Pacific Research Institute
Agriculture
Nationally-Renowned Scholar Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., Joins Pacific Research Institute as Senior Fellow in Health Care
Former Hoover Fellow’s Research Will Focus on Genetic Engineering, Evidence-Based Medicine, Regulatory Reform SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute, California’s leading free-market think tank, today announced the hiring of nationally-renowned scholar and researcher and former Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Henry Miller as a Senior Fellow in Health Care. At ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 4, 2018
California
Michael Thom – Are Film Subsidies A Good Deal for California Taxpayers?
USC Public Policy Professor Michael Thom joins us to discuss his research exploring whether California’s film and television tax credits are a good deal for taxpayers and whether they make a difference in attracting or retaining jobs and economic activity to the state.
Pacific Research Institute
September 3, 2018
Blog
What We’re Watching – Labor Day Memories
Rowena Itchon – Remembering Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement We can’t forget this Labor Day weekend Lech Walesa and the ship workers of Gdansk, Poland. The Solidarity movement would eventually help bring down Communism and win back freedom for the eastern bloc. Tim Anaya – Remembering A Labor Day ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 31, 2018
Education
Lance Izumi Discusses Student Free Speech and Washington State Teacher Strikes on Lars Larson Show
Listen to Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discuss the ongoing Washington state teacher strikes, and his recent op-ed on the victory of an Oregon student in a student free speech case on “The Lars Larson Show”. The interview begins at the ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 30, 2018
Podcast
Laurence Jurdem – How Conservative Media Influenced Reagan’s Foreign Policy
Historian Laurence Jurdem joins us to talk about his new book, Paving the Way for Reagan, which explores how National Review, Human Events, and other conservative publications strongly influenced Ronald Reagan’s outlook and paved the way for his “peace through strength” foreign policy.
Pacific Research Institute
August 27, 2018
Blog
What We’re Watching – What Will You Bid?
Play everyone’s favorite game show “What Will You Bid?” to learn about the broken competitive bidding process for providing durable medical equipment to Medicare patients. Read the new study by PRI’s Wayne Winegarden to learn about free-market reforms to fix this broken process.
Pacific Research Institute
August 24, 2018
Education
Lance Izumi Talks Student Free Speech on The David Webb Show
Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses the challenges to student free speech in the classroom on The David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot, Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview
Pacific Research Institute
August 23, 2018
California
PRI’s Kerry Jackson Featured in Ozy.com Story on Poverty in California
1 in 5 Californians is Poor. Housing Prices Are to Blame By Nick Fouriezos In the Netflix television show Altered Carbon, the fears of rampant income inequality are fully realized. High society is taken literally, as the rich and wealthy live in a cloud city in the sky. The series is set hundreds ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 23, 2018
California
Richard Samuelson – Is Senator Zuckerberg or Soros a Good Thing? Making The Case for a Political Elite
Cal State San Bernardino professor and historian Richard Samuelson joins us to discuss his upcoming book on John Adams and his take – shaped by Adams’ argument – that the best place to handle a runaway elite who want to change the world like Mark Zuckerberg or George Soros would ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 20, 2018
Drug Importation
Sally Pipes in Health Care News Article on Drug Imports
Trump Administration Considers Allowing Some Drug Imports By Christopher Talgo U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a working group to weigh the risks and rewards of drug importation, which is currently banned in the United States. The ...
Pacific Research Institute
August 17, 2018
Nationally-Renowned Scholar Henry Miller, M.S., M.D., Joins Pacific Research Institute as Senior Fellow in Health Care
Former Hoover Fellow’s Research Will Focus on Genetic Engineering, Evidence-Based Medicine, Regulatory Reform SAN FRANCISCO – The Pacific Research Institute, California’s leading free-market think tank, today announced the hiring of nationally-renowned scholar and researcher and former Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Henry Miller as a Senior Fellow in Health Care. At ...
Michael Thom – Are Film Subsidies A Good Deal for California Taxpayers?
USC Public Policy Professor Michael Thom joins us to discuss his research exploring whether California’s film and television tax credits are a good deal for taxpayers and whether they make a difference in attracting or retaining jobs and economic activity to the state.
What We’re Watching – Labor Day Memories
Rowena Itchon – Remembering Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Movement We can’t forget this Labor Day weekend Lech Walesa and the ship workers of Gdansk, Poland. The Solidarity movement would eventually help bring down Communism and win back freedom for the eastern bloc. Tim Anaya – Remembering A Labor Day ...
Lance Izumi Discusses Student Free Speech and Washington State Teacher Strikes on Lars Larson Show
Listen to Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discuss the ongoing Washington state teacher strikes, and his recent op-ed on the victory of an Oregon student in a student free speech case on “The Lars Larson Show”. The interview begins at the ...
Laurence Jurdem – How Conservative Media Influenced Reagan’s Foreign Policy
Historian Laurence Jurdem joins us to talk about his new book, Paving the Way for Reagan, which explores how National Review, Human Events, and other conservative publications strongly influenced Ronald Reagan’s outlook and paved the way for his “peace through strength” foreign policy.
What We’re Watching – What Will You Bid?
Play everyone’s favorite game show “What Will You Bid?” to learn about the broken competitive bidding process for providing durable medical equipment to Medicare patients. Read the new study by PRI’s Wayne Winegarden to learn about free-market reforms to fix this broken process.
Lance Izumi Talks Student Free Speech on The David Webb Show
Koret Senior Fellow in Education and Senior Director of PRI’s Center for Education Lance Izumi discusses the challenges to student free speech in the classroom on The David Webb Show on SiriusXM Patriot, Channel 125. Click here to listen to the interview
PRI’s Kerry Jackson Featured in Ozy.com Story on Poverty in California
1 in 5 Californians is Poor. Housing Prices Are to Blame By Nick Fouriezos In the Netflix television show Altered Carbon, the fears of rampant income inequality are fully realized. High society is taken literally, as the rich and wealthy live in a cloud city in the sky. The series is set hundreds ...
Richard Samuelson – Is Senator Zuckerberg or Soros a Good Thing? Making The Case for a Political Elite
Cal State San Bernardino professor and historian Richard Samuelson joins us to discuss his upcoming book on John Adams and his take – shaped by Adams’ argument – that the best place to handle a runaway elite who want to change the world like Mark Zuckerberg or George Soros would ...
Sally Pipes in Health Care News Article on Drug Imports
Trump Administration Considers Allowing Some Drug Imports By Christopher Talgo U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a working group to weigh the risks and rewards of drug importation, which is currently banned in the United States. The ...