Protecting Children Online Is a Worthwhile Endeavor
In the digital realm as outside of it, the public has a right to insist on regulations where the safety of our kids is at stake.
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The Credit Card Competition Act Will Help Support a Stronger, More Competitive Free Market
Congress should take seriously the failures in the credit card industry and consider how public policy could support a stronger and more competitive free market.
Big Tech Is Exploiting Kids Online. Congress Has To Step In
Chris Griswold makes the case for protecting children online through the Kids Online Safety Act
Rebuilding the Supply-Side Platform
Boosting American investment and production when tax cuts will not
Testimony on āMapping Americaās Supply Chainsā
Chris Griswold’s testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerceās Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, regarding āMapping Americaās Supply Chainsā
The Dignity of Workers
InĀ Democracy at Work, labor law professor Ruth Dukes and sociologist Wolfgang Streeck describe how the dehumanizing and demanding conditions of an Amazon āfulfillment centerā maximize the isolation of workers and Read more…
Railway Safety Act Presents GOP Choice: Tired Dogma or the Common Good?
The Railway Safety Act of 2023 is a potent signal of a sea-change in how conservatives in Washington are approaching their most basic task: governance for the common good.
Republicans: Our Future Is Not With Free Markets. It’s With the Working ClassĀ
Progressives were surprised, confused, and frustrated by Senator Marco Rubio last week. “I definitely didn’t have Marco Rubio being more pro worker than Joe Biden on my 2022 bingo card,” one tweeted. “UGH, UGH, UGH…When Read more…
Servants No Longer
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold explores the relationship between worker power and the roots of civic friendship.
State Capacity in Short Supply: Assessing the Biden Administrationās Industrial Strategy
American Compassās Wells King and Chris Griswold evaluate the Biden administrationās approach to industrial strategy and what it shows about the policy failures of the established ruling class.
What Republicans Should Do if They Win Big This Fall
American Compassās Oren Cass and Chris Griswold describe how a conservative agenda focused on workers and their families could create new avenues for progress in a divided government.
Itās Time to Protect Children from Big Tech
Big Techās social media platforms are similarly exploiting children today. And just as policymakers needed to act to protect children then, they must do the same now.
Escaping the Bachelorās Fad
For noncollege pathways to be viable, policymakers must reduce employersā needless demand for college degrees.
Protecting Children from Social Media
American Compass policy director explores policy optionsĀ to protect children online with the same vigor that we protect them in the real world.
The Right Is Starting to Represent Workers Outside of Unions
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold discusses recent pro-labor policy developments on the right-of-center and opportunities for further labor reform.
Washington Is Showing How Much It Really Cares About Blue Collar Families (Not Much)
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold discusses the “blue-collar blueprint” for infrastructure and how DC politicos fail to listen to their actual blue-collar voters.
A Better Bargain: Worker Voice and Representation
This paper proposes two complementary policies that together offer a genuinely better bargain for American workers: formal recognition of āworks councilsā and a mechanism by which workers could elect representation to their corporationās board.
America Should Bring Back a Financial Transaction Tax
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold makes the case for a financial transaction tax in the United States.
No Need to Speculate
Opponents of a financial transaction tax seem less intent on persuading than on covering for the generic impulse that financial markets shall not be impinged upon. That impulse should be resisted.
