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Talkinā€™ (Policy) Shop: Online Age Verification

On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass is joined by Chris Griswold to discuss a proposal to create an online age-verification system to keep kids safe online.

Policy Brief: An Online Age-Verification System

Congress should create a publicly provided online age verification system that would allow any person to privately and securely demonstrate their age online.

American Compass, Moving the Needle

Oren Cassā€™s pro-worker, pro-family think tank has exercised surprising influence on the broader conservative movement.

Talkinā€™ (Policy) Shop: The Workforce Training Grant

On the inaugural episode of Policy in Brief, American Compass executive director Oren Cass is joined by policy director Chris Griswold to discuss the Workforce Training Grant, a proposal to create a meaningful alternative pathway to college.

Why Is the Republican Party Falling Out of Love With Big Business?

American Compassā€™s Oren Cass joins the Checks and Balances podcast to discuss the conservative approach toward big business and shifting orthodoxies in right-of-center economic philosophy.

Policy Brief: Workforce Training Grant

Congress should create a Workforce Training Grantā€”a $10,000-per-year grant to employers for each trainee engaged in on-the-job training.

Rethinking Conservative Economics With Oren Cass

Oren Cass joins Newsweek opinion editorĀ Josh Hammer to discuss the Right’s shifting approach to political economy and President Bidenā€™s disastrous student loan forgiveness initiative.

Oren Cass on Student Loan Debt

Oren Cass joins Paul Ollinger for a discussion of student debt, ā€œcollege-for-all,ā€ and how to rethink our approach to education in the U.S.

American Compass on CHIPS Act Passage: An Inflection Point in U.S. Policy

PRESS RELEASEā€”America is finally getting serious aboutĀ returningĀ critical industries to our shores.

Republicans Split on Major China Bill, as Legislation Barrels Toward Passage

As the Senate takes up consideration of the CHIPS Act, American Compassā€™s work is leading the industrial policy debate.

In Preparation for Power, Americaā€™s New Right Builds New Institutions

In a profile of the new institutionsĀ springing up to influence the new right’s policy agenda, American Compass is described as ā€œamong the more sophisticated,ā€ with proposals that have been ā€œinfluential among lawmakers.ā€

Saving Kids from Big Tech with Chris Griswold

American Compass policy director Chris Griswold discusses the historical parallels between child labor in the 19thĀ century and kidsā€™ use of social media today, and suggests steps that policymakers can take to protect them from its harms.

Capital Markets Rā€™Us

Oren Cass joins David Bahnsen to discussĀ the state of American financial markets, private equity and venture capital, what is going wrong, and potential solutions.

Failure to Launch

In the popular imagination, young Americans leave home to attend college, where they earn degrees that launch them into careers. The actual experience is radically different.

30 Minutes with Virginia Foxx

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx joined us for a 30 Minutes discussion of how the education system can be retooled to better serve all Americans.

Retooling American Education

How to Move Beyond College-for-All

Oren Cass Discusses the Future of the GOP

American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses whether DCā€™s conservative institutions will shift after the 2022 primaries to become more responsive to the GOP base.

Rethinking the Way We Help Families

American Compass research director Wells King joins Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson to discuss pro-family policymaking.

ā€˜College for Allā€™ Is Broken. Letā€™s Embrace Opportunity Pluralism Instead.

Bruno Manno features a recent American Compass survey on higher education in a discussion of the failures of the ā€œcollege-for-allā€ model.

Can the Expanded Child Tax Credit Come Back From the Dead?

In a discussion of the potential for a permanent expanded Child Tax Credit, Rachel Cohen highlights American Compass research and Wells Kingā€™s analysis of the political environment.

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