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Bring Back Trumpā€™s China Policy

Deterring China requires countering Xiā€™s economic warfare, not accommodation

Do Labor Leaders Not Know What Workers Want, or Do They Just Not Care?

And creative paths forward like, say, reversing Citizens Unitedā€¦

The Gulf Between “Make America Great Again” and “MAGA”

A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.

Workers Deserve Real Power. Unions Arenā€™t the Best Way to Get It.

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, six labor leaders took the stage to endorse the partyā€™s nominee. ā€œKamala Harris will keep fighting for workers,ā€ promised the general president of Read more…

Does Trade Policy Affect Trade?

A rescue mission for common sense from the quagmire of free-trade economics

Conservatives Need a Positive Governing Vision

Americaā€™s problems canā€™t be solved by only addressing what government shouldnā€™t do.

Itā€™s Time for a Bonus, Baby

A Trump-Vance administration should unabashedly support new parents

ā€˜Let Them Eat Joyā€™

The DNC was a convention for the rich

Toward a More Responsive American Urbanism

How to make Americaā€™s towns and cities more like the people who live in them

The Toaster Economy

What we can learn about U.S. manufacturing decline from the humble toaster

Can the Tech Bros Find a Home in the Conservative Coalition?

A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.

Can ā€œKamalamaniaā€ Continue to Election Day?

The experience of New Zealandā€™s former PM Jacinda Ardern holds clues

Democratsā€™ Disdain for Democracy

When ā€œdefenders of democracyā€ condescend to voters

The One Big Thing from JD Vanceā€™s Sunday Show Tour

Plus, government is simply the name we give to minding our own damn business…

Both Parties Have a Chance to Appeal to American Workers ā€” But Will They Take It?

Political elites are pulling Republicans and Democrats away from the voters they need to win over

Chips Ahoy! Don’t Look Now, but Industrial Policy Is Doing Its Job

A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.

Banning TikTok is Constitutional

The D.C. Circuit Court canā€™t let the CCP misuse our Constitution.

Vivekā€™s Pivot Back to Neoliberalism

Ramaswamyā€™s ā€œnational libertarianismā€ is a thinly veiled retread of pre-Trump economic orthodoxy.

The Family Policy Pivot

Itā€™s time for JD Vance to go positive.

The Blob on the Ballot

Plus, Seinfeld Conservatism, and an economist accidentally proves his uselessness

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