Audio Archives - Civic Finance

California’s Energy Policies – Missed Opportunities

October 21, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: Edward Ring on California’s state ballot initiatives and its energy policies, plus discussions on various other state and national issues. Host Greg Gordon, California Liberty Project podcast.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-91-edward-ring-of-california-policy-center/id1627875568?i=1000673686953

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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Towards a Common Sense Water Policy in California

August 7, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: Edward Ring on water policy, host Will Swaim, National Review podcast “Radio Free California,” August 7, 2024

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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What is the Nature of the Coalition that Controls California Politics?

August 2, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: What motivates presidential candidate Kamala Harris? How does her record in California suggest she would act as president? Who are Harris’s backers, and what is the nature of the progressive coalition that currently controls California politics? – 8 minutes on KNRS Salt Lake City – Edward Ring on the Rod Arquette Show (segment starts at 1:30).

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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Political Solutions That California’s Voters Will Support

August 1, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: Californians can design and build a future that everyone in the world will aspire to emulate. Californians can demonstrate for the world that abundance can be sustainable, that there are projects that create resiliency and lower the cost-of-living while still making economic sense, we can again deter crime, and we can fix our schools. There are solutions to address each of these challenges – Edward Ring with Barry Fisher on KPRL Radio Paso Robles (Ring’s segment starts at 32:10).

Laura Ochoa & Allen Abrams – CASA SLO County / Edward Ring, Director of Water & Energy, California Policy Center

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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Is There a Way to Unite America?

June 26, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: The way to unite America’s political spectrum is economic. There are better solutions to America’s debt binge. There are ways to restore upward mobility and make products and services reasonably affordable again. In the long run, they would also guarantee the status of the dollar as a hard currency – 7 minutes on KNRS Salt Lake City – Edward Ring on the Rod Arquette Show.

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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The Politics of Scarcity and the Financialization of Nature

April 24, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: When public policy is used to make the foundations of economic health – energy and water – scarce and expensive, financial special interests profit. Now we are seeing the financialization of nature, whereby “ecosystem services” become a new asset class complete with stock issuances and shareholders. This new scheme for capital formation will accelerate the consolidation of ownership and control of vast rural areas – Edward Ring with Barry Fisher on KPRL Radio Paso Robles (Ring’s segment starts at 35:10).

Stephen Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform / Edward Ring, Director of Water & Energy Policy, California Policy Center

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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The Financial Insanity of California’s “Renewable” Energy

April 22, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: California’s state legislature is mandating a conversion to “renewables” that not only waste raw materials and destroy the environment, they are incredibly expensive. Meanwhile, the legislature is ignoring energy solutions that would address climate concerns while delivering abundant energy at a fraction of the cost. In this discussion, for example, a direct comparison is made between the cost for floating offshore wind, vs. the cost to retrofit existing natural gas power plants to sequester their emissions underground – enjoy an enlightening 40 minutes of Edward Ring with Will Swaim on the National Review podcast Radio Free California (Ring’s segment starts at 48:20).

https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/national-reviews-radio-free-california-podcast/run-o-j-run/

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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Optimism Can Realign America

April 2, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: Rejecting the agenda of America’s establishment requires not merely debunking the narrative designed to instill fear, but to do so with optimism, and offer a comprehensive alternative agenda that promises a bright future. Optimism is persuasive. It is a weapon renounced by America’s mainstream institutions, waiting to be wielded by the true resistance – 7 minutes on KNRS Salt Lake City (segment starts at 2:00) – Edward Ring on the Rod Arquette Show.

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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Designing a Future City in California

March 19, 2024/by Edward Ring

It’s difficult to predict if and when, if ever, the new city proposed for a rural section of Solano County, just northeast of San Francisco, will get built. But the people who want to build it have the ambition and the resources to create something spectacular. Here are some ideas for how that city might look, and how the special interests in opposition might be persuaded to come aboard. Segment begins at 19:15 – 8 minutes with The Free Cities Center – Edward Ring with the Pacific Research Institute’s Steven Greenhut.

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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Why Another Newsom Recall Attempt Matters

March 5, 2024/by Edward Ring

AUDIO: How another Newsom recall attempt is a healthy expression of democracy, informing the nation about California’s failures as a one-party state. Segment begins at 2:15 – 10 minutes on One America News – Edward Ring on Tipping Point with Kara McKinney.

https://www.audible.com/podcast/Trump-Waves-at-Migrants-Across-the-Border-Friday-03-01-2024/B0CX27D9KR

Edward Ring

Edward Ring is a contributing editor and senior fellow with the California Policy Center, which he co-founded in 2013 and served as its first president. He is also a senior fellow with the Center for American Greatness, and a regular contributor to the California Globe. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Forbes, and other media outlets.

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