A Guide to Labor Supply
For more than half a century, productivity, GDP, and profit have risen together. Wages have not followed suit.
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Policy Brief: Mandatory E-Verify
Maintaining tight labor markets for American workers
One Simple Trick for Raising Wages
The Economics of Labor Supply and the Role of Immigration Policy
Policy Brief: Making Social Media Safe for Kids
Attack social media’s dangerous design features
Oren Cass on Tucker Carlson Today: Capitalism in Crisis?
Oren Cass joins Tucker Carlson for an hour-long, in-depth discussion of conservative economics.
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Worker Voice
On this episode, Oren and Chris discuss the issue of worker voice and how to reform labor law to create new avenues for labor input from the shop floor to the boardroom.
How Industrial Policy Made the Desert Bloom
A case study on the public investments behind the Israeli economic miracle
Keeping Up with the Jones Act
American Compass policy advisor Gabriela Rodriguez discusses the Jones Act, shipping and supply chains, and striking a balance between national security and consumer interests.
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Public Pension Accountability
On this episode, Oren Cass and Chris Griswold discuss the need for transparent reporting requirements for public pension funds.
Policy Brief: Public Pension Accountability
Require transparency in management of public money
Critics Corner with Steven Kaplan
Oren Cass is joined by private equity expert Steven Kaplan to discuss leveraged buyouts, bankruptcy, and the effects on workers.
Cost of Thriving Index Tracks Middle-Class Struggles
Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity highlights American Compass’s Cost-of-Thriving Index
Policy Brief: Local Content Requirements
Spur private investment, innovation, and competition by guaranteeing demand for domestic production
Time Unhad but Not Unspent
In The American Conservative, Micah Meadowcroft discusses the Cost-of-Thriving Index and how economic constraints make family formation more difficult.
Why Are So Many Americans Sour on the Economy? Look at This New Data.
In The Washington Post, Henry Olsen discusses the Cost-of-Thriving Index’s findings about the difficulty of raising a family in the middle class today.
Cost-of-Thriving Index Shows Middle-Class Life Unaffordable in America
A typical worker cannot afford to support a family anywhere in the United States, according to the 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index.
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Banning the BA Box
On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass and Chris Griswold are joined by Jonathan Berry to discuss a proposal to ban bachelor’s degree requirements in hiring.
Policy Brief: Banning Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
Prohibit employers from making a bachelor’s degree a job requirement
Can the GOP Become a Real Working-Class Party?
The drama in the House of Representatives that ended on Jan. 7 with the late-night election of Kevin McCarthy as speaker after four days and 15 ballots revealed a Republican Read more…
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: A Monthly Family Benefit
In the spirit of the holidays, this episode of Policy in Brief focuses on the family and what public policy can do to support this vital institution.
