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Business & Economics
ISSUE BRIEF: Damon Dunn Shares Stories from His Rise from Poverty, Makes the Case for Why Socialism Doesn’t Work
Recalling his experiences overcoming extreme poverty, former collegiate and pro football player and successful businessman Damon Dunn makes the case for why socialism doesn’t work in a new brief published by the nonpartisan, California-based think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. Download a copy of “My Rise from Poverty and Why ...
Charter Schools
Lance Izumi – Will So-Called Compromise Cripple Future Charter School Expansion in California?
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Director of Education Studies, joins us to discuss perhaps the most controversial education legislation in recent memory – a so-called compromise that would impose significant new requirements and restrictions on charter schools in California. Lance analyzes the key provisions of the legislation and the motivation behind ...
Education
Watch PRI Event on Universities, Diversity and Free Speech on C-SPAN
Watch C-SPAN’s national TV coverage of PRI’s recent lunch event with University of California Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, who served as the deputy assistant U.S. attorney general during the George W. Bush administration, and PRI senior fellow and current UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Steven Hayward for a discussion about ...
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Andy McCarthy on his new book Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency
National Review’s Andy McCarthy joins us to discuss his new book The Ball of Collusion. No one is better than McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who earned the Justice Department’s highest honor, to provide perspective on the Trump investigation into Russian “collusion.” In our conversation, McCarthy exposes the depth of ...
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Jarrett Dieterle – Assembly Bill 5: Who Is An Independent Contractor and Who Is An Employee in California?
R Street Institute’s Jarrett Dieterle joins us to discuss his research on the hottest issue of the final weeks of the legislative session, Assembly Bill 5, and the impact its passage would have on employers, our innovation economy, and Californians who want to be their own boss and work when ...
Business & Economics
NEW STUDY: State and Local Tax Deduction “Makes it Rain” in California, Paid for by Taxpayers in Low Tax States
A new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based free market think tank, found that capping the State and Local Tax deduction brought broad-based tax relief to millions of Americans, while putting an end to taxpayers in low-tax states like Indiana subsidizing higher taxes and spending ...
Education
Ryan Williams – How We Can Encourage a More Balanced Political Debate on Campus
Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams joins us to discuss their current work on what they see as the growing threat from identity politics and multiculturalism, their recent censorship battle with Google, and how we can encourage a more balanced political debate and free exchange of ideas on campus.
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Tim Snowball – The Ongoing Legal Fight for Worker Freedom Post Janus
Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Tim Snowball joins us to discuss the policy roadblocks unions and their allies have put up in California and other states following the Janus decision, and their ongoing legal efforts to overcome these hurdles and protect the worker freedom rights of every disaffected member who wishes ...
Commentary
PRI’s Henry Miller in the LA Times: A smarter way to curb drug prices through imports
A smarter way to curb drug prices through imports By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and John J. Cohrssen The Trump administration last week announced steps that could lead to the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, where prices are lower. It is a goal supported by President Trump, but long ...
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Robby Soave – Understanding the Rise of “Zillennials” and How They Will Affect The Future Political Agenda
Reason.com Associate Editor Robby Soave joins us to discuss his new book about the disruptive political activism and growing political unrest among millennials, Panic Attack. He discusses why “Zillennials” as he calls them are so hypersensitive and dis-unified despite sharing common goals and ideologies, explores the rise of so-called Democratic socialism, and ...
ISSUE BRIEF: Damon Dunn Shares Stories from His Rise from Poverty, Makes the Case for Why Socialism Doesn’t Work
Recalling his experiences overcoming extreme poverty, former collegiate and pro football player and successful businessman Damon Dunn makes the case for why socialism doesn’t work in a new brief published by the nonpartisan, California-based think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. Download a copy of “My Rise from Poverty and Why ...
Lance Izumi – Will So-Called Compromise Cripple Future Charter School Expansion in California?
Lance Izumi, PRI’s Senior Director of Education Studies, joins us to discuss perhaps the most controversial education legislation in recent memory – a so-called compromise that would impose significant new requirements and restrictions on charter schools in California. Lance analyzes the key provisions of the legislation and the motivation behind ...
Watch PRI Event on Universities, Diversity and Free Speech on C-SPAN
Watch C-SPAN’s national TV coverage of PRI’s recent lunch event with University of California Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo, who served as the deputy assistant U.S. attorney general during the George W. Bush administration, and PRI senior fellow and current UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Steven Hayward for a discussion about ...
Andy McCarthy on his new book Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency
National Review’s Andy McCarthy joins us to discuss his new book The Ball of Collusion. No one is better than McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor who earned the Justice Department’s highest honor, to provide perspective on the Trump investigation into Russian “collusion.” In our conversation, McCarthy exposes the depth of ...
Jarrett Dieterle – Assembly Bill 5: Who Is An Independent Contractor and Who Is An Employee in California?
R Street Institute’s Jarrett Dieterle joins us to discuss his research on the hottest issue of the final weeks of the legislative session, Assembly Bill 5, and the impact its passage would have on employers, our innovation economy, and Californians who want to be their own boss and work when ...
NEW STUDY: State and Local Tax Deduction “Makes it Rain” in California, Paid for by Taxpayers in Low Tax States
A new study released today by the nonpartisan Pacific Research Institute, a California-based free market think tank, found that capping the State and Local Tax deduction brought broad-based tax relief to millions of Americans, while putting an end to taxpayers in low-tax states like Indiana subsidizing higher taxes and spending ...
Ryan Williams – How We Can Encourage a More Balanced Political Debate on Campus
Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams joins us to discuss their current work on what they see as the growing threat from identity politics and multiculturalism, their recent censorship battle with Google, and how we can encourage a more balanced political debate and free exchange of ideas on campus.
Tim Snowball – The Ongoing Legal Fight for Worker Freedom Post Janus
Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Tim Snowball joins us to discuss the policy roadblocks unions and their allies have put up in California and other states following the Janus decision, and their ongoing legal efforts to overcome these hurdles and protect the worker freedom rights of every disaffected member who wishes ...
PRI’s Henry Miller in the LA Times: A smarter way to curb drug prices through imports
A smarter way to curb drug prices through imports By Henry I. Miller, M.S., M.D. and John J. Cohrssen The Trump administration last week announced steps that could lead to the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, where prices are lower. It is a goal supported by President Trump, but long ...
Robby Soave – Understanding the Rise of “Zillennials” and How They Will Affect The Future Political Agenda
Reason.com Associate Editor Robby Soave joins us to discuss his new book about the disruptive political activism and growing political unrest among millennials, Panic Attack. He discusses why “Zillennials” as he calls them are so hypersensitive and dis-unified despite sharing common goals and ideologies, explores the rise of so-called Democratic socialism, and ...
