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Business & Economics

Mark Skousen – On These Uncertain Times

Dr. Mark Skousen is one of the most prominent libertarians in the country and founder of FreedomFest – the largest gathering of libertarians in the world. Dr. Skousen also teaches economics at Chapman University. In this podcast, we discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus, the financial markets, politics, California, ...
Charter Schools

Education: PRI’s Second Annual Policy Conference

This podcast is a recorded panel discussion from PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento.  The panel focuses on education.  As the attack over charter schools has increased, one false narrative is that they don’t serve the needs of special needs students. To the contrary, school choice options including charter ...
Business & Economics

Entrepreneurship: PRI’s Second Annual Policy Conference

This podcast is a recorded panel discussion on entrepreneurship from PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento.  The state’s new law re-classifying many independent contractors to employees has put the livelihoods of many entrepreneurs and independent contractors at risk.   Our panel of distinguished speakers discusses this issue as well as ...
Business & Economics

Judge Janice Rogers Brown – Threats to Our Constitution

Janice Rogers Brown, a former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the D.C. Circuit and former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court was the keynote speaker at PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento. Judge Brown discusses the threats to the U.S. Constitution and American democracy because of current ...
California

The PRI All Stars Super Tuesday Wrap Up

The PRI All Stars discuss the big takeaways from Super Tuesday – including Joe Biden’s big comeback, which candidate would be easier for President Trump to defeat, and voter attitudes on single-payer health care and socialism. We also talk about the interesting California legislative races and preview the mega ballot ...
California

PRI 2nd Annual Policy Conference: The Homeless Crisis

California’s growing homeless crisis is impacting nearly everyone, especially those living in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. In Governor Newsom’s recent State of the State address, he reportedly spent 35 of his 42 minute speech on the homeless crisis.  On the same day, PRI held an ...
Business & Economics

Lord Jamie Borwick – Everything You Need to Know about Britain, Brexit, and Boris

Lord Jamie Borwick of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords was a recent guest at a PRI luncheon in San Francisco. Britain’s House of Lords has certain similarities with the U.S. Senate, except the members are mostly appointed, or as in Lord Borwick’s case, elected for life.  He provides his ...
California

Larry Sand – Opportunities to Expand School Choice

Noted education reformer Larry Sand of the California Teachers Empowerment Network talks with PRI’s Lance Izumi about opportunities to expand school choice in California despite recent legislative setbacks last year targeting charter schools. They discuss a looming Supreme Court decision that could help more students utilize education freedom scholarships to ...
Podcast

Dr. Henry Miller – What You Need to Know about the Wuhan Coronavirus

Dr. Henry Miller, senior fellow with PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, joins us to discuss the Wuhan Coronavirus. We explore a wide variety of topics related to this public health crisis, including how people get the illness and how it is being treated, how the Chinese and U.S. ...
California

Adam Andrzejewski – Open the Books

Adam Andrzejewski is the founder of Open the Books, an organization dedicated to transparency in government.  Open the Books has been at the forefront of holding state government accountable for how it spends taxpayer money. In California, Governor Newsom’s most recent state budget plan proposed $222 billion in General Fund ...
Business & Economics

Mark Skousen – On These Uncertain Times

Dr. Mark Skousen is one of the most prominent libertarians in the country and founder of FreedomFest – the largest gathering of libertarians in the world. Dr. Skousen also teaches economics at Chapman University. In this podcast, we discuss the economic impact of the coronavirus, the financial markets, politics, California, ...
Charter Schools

Education: PRI’s Second Annual Policy Conference

This podcast is a recorded panel discussion from PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento.  The panel focuses on education.  As the attack over charter schools has increased, one false narrative is that they don’t serve the needs of special needs students. To the contrary, school choice options including charter ...
Business & Economics

Entrepreneurship: PRI’s Second Annual Policy Conference

This podcast is a recorded panel discussion on entrepreneurship from PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento.  The state’s new law re-classifying many independent contractors to employees has put the livelihoods of many entrepreneurs and independent contractors at risk.   Our panel of distinguished speakers discusses this issue as well as ...
Business & Economics

Judge Janice Rogers Brown – Threats to Our Constitution

Janice Rogers Brown, a former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the D.C. Circuit and former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court was the keynote speaker at PRI’s second annual policy conference in Sacramento. Judge Brown discusses the threats to the U.S. Constitution and American democracy because of current ...
California

The PRI All Stars Super Tuesday Wrap Up

The PRI All Stars discuss the big takeaways from Super Tuesday – including Joe Biden’s big comeback, which candidate would be easier for President Trump to defeat, and voter attitudes on single-payer health care and socialism. We also talk about the interesting California legislative races and preview the mega ballot ...
California

PRI 2nd Annual Policy Conference: The Homeless Crisis

California’s growing homeless crisis is impacting nearly everyone, especially those living in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. In Governor Newsom’s recent State of the State address, he reportedly spent 35 of his 42 minute speech on the homeless crisis.  On the same day, PRI held an ...
Business & Economics

Lord Jamie Borwick – Everything You Need to Know about Britain, Brexit, and Boris

Lord Jamie Borwick of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords was a recent guest at a PRI luncheon in San Francisco. Britain’s House of Lords has certain similarities with the U.S. Senate, except the members are mostly appointed, or as in Lord Borwick’s case, elected for life.  He provides his ...
California

Larry Sand – Opportunities to Expand School Choice

Noted education reformer Larry Sand of the California Teachers Empowerment Network talks with PRI’s Lance Izumi about opportunities to expand school choice in California despite recent legislative setbacks last year targeting charter schools. They discuss a looming Supreme Court decision that could help more students utilize education freedom scholarships to ...
Podcast

Dr. Henry Miller – What You Need to Know about the Wuhan Coronavirus

Dr. Henry Miller, senior fellow with PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation, joins us to discuss the Wuhan Coronavirus. We explore a wide variety of topics related to this public health crisis, including how people get the illness and how it is being treated, how the Chinese and U.S. ...
California

Adam Andrzejewski – Open the Books

Adam Andrzejewski is the founder of Open the Books, an organization dedicated to transparency in government.  Open the Books has been at the forefront of holding state government accountable for how it spends taxpayer money. In California, Governor Newsom’s most recent state budget plan proposed $222 billion in General Fund ...
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