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NEW ISSUE BRIEF: Damon Dunn Shares Stories from His Rise from Poverty, Makes the Case for Why Socialism Doesn’t Work
Pacific Research Institute | Damon Dunn
September 4, 2019
Former collegiate and pro football player and successful businessman Damon Dunn makes the case for why socialism doesn’t work in a new PRI brief.
“My grandparents showed the importance of personal responsibility. The living wasn’t high but it was enough and it was good because it came from what they earned. My mom then showed the path to move forward even more. She was the first person in our family to go to college, and after coming back for me at age 11, made it clear from that point onward that college was in my future as well. In her mind, education was the path to success.”
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Watch C-SPAN’s national TV coverage of PRI’s recent lunch event with University of California Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, who served as the deputy assistant U.S. attorney general during the George W. Bush administration, and PRI senior fellow and current UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Steven Hayward for a discussion about universities, diversity, and free speech.
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Lance Izumi – Will So-Called Compromise Cripple Future Charter School Expansion in California?
September 2, 2019
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Director of Education Studies, joins us to discuss perhaps the most controversial education legislation in recent memory – a so-called compromise that would impose significant new requirements and restrictions on charter schools in California.
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This Labor Day, celebrate America’s job creators as well as our workforce
Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
September 3, 2019
American workers are better off when companies are thriving. A steady stream of profits is far more effective at delivering wage growth, job security and employee satisfaction than even the toughest union negotiator.
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Why Is Sen. Schumer Suddenly Decrying High Tax Rates?
Real Clear Markets | Wayne Winegarden
September 5, 2019
With this proposal, he is really trying to change the subject. After all, it’s not Congress who increased the tax burden on the overburdened taxpayers in White Plains. It is their state lawmakers in Albany and their local government officials who did.
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Cutting Medical Costs Can Be a Bargain
Wall Street Journal | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D. and Shiv Sharma, D.D.S.
September 3, 2019
Much of the medical progress in the past half-century has involved expensive, high-tech diagnostic tests and therapies. But it would be a mistake to gainsay the value of inexpensive, low-tech innovations.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Come See Sally Pipes at Intelligence Squared Debate
For those of you in the New York area, Sally C. Pipes will be debating Medicare for all and private insurance at an Intelligence Squared event.
A limited number of COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS are available exclusively for friends and supporters of the Pacific Research Institute.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
07:00 − 08:45 p.m.
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
115 East 68th Street, New York, NY
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Thatcher Gala Dinner with Keynote Speaker Peter Thiel and Special Award Recipient Chris Cox
On Saturday, November 9, 2019, PRI will host its 8th Annual Baroness Thatcher Gala Dinner at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa in Newport Beach, California. We are thrilled to be celebrating our 40th Anniversary with entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel as our keynote speaker. PRI Senior Fellow Dr. Steven Hayward will lead an in-depth Q&A session with Peter Thiel that will address issues such as political bias at technology companies and campus free speech.
At the Gala, PRI board member Paul D. Tosetti, a partner at Latham & Watkins, will present the 2019 Baroness Thatcher Liberty Award to the Honorable Christopher Cox, a former PRI board member, for his commitment to liberty and for his embodiment of the principles of Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa
900 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California
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Young Leaders Circle event: Is the Gig Up? Why Independent Contractors and the Companies Who Use Them Should Worry
Hear subject matter experts from the San Francisco Chronicle, California Chamber of Commerce, and National Federation of Independent Business for a panel discussion about the gig economy and how independent contractors will be impacted by California Assembly Bill 5. Drinks and appetizers will be served. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the panel discussion begins at 6:15 p.m. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and meet panel participants after the discussion.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and program begins at 6:15 p.m.
Neyborly at Union Square
590 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
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