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PRI Webinar on Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and Regulation During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Pacific Research Institute
June 11, 2020
In case you missed it: watch an expert panel debate the impact of COVID-19, state regulations in California and New York, and pending threats to cybersecurity, data privacy, and the security around the Internet of Things.
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Registration Now Open --- "Punting Poverty: How Basic Income, Welfare, and Big Government Hurt the American Dream" ([link removed])
Join PRI fellow, entrepreneur, and former NFL and Stanford University football player Damon Dunn as we discuss his new book, Punting Poverty, recent proposals for universal basic income, and his journey from the trailer parks of Texas to Stanford University, the NFL, and a successful business career.
Monday, June 29, 2020 @ 11 AM PST
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This Week on PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
Kerry Jackson – Criminal Justice Policy in CA Following COVID-19 and Statewide Riots
June 8, 2020
PRI Fellow Kerry Jackson, author of the book “Living in Fear in California,” joins us to discuss the debate over criminal justice policy in California in these troubled times. We discuss temporary changes to early release and cash bail policies during the COVID-19 crisis, controversies over police activities highlighted by the statewide riots, and potential future legislation affecting California’s public safety laws.
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Stop Politicizing Investments
Right By the Bay | Wayne Winegarden
June 9, 2020
This positive scenario is not a sure thing, of course. The future is unknown and perhaps fossil fuel production will decline, not rise as the IEA expects. But, the possibility of future growth demonstrates that divesting from energy is not a one-sided proposition for the current and future retirees.
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Memo to Small Business: We’re from the government and we’re here to help
Right by the Bay | Rowena Itchon
June 10, 2020
And while government has handed trillions of dollars to prop up the economy during the pandemic, we can’t help but be reminded of what Ronald Reagan said were the most terrifying words of the English language: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Thankfully, Congress made some important fixes to the PPP loans for small businesses, for example, giving owners more flexibility in spending the money.
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Dr. Henry Miller Talks WHO Missteps on the Lars Larson Show
The Lars Larson Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
June 9, 2020
Dr. Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., and PRI’s Senior Fellow with PRI, talks about the many missteps of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the recent confusion about the transmission of the coronavirus or COVID-19. Miller and Lars Larson also discuss funding for WHO, how doctors and researchers are selected, and problems with how the organization is run and funded.
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Suing Oil Companies: It’s Not About the Environment
Capital Ideas | Kerry Jackson
June 11, 2020
Four years ago Heritage Foundation scholars were warning that lawsuits against oil companies were “nothing more than an old-fashioned, political mob shakedown of a deep-pocketed industry for money.” A secondary goal was “to get energy companies to stop giving money to free-market institutions that the left doesn’t agree with.”
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