Pacific Research Institute
California
Bill Meehan – Getting About
This week, we’re joined by Bill Meehan, editor of the new book on William F. Buckley’s travel writings, Getting About. He discusses Buckley’s passion for travel writing, some of the most entertaining moments from his global journeys, and what advice today’s travelers can take away from Buckley’s years of travel ...
Economy
Ken Pope – Victims of Communism
On this Independence Day week our guest is Ken Pope, CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. It’s been nearly 35 years since the Berlin Wall has fallen, but communism continues to thrive in many areas around the world. Ken discusses the continuing threat of communism, why it’s important ...
Business & Economics
Stephen Soukup – The Dictatorship of Woke Capital
Stephen Soukup joins us this week to discuss the newly released paperback edition of his book The Dictatorship of Woke Capital, which explores how Wall Street and corporate investing has gone woke on issues like ESG. We discuss the evolution of American business and the economic philosophies that shaped the ...
Free Cities
Marc Joffe – How can California transportation policy better serve customers?
Transportation expert Marc Joffe of the Cato Institute joins Steven Greenhut of PRI’s Free Cities Center for a discussion of how to transform transportation policy in California to better serve customers and focus on transportation engineering rather than social engineering. They also discuss the current state budget debate over a ...
Free Cities
Latest Free Cities Center video
Watch: How can California transportation policy better serve customers?
Watch transportation expert Marc Joffe of the Cato Institute tour the Walnut Creek BART station with Steven Greenhut of PRI’s Free Cities Center. They discuss how to transform transportation policy in California to better serve customers and focus on transportation engineering rather than social engineering.
California
Wayne Winegarden – Sapping California’s Energy Future
In September 2020, Gov. Newsom signed an executive order requiring all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Wayne Winegarden, PhD and co-author of PRI’s new study “Sapping California’s Energy Future” discusses why this and other policies from Sacramento are jeopardizing California’s ...
Business & Economics
Erik Jaffe – 2023 Supreme Court Preview
Erik Jaffe, PRI adjunct fellow in legal studies and one of America’s top constitutional lawyers, joins us for his annual preview of the hot Supreme Court cases that will be handed down before the end of the term. They discuss cases involving private property rights, tech, college admissions policies, legislative ...
California
Lee Ohanian – Why Californians Are Fleeing the State
Our guest this week is Hoover Institution senior fellow and UCLA professor Dr. Lee Ohanian.
Book
New PRI Book Release
State Planners Focus Too Much on Social Engineering Rather Than Transportation Engineering
NEW PRI BOOK RELEASE PUTTING CUSTOMERS FIRST Re-Envisioning Our Approach to Transportation Planning Steven Greenhut State Planners Focus Too Much on Social Engineering Rather Than Transportation Engineering Focus Should Be Easing Gridlock, Not Prodding People Out of Cars State and local transportation officials are planning transportation projects around social engineering, ...
Drug Pricing
Bill Smith – Rationing Medicine
Bill Smith of the Pioneer Institute in Massachusetts joins Wayne and Tim to discuss his important new book “Rationing Medicine”, which focuses on an obscure economic concept called QALYs – or quality adjusted life years.
Bill Meehan – Getting About
This week, we’re joined by Bill Meehan, editor of the new book on William F. Buckley’s travel writings, Getting About. He discusses Buckley’s passion for travel writing, some of the most entertaining moments from his global journeys, and what advice today’s travelers can take away from Buckley’s years of travel ...
Ken Pope – Victims of Communism
On this Independence Day week our guest is Ken Pope, CEO of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. It’s been nearly 35 years since the Berlin Wall has fallen, but communism continues to thrive in many areas around the world. Ken discusses the continuing threat of communism, why it’s important ...
Stephen Soukup – The Dictatorship of Woke Capital
Stephen Soukup joins us this week to discuss the newly released paperback edition of his book The Dictatorship of Woke Capital, which explores how Wall Street and corporate investing has gone woke on issues like ESG. We discuss the evolution of American business and the economic philosophies that shaped the ...
Marc Joffe – How can California transportation policy better serve customers?
Transportation expert Marc Joffe of the Cato Institute joins Steven Greenhut of PRI’s Free Cities Center for a discussion of how to transform transportation policy in California to better serve customers and focus on transportation engineering rather than social engineering. They also discuss the current state budget debate over a ...
Latest Free Cities Center video
Watch: How can California transportation policy better serve customers?
Watch transportation expert Marc Joffe of the Cato Institute tour the Walnut Creek BART station with Steven Greenhut of PRI’s Free Cities Center. They discuss how to transform transportation policy in California to better serve customers and focus on transportation engineering rather than social engineering.
Wayne Winegarden – Sapping California’s Energy Future
In September 2020, Gov. Newsom signed an executive order requiring all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Wayne Winegarden, PhD and co-author of PRI’s new study “Sapping California’s Energy Future” discusses why this and other policies from Sacramento are jeopardizing California’s ...
Erik Jaffe – 2023 Supreme Court Preview
Erik Jaffe, PRI adjunct fellow in legal studies and one of America’s top constitutional lawyers, joins us for his annual preview of the hot Supreme Court cases that will be handed down before the end of the term. They discuss cases involving private property rights, tech, college admissions policies, legislative ...
Lee Ohanian – Why Californians Are Fleeing the State
Our guest this week is Hoover Institution senior fellow and UCLA professor Dr. Lee Ohanian.
New PRI Book Release
State Planners Focus Too Much on Social Engineering Rather Than Transportation Engineering
NEW PRI BOOK RELEASE PUTTING CUSTOMERS FIRST Re-Envisioning Our Approach to Transportation Planning Steven Greenhut State Planners Focus Too Much on Social Engineering Rather Than Transportation Engineering Focus Should Be Easing Gridlock, Not Prodding People Out of Cars State and local transportation officials are planning transportation projects around social engineering, ...
Bill Smith – Rationing Medicine
Bill Smith of the Pioneer Institute in Massachusetts joins Wayne and Tim to discuss his important new book “Rationing Medicine”, which focuses on an obscure economic concept called QALYs – or quality adjusted life years.
