California on Your Mind
Periodicals

California on Your Mind

Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State

Subscribe

* indicates required
Subscribe

California on Your Mind is a twice-weekly journal about California politics and economic policies, and how they affect California’s economy. At one time, California policies helped create the “California Dream” by fostering affordable housing, creating high-quality schools, and facilitating substantial infrastructure investments.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Stay Up To Date

Subscribe to receive California Publications.

California on Your Mind

Explore

Edit Filters

Refine Results

BY TOPIC
    BY CONTENT TYPE
      BY KEY FOCUS AREAS
        BY SECTION
          BY REGION
            BY RESEARCH TEAM
              Additional Filters

              Filtering By:

              Displaying of

              Sort by Date

              Related Content

              Periodicals
              .
              Eureka

              Eureka

              A quarterly publication of the policy, political and economic issues confronting California.

              Learn More
              Podcast
              .
              Matters of Policy & Politics

              Matters of Policy & Politics

              A podcast hosted by Hoover fellow Bill Whalen devoted to matters of governance and balance of power at home and abroad.

              Learn More
              .
              Image

              Economic Policy Challenges Facing California’s Next Governor

              Lee Ohanian Hoover Headshot

              Lee Ohanian

              Senior Fellow, Author
              Learn more
              Lee Ohanian Hoover Headshot

              Lee Ohanian

              Senior Fellow, Author

              Lee E. Ohanian is a senior fellow (adjunct) at the Hoover Institution and a professor of economics and director of the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is associate director of the Center for the Advanced Study in Economic Efficiency at Arizona State University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he codirects the research initiative Macroeconomics across Time and Space. He is also a fellow in the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory. His research focuses on economic crises, economic growth, and the impact of public policy on the economy. Ohanian is coeditor of Government Policies and Delayed Economic Recovery (Hoover Institution Press, 2012). He is an adviser to the Federal Reserve Banks of Minneapolis and St. Louis, has previously advised other Federal Reserve banks, foreign central banks, and the National Science Foundation, and has testified to national and state legislative committees on economic policy. He is on the editorial boards of Econometrica and Macroeconomic Dynamics. He is a frequent media commentator and writes for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Investor’s Business Daily. He has won numerous teaching awards at UCLA and the University of Rochester. He previously served on the faculties of the Universities of Minnesota and Pennsylvania and as vice president at Security Pacific Bank. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his PhD in economics from the University of Rochester.

              Bill Whalen

              Bill Whalen

              Research Fellow, Author, Guest
              Learn more
              Bill Whalen

              Bill Whalen

              Research Fellow, Author, Guest

              Bill Whalen, the Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Distinguished Policy Fellow in Journalism and a Hoover Institution research fellow since 1999, writes and comments on campaigns, elections and governance with an emphasis on California and America’s political landscapes. Whalen writes on politics and current events for The Washington Post and Real Clear Politics, as well as Hoover’s California On Your Mind web channel. Whalen hosts Hoover’s Matters of Policy & Politics podcast and serves as the moderator of Hoover’s GoodFellows broadcast exploring social, economic and geopolitical dynamics. He also is the host of The Hoover Book Club showcasing new releases by Hoover fellows. Whalen has been a guest political analyst on the Fox News Channel, MSNBC and CNN. He’s also a regular guest on the nationally syndicated radio shows hosted by John Batchelor and Lars Larson. Whalen has served as a media consultant for California political hopefuls and aspiring policy leaders. His past clients have included former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, former congressman Tom Campbell and former Los Angeles mayor Richard J. Riordan. Prior to joining the Hoover Institution, Whalen served as chief speechwriter and director of public affairs for former California governor Pete Wilson. In that capacity, he was responsible for the governor's annual State of the State address, as well as other major policy addresses. Before moving to California, Whalen was a political correspondent for Insight Magazine, the national newsweekly and sister publication of the Washington Times, where he was honored for his profiles and analysis of candidates, campaigns, Congress, and the White House. In addition to his time in Washington as a political journalist, Whalen served as a speechwriter for the Bush-Quayle reelection campaign and was a senior associate with the public relations firm Robinson-Lake/Sawyer-Miller, offering media and political advice for domestic and foreign clientele. Whalen currently resides in Palo Alto, California.

              overlay image