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;Columnist Henry Olsen describes American Compass as a “tool with which future conservative leaders can guide the American ship of state.”
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A Compass for Navigating the Right’s New Debates
AEI’s Yuval Levin reflects on the role of American Compass in strengthening the debate on the role of the state on the right.
Coronavirus Exposes a G.O.P. Divide: Is the Market Always Supreme?
The NYT features American Compass as a new organization with plans to foster debates on economic issues dividing the right, accentuated by the present national crisis.
Seven Questions for Oren Cass on the New Conservatism
TAC’s Jordan Bloom interviews Oren Cass about the launch of American Compass and the future of American conservatism.
Rebooting the American System
The comprehensive, conservative case for a return to robust national economic policy
Conservatism in the Crisis
THE ECONOMIST—With delightful British spelling, The Economist reports on American Compass: “an impressive organisation” of the “dissident faction … led by some of the most interesting conservative thinkers” that rejects “market fundamentalism.”
Coronavirus Means the Era of Big Government Is…Back
American Compass’s Oren Cass argues that “one lesson we can and should learn from all this is that you can’t just flip a switch on strong, effective government when you need it.”
Rubio Raises Profile in Pandemic, Challenges GOP Economics
Rubio’s essays and speeches on his idea of common-good capitalism draw heavily from his Catholicism and from the work of policy experts such as American Compass’s Oren Cass.
Conversation with Oren Cass
American Compass’s Oren Cass joins the Ronald Reagan Institute’s Reaganism podcast to discuss his organization’s mission to save American conservatism from what he calls its “chronic case of market fundamentalism.”
Oren Cass Calls Out Libertarian Who Thinks Harvard Shouldn’t Pay Food Workers
American Compass’s Oren Cass talks about extraordinary measures the government needs to take in the economic crisis to generate growth and prosperity for the future.
Saving the American Economy—Why Congress Needs to Pass a Stimulus Package Immediately
American Compass’s Oren Cass joins Congressman Dan Crenshaw to discuss stimulus measures which would bring desperately needed economic relief to Americans in the age of COVID-19.
The WSJ Freaks After Domestic Policy Expert Appears on Rising
American Compass’s Oren Cass responds to the Wall Street Journal’s negative coverage of his analysis on America’s economic challenges.
And Now a Word for Laissez-Faire
Columnist Bill McGurn criticizes American Compass for using the term “market fundamentalism” to “squash debate.”
The Anti-Free Market Conservative
Columnist Bill McGurn accuses American Compass of “name calling” and laments that analysis of the challenges facing American families “can lead to rhetoric that at times can sound an awful lot like Bernie Sanders.”
The Cost of Thriving: Talking with Oren Cass
What does it cost for a family to thrive? Oren Cass joins The Chris Buskirk Show to talk about his work to define this.
A New Conservative Think Tank Challenges ‘Market Fundamentalism’
American Compass’s Wells King discussed his views on public policy and the goals of American Compass with National Review’s Daniel Tenreiro.
Finding True North Ideas in the Trump Era—And Beyond
The challenge for Cass is to help restore conservative ideas to their proper primacy — the conservatism of Main Street, that is, not the libertarian pseudo-conservatism that so often trickles down from plutocratic donors.
Introducing American Compass
Oren Cass joins The Realignment to announce American Compass, his new organization that’s arguing for a new conservative approach to economics.
Conservative Intellectuals Launch a New Group To Challenge Free-Market ‘Fundamentalism’ on the Right
Oren Cass believes conservatives have blundered by outsourcing GOP economic policymaking to libertarian “fundamentalists” who see the free market as an end unto itself, rather than as a means for improving quality of life to strengthen families and communities.
How the Consumerist Consensus Led America Astray, and How to Recover
Oren Cass discusses his book, The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America
