Wayne Winegarden

Dr. Wayne Winegarden is a senior fellow in business and economics at the Pacific Research Institute. Download the reparations brief at www.pacificresearch.org.

A Chevrolet Bolt charges at a ChargePoint electric vehicle charging station in Hudson, New York, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. ChargePoint Holdings Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on September 4. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Opinion

May 7, 2025

California's green new scam could cost you $20,000

California's pursuit of reduced emissions is coming at a staggering cost to its residents.

A pro-reparations sign

Opinion

February 28, 2024

Here's what California's radical reparations plan will cost taxpayers

Based on a nonpartisan media analysis of the California Reparations Commission's 1,000-page report by CalMatters, the cost of the reparations per eligible Californian is $1,381,198.

Golden Gate Bridge traffic

Opinion

September 28, 2023

New study reveals why Americans are fleeing big cities

A new study reveals that city and state policies that promote growth have a huge impact on where people decide to live and where businesses decide to set up shop.