Friendly for Which Families?
The experience of “family-friendly” policy abroad makes one lesson clear: no policy is friendly for all families.
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Canucks in the Cradle
Canadian Conservatives successfully championed universal child benefits and have lessons for their neighbors to the south.
Escaping the Parent Trap
Addressing America’s fertility crisis happens to be what parents want.
Family Form Follows Function
Effective family policy begins from the institution’s ultimate roles and purposes.
Our Conjugal Class Divide
Marriage has evolved to meet the ideals of the well-educated and left too many Americans unwed and insecure.
Why Bother With Family?
If conservatives do not speak for the family, who will?
Foreword: One Generation Away
Preserving our national inheritance requires public policy to get the family right.
Founder’s Letter: Neoliberalism Falls Apart
In his 2020 Founder’s Letter, Oren Cass describes the timeless principles and creative energies of conservatism that are vital to America’s prospects for adaptation and renewal.
A Populism Deferred
Trump’s transitional presidency lacked the vision and agenda necessary to let go of GOP orthodoxy.
Too Few of the President’s Men
An iconoclast’s administration will struggle to find personnel both experienced and aligned.
Foreword: The Work Remains
President Trump told many truths, but one also has to act.
Some Like It Hot
Unsustainable economic stimulus at an expansion’s peak, not tax cuts or tariffs, fueled the Trump boom.
The Potpourri Presidency
A decentralized and conflicted administration was uniquely inconsistent in its policy actions.
Presidential Candidates Are Ignoring Ordinary Voters’ Needs
In this commentary for the Financial Times, Cass considers what the presidential candidates would be talking about if workers and their interests were of primary concern
The Three Deadly Sins of the Right
Market Fundamentalism. Snobbery. Hubris.
The Five Deadly Sins of the Left
Identity Politics. Retro-Socialism. Catastrophism. Growthphobia. Technopessimism.
Labor Law Must Include All Workers
Inclusion is a necessary first step toward fixing America’s broken labor law system.
Toward a More Cooperative Union
Workers and employers should have the freedom to collaborate and design new forms of worker organizations.
Worker Organizations Must Enable Worker Power
Allowing for alternative forms of worker organization makes sense if and only if they contribute to the growth of full-fledged collective bargaining unions.
Seeking Choice, Not a “Perfect” System
My underlying disagreement comes not from an appeal to the popular will but, rather, a difference of values: I’d rather have an economy that allows for more creativity, choice, and wealth creation even if it results in less equality.
