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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 ...
Charter School

Lance Izumi Discusses Charter Schools on Lars Larson Show

Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, make the case for why government-run public schools should learn something from America’s charter schools on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Lance Izumi Should Government Run Public Schools Learn Something From America's Charter Schools
Book

NEW BOOK RELEASE

Latin America’s Experience Shows How Markets Can Help Urban America Overcome Government-Created Problems

SACRAMENTO – Despite its socialist political traditions, Latin America offers some free market lessons for the West Coast’s urban centers on housing, transportation, government services and startup cities, finds a new book released today by the Free Cities Center at the nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. Click ...
California

Elizabeth Funk – How Dignity Moves is Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness

  Listen to an extended conversation between PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden and Elizabeth Funk, founder and CEO of Dignity Moves, a San Francisco non-profit that is reimagining scalable solutions to homelessness through interim supportive housing.  First, Tim and Ro analyze the first few weeks of Mike Johnson’s speakership and the ...
Business & Economics

John Lowry – Negotiation Made Simple

  Attorney, professor and master negotiator John Lowry, author of the new book “Negotiation Made Simple,” joins us with advice for listeners on how to maximize your position whether you’re haggling over an employment contract or the price of a new car.  He also shares his thoughts on some current ...
Free Cities

Watch latest Free Cities Center video tour

Watch Video: Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness

Watch a video tour of Dignity Moves, a San Francisco non-profit that is reimagining scalable solutions to homelessness. Founder and CEO Elizabeth Funk takes PRI’s Wayne Winegarden on a tour of its San Francisco facility, then discusses her group’s work to address homelessness through interim supportive housing.
Coronavirus

PRI Covid Tradeoffs Brief Receives National Coverage

PRI Brief on Tradeoffs from COVID-19 Restrictions Featured in National Review

Economist Wayne Winegarden and policy associate McKenzie Richards of the nonpartisan, pro-free-market Pacific Research Institute recently authored a research brief detailing how more-severe Covid-19 mitigation policies — namely lockdowns, masking mandates, school and business closures, and social distancing — led to reduced infection and mortality rates, but at the expense of ...
Newsom

Charles Kesler – Reflections on Current Contentions

This is a special recording of a recent PRI dinner in San Francisco featuring Professor Charles Kesler, the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, offering his perspective on U.S. politics and the global situation in Israel and China.  Ro and Tim also weigh in on Gov. Newsom’s trip to ...
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 ...
Charter School

Lance Izumi Discusses Charter Schools on Lars Larson Show

Listen to Lance Izumi, senior director of PRI’s Center for Education, make the case for why government-run public schools should learn something from America’s charter schools on the nationally-syndicated Lars Larson Show. TheLarsLarsonShow · Lance Izumi Should Government Run Public Schools Learn Something From America's Charter Schools
Book

NEW BOOK RELEASE

Latin America’s Experience Shows How Markets Can Help Urban America Overcome Government-Created Problems

SACRAMENTO – Despite its socialist political traditions, Latin America offers some free market lessons for the West Coast’s urban centers on housing, transportation, government services and startup cities, finds a new book released today by the Free Cities Center at the nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. Click ...
California

Elizabeth Funk – How Dignity Moves is Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness

  Listen to an extended conversation between PRI’s Dr. Wayne Winegarden and Elizabeth Funk, founder and CEO of Dignity Moves, a San Francisco non-profit that is reimagining scalable solutions to homelessness through interim supportive housing.  First, Tim and Ro analyze the first few weeks of Mike Johnson’s speakership and the ...
Business & Economics

John Lowry – Negotiation Made Simple

  Attorney, professor and master negotiator John Lowry, author of the new book “Negotiation Made Simple,” joins us with advice for listeners on how to maximize your position whether you’re haggling over an employment contract or the price of a new car.  He also shares his thoughts on some current ...
Free Cities

Watch latest Free Cities Center video tour

Watch Video: Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness

Watch a video tour of Dignity Moves, a San Francisco non-profit that is reimagining scalable solutions to homelessness. Founder and CEO Elizabeth Funk takes PRI’s Wayne Winegarden on a tour of its San Francisco facility, then discusses her group’s work to address homelessness through interim supportive housing.
Coronavirus

PRI Covid Tradeoffs Brief Receives National Coverage

PRI Brief on Tradeoffs from COVID-19 Restrictions Featured in National Review

Economist Wayne Winegarden and policy associate McKenzie Richards of the nonpartisan, pro-free-market Pacific Research Institute recently authored a research brief detailing how more-severe Covid-19 mitigation policies — namely lockdowns, masking mandates, school and business closures, and social distancing — led to reduced infection and mortality rates, but at the expense of ...
Newsom

Charles Kesler – Reflections on Current Contentions

This is a special recording of a recent PRI dinner in San Francisco featuring Professor Charles Kesler, the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, offering his perspective on U.S. politics and the global situation in Israel and China.  Ro and Tim also weigh in on Gov. Newsom’s trip to ...
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