Pacific Research Institute

The Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI) is a California-based free-market think tank which promotes "the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility" through policies that emphasize a free economy, private initiative, and limited government.[3] PRI was founded in 1979 by British philanthropist Antony Fisher.[4]

Not to be confused with Pacific Institute of Public Policy.
Pacific Research Institute
Founder(s)Antony Fisher
Established1979
ChairmanClark S. Judge
President & CEOSally Pipes[1]
BudgetRevenue: $4,610,069
Expenses: $3,586,064
(FYE December 2014)[2]
Location
San Francisco, California
Websitewww.pacificresearch.org

Policy areas

The organization is active in the policy areas of education, economics, health care, and the environment.[5][6] It operates the Center for California's Future, which has a goal of "reinvigorating California's entrepreneurial, self-reliant traditions" and the Laffer Center, which is "focused on educating people on free-markets and supply-side economics."[7]

From 1996 through 2009, the organization published an annual Index of Leading Environmental Indicators, which tracked environmental trends worldwide. PRI started the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, a New York-based think tank focusing on health policy.[8]

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See also

References
  1. Barbaro, Michael; Strom, Stephanie (September 8, 2006). "Wal-Mart Finds an Ally in Conservatives". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. "Charity Rating". Charity Navigator. Also see "Quickview data". GuideStar.
  3. Hanner, Ken (January 9, 2011). "Conservative Spotlight: Pacific Research Institute". Human Events. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. Butler, Eamonn (June 28, 2015). "Antony Fisher, herald of freedom". Adam Smith Institute. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. Barringer, Felicity (February 28, 2013). "In California, What Price Water?". New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. Connolly, Ceci (September 29, 2009). "In Rationing Health Care, More Not Always Better, Experts Say". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  7. Izumi, Lance (July 13, 2015). "California should follow Nevada in offering education savings accounts". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  8. Eggen, Dan (January 7, 2010). "How interest groups behind health-care legislation are financed is often unclear". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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