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California

California’s Economic Recovery – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference

Policymakers in Sacramento and Washington are focusing on how to turn the economy around, keep businesses afloat, and help people stay employed amidst the ongoing pandemic. Elected officials, policy insiders, and free market economists discuss efforts to retain and create new jobs in California, the federal stimulus legislation, and other reforms ...
California

Representative Young Kim (CA-39) – Keynote, PRI Sacramento Policy Conference

Newly elected Representative Young Kim of Orange County provided the keynote address at this year’s virtual Sacramento Ideas in Action Policy conference. Rep. Kim discusses her first days in Congress, her legislative priorities, and her goal to forge bipartisanship in Washington.
California

Cynthia Ariosta and Carl Dene: The Plight of Small Businesses during COVID 19

Cynthia Ariosta and Carl Dene of the Coalition of Bay Area Restaurants and Wineries discuss the impact of Gov. Newsom’s on again/off again restrictions on small businesses.  The pandemic has hit California hard, especially small businesses and employees of restaurants and wineries.  Cynthia and Carl provide first-hand experience on what ...
Education

Mia Giordano – National School Week, 2021

The new Pacific Research Institute book A Kite in a Hurricane No More profiles the challenges and ultimate triumph of Mia Giordano, a young woman with serious learning disabilities. As we observe National School Choice Week 2021, this podcast features Mia along with Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center ...
Podcast

PRI Former Speechwriters on Pres. Biden’s Inaugural Address

PRI former speechwriters offer their perspective on President Biden’s inaugural speech.  Lance Izumi was speechwriter to Attorney General Edwin Meese and Gov. Deukmejian and is now PRI’s senior director of education studies,  Tim Anaya was speechwriter to Gov. Schwarzenegger and other California lawmakers and now PRI senior director of communications, ...
Business & Economics

Michael Thom – Taxing Sin

Michael Thom, professor at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, discusses his new book Taxing Sin.  Prof. Thom reviews the history of sin taxes, which goes back for hundreds of years, and the traditional sin taxes, such as alcohol and tobacco taxes.  He also discusses new 21st century sin ...
Business & Economics

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity: 2020’s Winners and Losers

Listen to PRI’s recent webinar featuring an all-star panel of experts representing legal, regulatory, and policy industries discussing state and federal changes to data privacy and cybersecurity during 2020 and what the future holds for tech, digital privacy, and cybersecurity in 2021.
Business & Economics

Leslie Lenkowsky – Democracy Under Lockdown

Dr. Leslie Lenkowsky, an expert on philanthropy and public affairs, offers his insights into American civil society’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what increased restrictions on personal freedom mean for our democracy.  Dr. Lenkowsky is a professor at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and a ...
Business & Economics

Steve Moore – What Lies Ahead: Policy Implications from the 2020 Election

Steve Moore, a member of President Trump’s economic task force, discusses the domestic policy implications from the 2020 election with moderator PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward. Steve Moore offer his insights into what lies ahead for our nation amid the ongoing pandemic, civil unrest, and increasing political divide.
Book

Lance Izumi – A Kite in a Hurricane No More

Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins us to discuss his new book, which profiles the journey of Mia Giordano, who overcame learning disabilities through science and school choice.  He discusses the promise show by advanced brain research in helping students with learning disabilities to overcome them, ...
California

California’s Economic Recovery – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference

Policymakers in Sacramento and Washington are focusing on how to turn the economy around, keep businesses afloat, and help people stay employed amidst the ongoing pandemic. Elected officials, policy insiders, and free market economists discuss efforts to retain and create new jobs in California, the federal stimulus legislation, and other reforms ...
California

Representative Young Kim (CA-39) – Keynote, PRI Sacramento Policy Conference

Newly elected Representative Young Kim of Orange County provided the keynote address at this year’s virtual Sacramento Ideas in Action Policy conference. Rep. Kim discusses her first days in Congress, her legislative priorities, and her goal to forge bipartisanship in Washington.
California

Cynthia Ariosta and Carl Dene: The Plight of Small Businesses during COVID 19

Cynthia Ariosta and Carl Dene of the Coalition of Bay Area Restaurants and Wineries discuss the impact of Gov. Newsom’s on again/off again restrictions on small businesses.  The pandemic has hit California hard, especially small businesses and employees of restaurants and wineries.  Cynthia and Carl provide first-hand experience on what ...
Education

Mia Giordano – National School Week, 2021

The new Pacific Research Institute book A Kite in a Hurricane No More profiles the challenges and ultimate triumph of Mia Giordano, a young woman with serious learning disabilities. As we observe National School Choice Week 2021, this podcast features Mia along with Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center ...
Podcast

PRI Former Speechwriters on Pres. Biden’s Inaugural Address

PRI former speechwriters offer their perspective on President Biden’s inaugural speech.  Lance Izumi was speechwriter to Attorney General Edwin Meese and Gov. Deukmejian and is now PRI’s senior director of education studies,  Tim Anaya was speechwriter to Gov. Schwarzenegger and other California lawmakers and now PRI senior director of communications, ...
Business & Economics

Michael Thom – Taxing Sin

Michael Thom, professor at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, discusses his new book Taxing Sin.  Prof. Thom reviews the history of sin taxes, which goes back for hundreds of years, and the traditional sin taxes, such as alcohol and tobacco taxes.  He also discusses new 21st century sin ...
Business & Economics

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity: 2020’s Winners and Losers

Listen to PRI’s recent webinar featuring an all-star panel of experts representing legal, regulatory, and policy industries discussing state and federal changes to data privacy and cybersecurity during 2020 and what the future holds for tech, digital privacy, and cybersecurity in 2021.
Business & Economics

Leslie Lenkowsky – Democracy Under Lockdown

Dr. Leslie Lenkowsky, an expert on philanthropy and public affairs, offers his insights into American civil society’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what increased restrictions on personal freedom mean for our democracy.  Dr. Lenkowsky is a professor at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and a ...
Business & Economics

Steve Moore – What Lies Ahead: Policy Implications from the 2020 Election

Steve Moore, a member of President Trump’s economic task force, discusses the domestic policy implications from the 2020 election with moderator PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward. Steve Moore offer his insights into what lies ahead for our nation amid the ongoing pandemic, civil unrest, and increasing political divide.
Book

Lance Izumi – A Kite in a Hurricane No More

Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, joins us to discuss his new book, which profiles the journey of Mia Giordano, who overcame learning disabilities through science and school choice.  He discusses the promise show by advanced brain research in helping students with learning disabilities to overcome them, ...
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