Next Round

This podcast is the fifth and final in the series of joint PRI and Claremont Institute 40th Anniversary Cruise lectures. The cruise took place in October, started in Barcelona, with stops in Mallorca, Marseille, Monte Carlo, Nice, Florence, and ending in Rome. The theme of the lectures was “The Future of America and the West: Liberty, Sovereignty, and Self-Government.” This lecture titled “Keeping a Republic: Ancient Rome and Modern America,” is by Charles Kesler, Editor of the Claremont Review and a professor at Claremont McKenna College. Prof. Kesler compares and contrasts the Roman Republic with the current state of American democracy. So goes Rome, so goes America? Listen on. Thanks for joining us.

This podcast is the third in the series of joint PRI and Claremont Institute 40th Anniversary Cruise lectures. The theme of the lectures was “The Future of America and the West: Liberty, Sovereignty, and Self-Government.  This third lecture—a panel discussion—is titled “Thatcher, Reagan, and Trump” with PRI senior fellow and Berkeley professor Steve Hayward on Reagan, John O’Sullivan, senior fellow at the National Review Institute on Thatcher, and Michael Anton, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and former national security staff member in the Trump administration on President Trump. They compare and contrast the statecraft practiced by these three leaders.

This podcast is the second in the series of joint PRI and Claremont Institute 40th Anniversary Cruise lectures. The theme of the lectures was “The Future of America and the West: Liberty, Sovereignty, and Self-Government.  This second lecture, titled “The Past and Future of American Conservatism” was from PRI Fellow and UC Berkeley professor Steve Hayward.  He takes the audience through Conservatism’s evolution -- from its beginnings in the pre-World War II era to today, and along the way Prof. Hayward makes some interesting and penetrating observations.

This past October, PRI and the Claremont Institute teamed up to celebrate our 40th anniversaries on a cruise in the Mediterranean. The cruise started in Barcelona, with stops in Mallorca, Marseille, Monte Carlo, Nice, Florence, and ending in Rome. The theme of the lecture series was “The Future of America and the West: Liberty, Sovereignty, and Self-Government.” Over the next few weeks, we’ll be bringing Next Round listeners these 40th Anniversary Lectures from the nation’s top scholars and writers. This first lecture, titled “Liberalism and the Polarization of American Politics” is from Charles Kesler, editor of the Claremont Review, Steve Hayward, PRI senior fellow, and moderated by Ryan Williams, president of the Claremont Institute.

PRI Center for California fellow Kerry Jackson discusses the electricity shutoff that plunged some 3 million Californians into darkness. He reviews the history of California’s utility problems, the lack of market incentives for delivering power in the state, and examines the policy decisions that have contributed to the ongoing wildfire disaster.

PRI’s Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the latest study in his Building Barriers to Opportunity series. We discuss how overregulation and misguided government policies make it harder for immigrant and low-income entrepreneurs to start a business, work their way up the economic ladder, and achieve the American Dream. Wayne makes the case that adopting policies that embrace entrepreneurship is perhaps the most important thing we can do to reduce poverty.

Sarah Rose Siskind, a New York writer and aspiring comedienne and Larry Siskind, Bay Area attorney, father and daughter, go head to head on the issues of the day: climate change, socialism, the presidential race, technology and the changing culture of work, the generational divide, and the meaning of the American Dream.

Keli’i Akina is the president of the Grassroot Institute, a non-partisan think tank based in Hawaii. Besides sunshine and palm trees, California and Hawaii have something in common – one-party rule. As Dr, Akina says in the interview, Hawaii is as blue as the ocean that surrounds it. We discuss the common issues of the Golden State and the Aloha State – affordable housing, high poverty, a pension crisis, and the high cost of living.

Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation discusses taxes, taxes, and more taxes in the Golden State.  He offers his analysis of the split roll tax, the state and local income tax deduction and its impact on high-tax states like California, reforming the state’s tax structure, high corporate taxes, and rising local sales taxes. You could call it our scary Halloween podcast special.

Hillsdale College Professor of Economics and Public Policy Gary Wolfram shares his thoughts on some of the hot topics in the debate over free-market economic policy today, including the Green New Deal, electric car subsidies, the growing push for socialism, and the debate over free college.