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Coronavirus shows why you don’t want price controls during a pandemic
Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
March 17, 2020
Some in Congress seem bent on tearing down our world-class pharmaceutical research infrastructure. They think the government should have the power to set drug prices. But such policies would cripple America’s biotech sector, devastate our efforts to fight pandemics and harm patients the world over.
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Listen to PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Entrepreneurship: PRI’s Second Annual Policy Conference
March 16, 2020
This podcast is a recorded panel discussion on entrepreneurship from PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento discussing the impact of AB 5 as well as reforms that will help entrepreneurs thrive in California. The panel includes John Kabateck of Kabateck Strategies and former state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, Lorraine Salazar, immediate past chair of the California Restaurant Association, PRI fellow in Business & Economics Damon Dunn, and Tim Anaya, senior director of communications, discussing PRI’s research on entrepreneurship.
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Dr. Henry Miller shares the latest on the coronavirus with John Batchelor
The John Batchelor Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
March 18, 2020
Dr. Henry Miller joins the John Batchelor Show to talk about the next steps in the fight against the coronavirus including the next phase of testing and investigating just how many have been infected with COVID-19.
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Pending “Buy America” Executive Order Threatens Coronavirus Response
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes
March 18, 2020
Now is not the time to shutter our borders and prevent global cooperation. Americans already face massive shortages of diagnostic tests and vital supplies, like face masks and ventilators. And they’re waiting for researchers to develop a COVID-19 vaccine or treatment that will require collaborative sourcing from around the world.
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Will State Budget Be Victim of Coronavirus?
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
March 16, 2020
Gov. Brown was fortunately rather prudent – for a Democrat – in his budget priorities. Though spending increased throughout his governorship, he prioritized one-time programs and rejected creating new ongoing programs with one-time revenue. His successor, Gov. Newsom, has maintained this stance, though has opened up the purse strings a bit more than Brown.
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