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When Protecting Privacy Reveals Secrets
Right By the Bay Blog | Bartlett Cleland
December 23, 2019
The resulting bill was so deficient, that it was passed with a 2020 effective date to give the legislature some chance to try to fix what it could. Much work had to be done on the law throughout 2019, including attempting to address whole paragraphs of ambiguous language. While compliance costs are still likely to be unaffordable by most small, medium, and even some large businesses, the exact economic impact is unknown.
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Listen to PRI's "Next Round" Podcast
3rd Annual PRI All-Stars Year End Awards
December 23, 2019
Back once again with their popular holiday tradition, the PRI All-Stars get together for our annual entertaining look back at 2019. We hand out our annual awards for the biggest winners and losers of 2019 in the worlds of politics and policy. Stay tuned to the end to hear our predictions for who will be the Democratic presidential nominee and America’s 2020 presidential choice.
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Third Annual PRI Next Round Wine and Cocktail Recommendations
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
December 24, 2019
Once again this year, we are pleased to present a list of some of the best adult beverages recommended by our Next Round podcast guests in 2019. Their recommendations run the gamut from beer and wine to craft cocktail recommendations, very fancy and expensive drinks to cheap ones you can buy at the grocery store.
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America’s Critical Medical Device Industry Gets A Needed Tax Cut
Issues & Insights | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
December 26, 2019
But Washington politics has put this made-in-America success story at risk. For years, the medical device industry was ravaged by unwise public policy, including a devastating 2.3% excise tax that took effect at the beginning of 2013 as part of ObamaCare. It was included largely as an afterthought with little debate or consideration, as one of a grab bag of taxes, fees and fines used to finance the law’s litany of new spending programs.
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Enjoy 2019’s Best of “Next Round” and “Right by the Bay”
Right By the Bay Blog | Tim Anaya
December 26, 2019
Consider that a January 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation survey showed that 71 percent of respondents were in favor of the concept of Medicare for All, but support plummeted to 37 percent once voters learned it would eliminate private health insurance or require higher taxes.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Everything You Need to Know About Britain, Boris and Brexit – Luncheon and Discussion with Dr. Eamonn Butler
Join PRI for a luncheon and discussion featuring Dr. Eamonn Butler, Director at the Adam Smith Institute of London. Dr. Butler will look at all things Brexit, including the outcomes and possibilities of the December UK elections, the impact of Boris Johnson, and more.
Dr. Eamonn Butler has degrees in economics, philosophy and psychology, gaining a PhD from the University of St Andrews in 1978. During the 1970s he worked on pensions and welfare issues for the US House of Representatives, and taught philosophy in Hillsdale College, Michigan, before returning to the UK to help found the Adam Smith Institute.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
11:30 Registration
12:00 Luncheon
The University Club
800 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
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Young Leaders Circle: Untangling Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in 2020
PRI’s Young Leaders Circle will bring together a panel of industry experts to discuss blockchain and cryptocurrency. Leaders in academic research, private business, and the regulatory space will examine regulations on blockchain and cryptocurrency, benefits and challenges to the emerging technologies, and look at how the two concepts are being adopted around the world in the free market.
This event is open to all interest levels: whether you’re completely new to blockchain and cryptocurrencies or regularly follow ICOs and ETFs.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
6 p.m. Happy Hour
6:45 p.m. Panel Begins
Neyborly – The Mezzanine
600 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
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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.”
Winegarden’s study is the second in the Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity which looks for challenges and reforms to boost entrepreneurship. Dr. Winegarden’s policy research explores the connection between macroeconomic policies and economic outcomes, with a focus on fiscal policy, the health care industry, and the energy sector.
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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