Pacific Standard

Pacific Standard is a publishing company that offers publications and events focused on economics, justice, education, and the environment.

Pacific Standard is a publishing company that offers publications and events focused on economics, justice, education, and the environment. It has a broad community of readers, contributors, and thought leaders. Pacific Standard believes in the power of cutting-edge empirical research to shed new light on human affairs. It also believes in the power of great storytelling to make vivid and persuasive what is otherwise abstract. The company’s publications include a bimonthly print magazine and a dynamic website, PSmag.com. In partnership with its parent organization, the non-profit Miller-McCune Center for Research and Media and Public Policy, Pacific Standard works with national organizations that are focused on the social and behavioral sciences bringing public discussions to live audiences. Pacific Standard was founded in 2008 and is based in Santa Barbara, California.