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How California Can Embrace Entrepreneurship and Small Business in an Economic Downturn
Pacific Research Institute
April 22, 2020
Watch Pacific Research Institute’s inaugural panel webinar featuring a panel of business experts and entrepreneurs analyzing how California can recover economically from the coronavirus pandemic. The panel looks at the current economic outlook resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and talks about current or new policies that should be passed, put on hold, or abolished to help Californians climb back up the economic ladder.
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Monday May 4, 2020 @ Noon PST
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Wayne Winegarden – Keeping America’s Economy Afloat Amidst the Coronavirus
April 20, 2020
PRI Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to evaluate the response by state and federal governments to boost America’s economy amidst the coronavirus pandemic. We discuss the “phase 3” $2 trillion stimulus package enacted by Congress, the long-term consequences of the significant debt increase, how long we should expect the recession to last, and how entrepreneurship can help millions who are suddenly unemployed earn a living from home.
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Coronavirus lockdown unleashes potential of this form of medicine
Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
April 21, 2020
Patients have rushed to make use of remote care. Teladoc, a New York-based telemedicine provider, now conducts 20,000 visits a day – more than double its daily average in early March. Banyan Medical Systems, which partners with hospitals nationwide to provide virtual care, says it’s experienced a 900 percent increase in patient use of telehealth.
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A Coronavirus Vaccine: Faster, Please
Wall Street Journal | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
April 22, 2020
Clearly, there is a sense of urgency. What, then, is standing in the way of the rapid deployment of a vaccine? For one, unproven technologies—which are being used by virtually all of the Covid-19 vaccine developers—present significant safety concerns. And once researchers have a vaccine candidate, the risk-averse regulators at the Food and Drug Administration get involved. The regulatory process can be sped up, but corners can’t be cut without sacrificing confidence about the safety and efficacy of the product.
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Earth Day in the Time of Coronavirus
Right By The Bay | Rowena Itchon
April 22, 2020
The Five Principles were followed by the Green Stimulus, a spending package put forth by a coalition of scientists and academics to find “climate and inequality-conscious” ways to spend taxpayer dollars. While they acknowledged that, “We must focus on halting the spread of deadly illness. However, we can do all the preparatory work now to make green projects ‘shovel ready.’”
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“AB5 Makes No Sense” Says Wayne Winegarden
The Washington Free Beacon | Collin Anderson
April 21, 2020
"If you want to minimize economic damage, AB5 makes no sense,” Pacific Research Institute senior fellow Wayne Winegarden told the Washington Free Beacon. “Whether it’s health care or the broader economy, AB5 is hurting our response to this virus,” he said
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