Pacific Research Institute
Business & Economics
Jeff Anderson – Kicking off the Election Cycle
Our guest this week is Jeff Anderson, president of the American Main Street Initiative, which publishes political and public policy research by scholars and writers. Jeff has held many prominent positions in presidential administrations, including director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the Justice Department. Jeff was also ...
California
The PRI All Stars Respond to Gov. Newsom’s 2024-25 Budget Plan
Listen as PRI’s All Stars – Wayne Winegarden, Lance Izumi, Sally Pipes, and Steve Smith – respond to Gov. Newsom’s much-anticipated 2024-25 state budget plan. They discuss Gov. Newsom’s much lower state budget projection and spending priorities, the budget’s impact on K-12 education, whether the Governor will suspend the controversial ...
Free Cities
Watch: Video tour of Sacramento’s K Street
Watch as Steven Greenhut of the Free Cities Center tours Sacramento’s K Street – a poster child for the negative consequences of government planning dictates – with longtime former Capitol staffer and proponent for ending eminent domain abuse Richard Mersereau. They discuss how eminent domain and the lasting legacy of ...
Business & Economics
The PRI All Stars – 2023 Year End Awards
PRI’s All Stars – Rowena Itchon, Tim Anaya, Lance Izumi, and Kerry Jackson – are back with their choices for 2023’s biggest winners and losers, in our annual tribute to the McLaughlin Group. We hand out our choices for best and worst ideas of the year, the bummest wraps, and ...
California
Richard Samuelson – What We Can Learn About Today’s Politics from the Boston Tea Party
Calling all history buffs, this episode is for you! PRI board member and Hillsdale College Associate Professor of Government Richard Samuelson joins us to discuss the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, the events surrounding the incident, and the lessons we can learn from the Boston Tea Party about ...
California
Wayne Winegarden featured in Cap Public Radio story on Newsom homeless funds
Sacramento region eyes new round of homeless encampment funds by Chris Nichols Sacramento officials say they’ll consider applying for some of the $300 million in homeless encampment funds made available this week by Governor Gavin Newsom. But the program by itself won’t pay cities and counties to remove the vast ...
Podcast
Holiday Book Gift Guide – PRI Staff
The PRI holiday book gift guide has become an annual tradition. This year’s list has something for everyone on your gift list: politics, history, business, philosophy, mystery, horror, and good old-fashion whodunits. Enjoy and happy holiday shopping.
Blog
PRI’s 2023 Holiday Book List
Tim Anaya – Negotiation Made Simple by John Lowry My selection this year is a bit of shameless self-promotion, as it is a book that I helped to edit. My friend John Lowry has just published his first book, which gives you useful tips and teaches you the strategy to ...
Free Cities
Watch latest video from PRI's Free Cities Center
Watch: Tour Sacramento’s New “Safe Stay Communities” to Help the Homeless
Free Cities
Scott Beyer – Latin America’s Urban Experience
Our guest this week is Scott Beyer, founder of the Market Urbanist, a website that reports and researches innovative free-market policy solutions to the myriad of problems many cities are facing. Scott is the author of PRI’s new mini book: Latin America’s Urban Experience: How Markets Help Developing Countries Cope ...
Jeff Anderson – Kicking off the Election Cycle
Our guest this week is Jeff Anderson, president of the American Main Street Initiative, which publishes political and public policy research by scholars and writers. Jeff has held many prominent positions in presidential administrations, including director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the Justice Department. Jeff was also ...
The PRI All Stars Respond to Gov. Newsom’s 2024-25 Budget Plan
Listen as PRI’s All Stars – Wayne Winegarden, Lance Izumi, Sally Pipes, and Steve Smith – respond to Gov. Newsom’s much-anticipated 2024-25 state budget plan. They discuss Gov. Newsom’s much lower state budget projection and spending priorities, the budget’s impact on K-12 education, whether the Governor will suspend the controversial ...
Watch: Video tour of Sacramento’s K Street
Watch as Steven Greenhut of the Free Cities Center tours Sacramento’s K Street – a poster child for the negative consequences of government planning dictates – with longtime former Capitol staffer and proponent for ending eminent domain abuse Richard Mersereau. They discuss how eminent domain and the lasting legacy of ...
The PRI All Stars – 2023 Year End Awards
PRI’s All Stars – Rowena Itchon, Tim Anaya, Lance Izumi, and Kerry Jackson – are back with their choices for 2023’s biggest winners and losers, in our annual tribute to the McLaughlin Group. We hand out our choices for best and worst ideas of the year, the bummest wraps, and ...
Richard Samuelson – What We Can Learn About Today’s Politics from the Boston Tea Party
Calling all history buffs, this episode is for you! PRI board member and Hillsdale College Associate Professor of Government Richard Samuelson joins us to discuss the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, the events surrounding the incident, and the lessons we can learn from the Boston Tea Party about ...
Wayne Winegarden featured in Cap Public Radio story on Newsom homeless funds
Sacramento region eyes new round of homeless encampment funds by Chris Nichols Sacramento officials say they’ll consider applying for some of the $300 million in homeless encampment funds made available this week by Governor Gavin Newsom. But the program by itself won’t pay cities and counties to remove the vast ...
Holiday Book Gift Guide – PRI Staff
The PRI holiday book gift guide has become an annual tradition. This year’s list has something for everyone on your gift list: politics, history, business, philosophy, mystery, horror, and good old-fashion whodunits. Enjoy and happy holiday shopping.
PRI’s 2023 Holiday Book List
Tim Anaya – Negotiation Made Simple by John Lowry My selection this year is a bit of shameless self-promotion, as it is a book that I helped to edit. My friend John Lowry has just published his first book, which gives you useful tips and teaches you the strategy to ...
Watch latest video from PRI's Free Cities Center
Watch: Tour Sacramento’s New “Safe Stay Communities” to Help the Homeless
Scott Beyer – Latin America’s Urban Experience
Our guest this week is Scott Beyer, founder of the Market Urbanist, a website that reports and researches innovative free-market policy solutions to the myriad of problems many cities are facing. Scott is the author of PRI’s new mini book: Latin America’s Urban Experience: How Markets Help Developing Countries Cope ...
