The Fed Soc Debate Turns Inward
American Compass coalitions director Wesley Hodges discusses the developing debate within the Federalist Society about the roles and potential threats of corporate and government power.
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Marginal Prophets
Magical thinking is evident in Homo oeconomicus’s serial recital of the “benefits of trade”; his blithe attitude toward financialization and the rise of cheap digital consumer technology; his utter indifference to the economic pressures bearing down upon the working family…
The Government Should Keep Its Hands Off Your Medicare
The path to a more secure and generous American welfare state lies not in rejecting the work ethic and the distinction it makes between contributory social insurance and non-contributory social assistance, but rather in embracing it.
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.
Oren Cass Joins Politico Playbook Deep Dive Podcast
American Compass’s Oren Cass, “an influential voice in this new economic counterculture,” joins to discuss the conservative debate on economics and the free market.
The Emergence of Anti-Corporate Progressivism
Opposition to globalization. Efforts to weaken intellectual property protections. Pushing for municipal broadband. Calls for the National Institutes of Health to develop drugs. What do these positions have in common? They are all examples of the recent turn toward anti-corporate progressivism.
Critics Corner with Jon Hartley
On this episode of Critics Corner, Oren is joined by Jon Hartley, a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity and a former senior policy advisor to the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee.
Oren Cass Joins Moment of Truth Podcast
American Compass executive director Oren Cass joins American Moment’s podcast to discuss economics, working class families, and conservatism.
How a Fight Over Economics Could Shape the GOP’s Post-Trump Future
Eliana Johnson explores the right-of-center’s defining fight for the years to come and highlights American Compass as the organization leading the charge to reinvigorate a true conservative economics.
Are You Better Off Than You Were Forty Years Ago?
American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses economic shifts over the past 40 years and why economists and policymakers need to embrace a more holistic view of what it means to be “better off.”
Critics Corner with Grover Norquist
On this episode of Critics Corner, Oren is joined by Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform. Spoiler: Oren is not convinced to sign the tax pledge.
Can Catholic Social Teaching Redeem a Post-Trump, Pro-Labor Republican Party?
Rachel Lu highlights American Compass’s Oren Cass and our Guide to Economic Inequality in a discussion of the role of Catholic social teaching in pro-labor conservatism.
Growing Pains
American Compass research director Wells King reviews two books on the de-growth movement.
Critics Corner with Prof. Donald Boudreaux
On this episode of Critics Corner, Oren is joined by one of our most active critics and open-letter writers, Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University.
Is Sweden a Free-Market Welfare State?
While it is true that Sweden adopted some neoliberal reforms after an economic crisis in the early 1990s, Sweden is not, and never has been, a free-market welfare state.
Statistical Gnosticism on the Right
Some right-of-center analysts have absolute conviction that basic statistics describing some of America’s challenges are obviously wrong
The Rich Get Richer, Middle Class Shrinks, and Conservatives Must Act
American Compass research director Wells King discusses the state of economic inequality in the United States and how conservatives should respond.
Freedom, Fairness or Flourishing: America’s Fundamental Economic Policy Choice
Knowing that many Americans see flourishing as the right goal, both the freedom and fairness camps claim their policies generate flourishing. But mostly they don’t.
Critics Corner with Stephanie Slade
On the first episode of Critics Corner, Oren is joined by Stephanie Slade, managing editor of Reason magazine. They discuss the importance of liberty to the common good, whether government should fund research or infrastructure, the meaning of free trade in the context of China, and quite a bit more.
