As the stock market continues to break records, Jon is joined by Oren Cass, chief economist at American Compass, to examine how America’s economy was reengineered to serve shareholders instead Read more…
The real Wall Street problem isn’t just the edge-case fraudsters or looters; it’s the entire exercise. Private equity, hedge funds, private credit: all these layers atop legitimate markets that create Read more…
It’s bonus season on Wall Street, and a record-setting 2025 is yielding bigger paychecks than ever for America’s investment bankers, thanks to their hard work doing, well, what exactly?
Matthew Rose, an Opinion editorial director, hosted an online conversation with three contributing Opinion writers (Oren Cass, Natasha Sarin, and Jason Forman) about the Federal Reserve. Matthew Rose: After months of Read more…
Should individual savers have access to alternative assets like private equity funds and cryptocurrency in tax-advantaged retirement accounts?
PRESS RELEASE — An updated review of the private finance finds the industry’s performance to be on-par with, or trailing behind, public markets
A review of the latest developments in the private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund sectors.
Could a recent data breach finally turn auto dealers against Wall Street?
The credit card industry is gouging small business with swipe fees, claiming it’s doing so to help working-class Americans.
WSJ’s Brody Mullins joins Oren to discuss his new book, The Wolves of K Street, about corporate power and the rise of the lobbying industry.
For the American economy to boom again, financial markets will have to return to their proper role promoting productive investment.
Congress should take seriously the failures in the credit card industry and consider how public policy could support a stronger and more competitive free market.
Surveying the wreckage from Wall Street’s collision with emergency services
Sen. J.D. Vance and Oren Cass discuss what has gone wrong with investment in the American economy and how conservatives should think about labor unions today.
Oren Cass responds to the Cato Institute’s Norbert Michel misguided critique of American Compass’s financialization research.
Ban stock buybacks and repeal business interest deductibility
The market failure is that market actors are fallible and their efforts at pursuing their own interests do not necessarily lead smoothly to efficient outcomes that serve themselves or the common good.
On this episode, Oren Cass and Chris Griswold discuss the need for transparent reporting requirements for public pension funds.
Require transparency in management of public money
In National Review, Oren Cass argues that corporations no longer have owners in the way they once did, with far-reaching ramifications for our economy.
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