing the values of liberty and limited government.

We are incredibly grateful to those who joined and supported our Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala Dinner. Your support is critical to our work to advance market-based policy ideas in education, health care, business and economics, energy and the environment, and homelessness, among other key policy areas.

We hope to see you at a PRI event in the near future.