New Ed Surveys Find Surprising Agreement in How Parents & Young People Think
Bruno Manno explores the results of the American Compass Failing on Purpose Survey and the implications for education policy.
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The Left & Right Case Against College For All
Oren Cass and author Freddie Deboer discuss the left and right cases against the college-for-all system that dominates American education.
How âCollege For Allâ Is Failing Generations Of Americans
American Compass executive director Oren Cass joins The Federalistâs Emily Jashinsky to discuss the failures of the âcollege-for-allâ model in the U.S.
The New Age of Interventionismâthe Big State Is Back in Business
American Compass executive director Oren Cass joins the Money Talks podcast to discuss the growing embrace of industrial policy.
Many Countries Are Seeing a Revival of Industrial Policy
A special report on industrial policy and the relationship between business and the state cites American Compass executive director Oren Cass as one of the leading voices calling for a rethinking of industrial policy’s potential in the modern market.
Can Free Trade Work for Everyone?
Pete Coy discusses the debate over free trade, highlighting Oren Cass’s rebuttal of Glenn Hubbard’s recent book.
Survey Finds U.S. Public Education Ignores Priorities of Parents and Students
PRESS RELEASEâEducation reformers have lost sight of what most Americans say public education is for, according to a new American Compass survey.
Marco Rubio Gets It. Our Economic Addiction to China Is a National Security Threat.
Henry Olsen discusses Sen. Rubioâs remarks at American Compassâs inaugural Henry Clay Lecture in Political Economy.
Conservative Scholars Rethink Public Educationâs Purpose
PRESS RELEASEâEssay series explores how public education is failing in both practice and principle
Realignment Conference: The Future of Populism
American Affairsâs Julius Krein, American Compassâs Wells King, and the Niskanen Centerâs Samuel Hammond discuss the new right, populism, and the debate over neoliberalism.
Why National Conservatism Needs Worker Power
At the second National Conservatism conference, Oren Cass discusses the importance of worker power to the future of conservatism.
Oren Cass: Here’s What Workers REALLY Want From Unions
American Compass executive director explains what workers wantâand are not gettingâfrom organized labor in the U.S. today.
Munk Debate: Universal Basic Income
Oren Cass debates Scott Santens on proposals for a universal basic income.
Announcing the Common Good Economics Grant Program
The Common Good Economics grant program will support projects rethinking the role that economic policy can play in advancing the common good.
We Need to Listen Better to Working-Class Parents
The Ethics and Public Public Policy Centerâs Patrick T. Brown highlights the American Compass Child Tax Credit Survey in a discussion of what working-class parents want from family policy.
New Survey: Vast Majority Want Expansion of Child Tax Credit Tied to Work
PRESS RELEASEâNew American Compass/YouGov survey finds Americans reject unconditional cash benefits outside context of pandemic relief.
New Survey Finds Modern American Workers Want Unions To Stop Playing Politics
American Compass executive director Oren Cass joins The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the Better Bargain Survey results, what workers want from organized labor, and working-class perspectives on politics.
Adam Smith or Alexander Hamilton?
At ISI’s “The Future of American Political Economy” conference, American Compass’s Oren Cass discusses political economy and the American System’s lessons for today.
Future of Work: Futureproof
American Compassâs Oren Cass is featured in a PBS documentary on the future of work and how âfuture-proofâ jobs against robots, AI, racial and economic disparities, and pandemics.
New Survey Finds Union Political Activism the #1 Obstacle to U.S. Labor Movement
PRESS RELEASEâLabor policy reforms should be focused on strengthening labor-management cooperation and delivering concrete economic benefits
