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The American Compass Failing on Purpose Survey explores the perspectives and experiences of those in closest contact with the American education system—namely parents, current students, and recent graduates.

Straightforward federal reforms could enable state and local governments to partner with new labor organizations in administer portable benefits and sector-wide training.

This paper explains the advantages of broad-based bargaining, the key parameters that policymakers must establish, and the gradual process of experimentation by which it could gain prevalence in the American economy.

A significant opportunity exists for bipartisan cooperation on a permanent, expanded Child Tax Credit that maintains a connection to work.

This paper proposes two complementary policies that together offer a genuinely better bargain for American workers: formal recognition of “works councils” and a mechanism by which workers could elect representation to their corporation’s board.

The Better Bargain Survey explores workers’ attitudes about their jobs and organized labor; their appetite for greater support, voice, and power in the workplace; and their reactions to political messages and policy reforms

An in-depth exploration of the private-equity industry: how it works, its poor performance, and its increasing risk.

This paper presents the case for policymakers who favor free markets and appreciate the value of a well-functioning financial system to reform the rules governing that system.

Opponents of a financial transaction tax seem less intent on persuading than on covering for the generic impulse that financial markets shall not be impinged upon. That impulse should be resisted.

What happens to media as the digital age enhances their ability to engage consumers?

What happens to personal data as the digital age deepens their quality, widens their availability, and creates new uses for them?

What happens to markets as the digital age improves their efficiency and introduces them to new domains?

American inequality is higher now than at any time since WWII. The gap is wide and getting wider. Read what the data show and why it matters.

A guide to what is happening in the semiconductor industry and how the U.S. fell behind its competitors in the global race for leadership.

This report provides a systematic, firm-level study of declining business investment and the shift among American corporation toward disgorging cash to shareholders.

A review of hedge fund and private equity performance through the COVID-19 market crash.

Archive of Returns Counter data as of Q1 2021

Comprehensive benchmarking of the hedge fund, private equity, and venture capital industries against public-market indexes, updated quarterly.

The American family may have entered a period of crisis, but a rich conservative literature—from political philosophy to sociology to journalism—can help us to better understand the root causes and guide policy reforms to the family’s renewal.

Writers and analysts from across the right-of-center apply a family-focused lens to contemporary policy challenges.