Pacific Research Institute
Business & Economics
Nick Loris – Why Are California Gas Prices So High?
Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation joins us from Vancouver to discuss why California gas prices are so much higher than the rest of the nation, and what reforms would make a real difference in giving drivers some relief at the pump.
Pacific Research Institute
July 24, 2018
Health Care
Sally Pipes Talks Push for Single-Payer on Sean Burke Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the push for single-payer health care on the Sean Burke Show.
Pacific Research Institute
July 23, 2018
Blog
What We’re Watching – July 20
Kerry Jackson – Exposing Myths of Plastic Straw Bans If you’ve enjoyed reading my recent posts on efforts to ban plastic straws in California, watch this new video from Reason showing the futility of efforts to ban plastic straws. Tim Anaya – Dr. Arthur Laffer on Universal Basic Income Following ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 20, 2018
Climate Change
Wayne Winegarden Electric Car Subsidy Study Featured in Daily Signal Op-Ed
How ‘Green’ Energy Subsidies Transfer Wealth to the Rich By Nick Loris and Bryan Cosby When the Golden State Warriors, who won three of the last four NBA championships, signed All-Star Demarcus Cousins, sports pundits across the country offered the same opinion: The rich just got richer. In many ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 19, 2018
California
Michael Anton – A Front-Row Seat to America’s National Security Policy
Former Trump and George W. Bush administration national security official Michael Anton joins us to discuss his experiences in both administration’s foreign policy teams, and discusses some of America’s biggest foreign policy challenges today.
Pacific Research Institute
July 16, 2018
Blog
What We’re Watching – July 13
Rowena Itchon – The Case for a Political Elite? Really? Check out this lecture from Professor Richard Samuelson, historian and John Adams expert of Cal State San Bernardino. We’ll be airing a podcast with Prof. Samuelson later this summer. Here’s a sneak preview: Kerry Jackson – Why We’re Losing Liberty ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 13, 2018
Business & Economics
Marlo Lewis – Embracing a Free-Market Environmental Future
Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute joins us in Vancouver for a discussion on how the free-market is a more effective way to achieve a global, clean energy future than new clean energy laws or excess regulations.
Pacific Research Institute
July 9, 2018
Environment
Wayne Winegarden Discusses CA’s Renewable Mandate and SB 100 on Air Talk
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss SB 100, legislation to increase California’s renewable energy mandate, on “Air Talk with Larry Mantle” on Southern California Public Radio. Winegarden makes the case that such renewable energy mandates raise electricity costs for manufacturers and businesses, and increases ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 6, 2018
Blog
What We’re Watching – July 6, 2018
Rowena Itchon – Keynes vs. Hayek, Rounds 1 and 2 For my summer reading list, I like to re-read a classic or two. So for my summer video recommendation, here are a couple of classics: Keynes vs. Hayek, Rounds 1 and 2. Fear the Boom and Bust Fight of the ...
Pacific Research Institute
July 6, 2018
California
Tia Boatman Patterson – Addressing California’s Home Affordability Problem
California Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Tia Boatman Patterson discusses the efforts of the self-supporting state agency she runs to help people find an affordable place to live, and gives her thoughts on what should be done next to address the state’s housing affordability and homeless problems.
Pacific Research Institute
July 2, 2018
Nick Loris – Why Are California Gas Prices So High?
Nick Loris of the Heritage Foundation joins us from Vancouver to discuss why California gas prices are so much higher than the rest of the nation, and what reforms would make a real difference in giving drivers some relief at the pump.
Sally Pipes Talks Push for Single-Payer on Sean Burke Show
PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discusses the push for single-payer health care on the Sean Burke Show.
What We’re Watching – July 20
Kerry Jackson – Exposing Myths of Plastic Straw Bans If you’ve enjoyed reading my recent posts on efforts to ban plastic straws in California, watch this new video from Reason showing the futility of efforts to ban plastic straws. Tim Anaya – Dr. Arthur Laffer on Universal Basic Income Following ...
Wayne Winegarden Electric Car Subsidy Study Featured in Daily Signal Op-Ed
How ‘Green’ Energy Subsidies Transfer Wealth to the Rich By Nick Loris and Bryan Cosby When the Golden State Warriors, who won three of the last four NBA championships, signed All-Star Demarcus Cousins, sports pundits across the country offered the same opinion: The rich just got richer. In many ...
Michael Anton – A Front-Row Seat to America’s National Security Policy
Former Trump and George W. Bush administration national security official Michael Anton joins us to discuss his experiences in both administration’s foreign policy teams, and discusses some of America’s biggest foreign policy challenges today.
What We’re Watching – July 13
Rowena Itchon – The Case for a Political Elite? Really? Check out this lecture from Professor Richard Samuelson, historian and John Adams expert of Cal State San Bernardino. We’ll be airing a podcast with Prof. Samuelson later this summer. Here’s a sneak preview: Kerry Jackson – Why We’re Losing Liberty ...
Marlo Lewis – Embracing a Free-Market Environmental Future
Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute joins us in Vancouver for a discussion on how the free-market is a more effective way to achieve a global, clean energy future than new clean energy laws or excess regulations.
Wayne Winegarden Discusses CA’s Renewable Mandate and SB 100 on Air Talk
Listen to PRI’s Senior Fellow in Business and Economics Wayne Winegarden discuss SB 100, legislation to increase California’s renewable energy mandate, on “Air Talk with Larry Mantle” on Southern California Public Radio. Winegarden makes the case that such renewable energy mandates raise electricity costs for manufacturers and businesses, and increases ...
What We’re Watching – July 6, 2018
Rowena Itchon – Keynes vs. Hayek, Rounds 1 and 2 For my summer reading list, I like to re-read a classic or two. So for my summer video recommendation, here are a couple of classics: Keynes vs. Hayek, Rounds 1 and 2. Fear the Boom and Bust Fight of the ...
Tia Boatman Patterson – Addressing California’s Home Affordability Problem
California Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Tia Boatman Patterson discusses the efforts of the self-supporting state agency she runs to help people find an affordable place to live, and gives her thoughts on what should be done next to address the state’s housing affordability and homeless problems.