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China Catches Cold from the Wuhan Coronavirus—and the World Sneezes
Human Events | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
January 27, 2020
The new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, in December (officially designated 2019-nCoV) or perhaps as early as October, is interesting in a number of ways—in terms of genetics, epidemiology, evolution, even public policy. First, some basic information about outbreaks of infectious diseases, and viral illnesses specifically. There are several factors that determine how damaging and worrisome outbreaks will be.
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Adam Andrzejewski – Open the Books
January 27, 2020
Adam Andrzejewski is the founder of Open the Books, an organization dedicated to transparency in government. Open the Books has been at the forefront of holding state government accountable for how it spends taxpayer money. In California, Governor Newsom’s most recent state budget plan proposed $222 billion in General Fund spending alone. So when State Controller Betty Yee declined an Open the Books request for line-by-line state spending, they sued her in court to force her to reveal these public spending records. Adam discusses the case against California and Open the Books’ victories in other states in holding public officials accountable.
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Sally Pipes Argues Against Medicare for All on the Jim Bohannon Show
The Jim Bohannon Show | Sally C. Pipes
January 29, 2020
Sally Pipes, PRI’s President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy joins the nationally syndicated Jim Bohannon Show to explain the litany of problems with single payer health care and provide examples from her new book False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All.
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National School Choice Week Celebrates All Types of Education Choice
Right By the Bay Blog | Lance Izumi
January 29, 2020
This week is National School Choice Week and it is important to remember that education choice includes not just private, charter, and traditional public options, but also homeschooling options as well. My upcoming book, co-authored with the amazing Mia Giordano, tells the story of Mia’s incredible educational journey.
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Henry Miller Provides a Wuhan Flu Update on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show
The Lars Larson Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
January 28, 2020
Henry Miller joins the nationally syndicated Lars Larson Show to share updates and analysis on the Wuhan flu epidemic that started in China earlier this month. Miller also discusses the preparedness of the United States and other countries in dealing with epidemics.
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The SEC’s Proposed Rule Will Improve Transparency And Protect Investors
Right By the Bay Blog | Wayne Winegarden
January 27, 2020
While such services are useful, even essential for some fund managers, there are clear conflict of interest problems that must be addressed. These problems arise, in part, because proxy advisory firms engage in other consulting services for corporations, and the topic of these consulting services are also topics raised in shareholder resolutions. Take the issue of environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs as the example.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
National School Choice Week Event: The State of School Choice in California in 2020
As California celebrates National School Choice Week, the future of charter schools is uncertain following legislation enacted in 2019. Join Pacific Research Institute Senior Director of Education Studies Lance Izumi as he leads a panel of education reform experts at the State Capitol in discussing the impact of last year’s legislative changes, 2020 legislative efforts that could impact school choice, and reform ideas to
preserve and expand school choice options for students and parents. This event is free and a lunch will be provided, but please RSVP as space is limited.
Featured Speakers:
Lance Izumi, Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education
Larry Sand, President, California Teachers Empowerment Network
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, Vice-Chair, Assembly Education Committee
Friday, January 31, 2020
State Capitol, Room 125
Sacramento
12 - 1 p.m.
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2020 California “Ideas in Action” Policy Conference
Join us for PRI’s second annual California “Ideas in Action” Policy Conference and hear policy experts, opinion leaders, and real life changemakers at informative panel discussions on California power outages, barriers to entrepreneurship, school choice, and homelessness.
Also, an evening reception celebrating the publication of False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of Medicare for All by Sally C. Pipes, PRI President, CEO and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy will be held.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
Capitol View Room (15th Floor)
1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
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Young Leaders Circle: How Entrepreneurship Can Bring Low-Income Entrepreneurs Out of Poverty with Dr. Wayne Winegarden
Dr. Wayne Winegarden, PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics and the Director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, will share challenges and solutions from his new study on entrepreneurship “Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to the American Dream.”
Thursday, February 20, 2020
6 p.m. Happy Hour Begins
6:45 p.m. Moderated Interview Begins
University Club
800 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
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