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Oren Cass on the UAW Strike and Manufacturing Productivity

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US Republicans Could Finally Win the Argument on Immigration

Political conditions in the US are ripe for rare progress on immigration, writes Oren Cass in the Financial Times.

Reverse Class Psychology

Reagan convinced workers to care about business, but who will teach business owners that labor matters too?

Where Are the Secure Jobs?

In the American Conservative, Oren Cass discusses how the American labor marketā€™s failure to produce family-supporting jobs is fundamental to the nationā€™s problems.

C-SPAN’s Washington Journal: Oren Cass on Challenges Facing the U.S. Workforce
Sen. J.D. Vance on Financialization, Labor, and Rebuilding American Capitalism

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.

A Labor Shortage Is a Great Problem to Have

Todayā€™s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the unemployment rate continuing to hold close to its lowest level in 70 years, despite a slight uptick last month. This might seem Read more…

The Dignity of Workers

InĀ Democracy at Work, labor law professor Ruth Dukes and sociologist Wolfgang Streeck describe how the dehumanizing and demanding conditions of an Amazon ā€œfulfillment centerā€ maximize the isolation of workers and Read more…

American Conservatives Are Working on the Railroads

The Railway Safety Act has made concrete the ideological debate raging between conservatives and libertarians over the role of government regulation in the free market.

Critics Corner with FreedomWorksā€™ Phil Bell on the Railway Safety Act

Oren Cass is joined by FreedomWorksā€™ Phil Bell for a wide-ranging discussion the Railway Safety Act of 2023.

Policy Brief: Guestworker Phasedowns

Ending temporary worker programs that depress American wages

A Guide to Labor Supply

For more than half a century, productivity, GDP, and profit have risen together. Wages have not followed suit.

Policy Brief: Mandatory E-Verify

Maintaining tight labor markets for American workers

One Simple Trick for Raising Wages

The Economics of Labor Supply and the Role of Immigration Policy

Jobs Americans Would Do

A more productive conversation about raising workersā€™ wages

Talkinā€™ (Policy) Shop: Worker Voice

On this episode, Oren and Chris discuss the issue of worker voice and how to reform labor law to create new avenues for labor input from the shop floor to the boardroom.

Policy Brief: Workers in the Boardroom

Give workers a seat at the directorsā€™ table

Policy Brief: Collaborative Labor-Management Committees

Give workers a collective voice on the job

Talkinā€™ (Policy) Shop: Banning the BA Box

On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass and Chris Griswold are joined by Jonathan Berry to discuss a proposal to ban bachelor’s degree requirements in hiring.

Policy Brief: Banning Bachelorā€™s Degree Requirements

Prohibit employers from making a bachelorā€™s degree a job requirement

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