Survey Reveals Broad Support for Government Across Party Lines
Even among Republicans, few can identify major areas where theyād like government to do less
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Constructing Conservatism in the Secular Age
What should conservative politics look like at a time when many Americans are no longer religious?
Realignment Politics with Jerry Seib, Michael Brendan Dougherty, and Tim Chapman
What does the right-of-center’s economic debate mean for political leaders and how is it being translated into electoral politics in 2024 and beyond?
John A. Burtka IV on Building a Better Elite
On this episode, Oren Cass is joined by John A. Burtka IV to discuss how to cultivate and educate a better elite, what the āmirrors for princesā tradition has to teach todayās leaders, and aristo-populism.
Oren Cass: āTrump is an inherently time-limited phenomenonā
The pro-worker policy wonk who wants to save the Republican Party from itself.
Bidenās Gamble
Politico’s Morning Money features American Compass’s survey on the Biden administration’s economic policies
New Survey Shows Biden Economic Policies Polarize Voters
The presidentās policies divide Democrats and the upper class from everyone else
How the Biden White House Cornered Itself
The presidentās polarizing policies are ones that divide Democrats and the upper class from everyone else
Is Romneyās former adviser building the post-Trump GOP?
Oren Cass has made a name for himself rejecting the old conservative economic consensus.
The Receding Democratic Majority
Demography may be destiny, but its party affiliation is not
The New Conservative Voter
A realignment that focuses the Republican Party on pro-worker economic policy is well underway
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?
Flapper Economics
Turning the American citizen into “The Consumer”
āFreedom Conservatismā Is Much Ado About Nothing
Reheating stale free-market dogma does nothing to address the challenges facing todayās American right, argues Oren Cass in the Financial Times.
Liz Truss, Supply-Side Crush
American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses Liz Trussās disastrous time as prime minister and the irrational response from supply-siders.
In Preparation for Power, Americaās New Right Builds New Institutions
In a profile of the new institutionsĀ springing up to influence the new right’s policy agenda, American Compass is described as āamong the more sophisticated,ā with proposals that have been āinfluential among lawmakers.ā
Oren Cass Discusses the Future of the GOP
American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses whether DCās conservative institutions will shift after the 2022 primaries to become more responsive to the GOP base.
A Battle for the GOPās Future Is Under Way
Oren Cass makes the case that the Republicans must move beyond the dog-eared 1980s playbook of tax cuts and deregulation if they are to succeed.
The Five Deadly Sins of the Left: An Update
Even the financial crisis of 2008ā09 did not spur any real realignment of voters toward the left. Nor haveāso farāthe twin economic and health crises brought on by the COVID pandemic. What has gone wrong?
