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Oren Cass joins Fox Business’s Charles Payne to discuss the Cost-of-Thriving Index and economic pressure on American families
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Time Unhad but Not UnspentĀ
In The American Conservative, Micah Meadowcroft discusses the Cost-of-Thriving Index and how economic constraints make family formation more difficult.
Why Are So Many Americans Sour on the Economy? Look at This New Data.
In The Washington Post, Henry Olsen discusses the Cost-of-Thriving Index’s findings about the difficulty of raising a family in the middle class today.
Breaking Points: Americans Drowning in Health Care and Housing Costs
Breaking Points covers American Compass’s Cost-of-Thriving Index
Ordinary Americans Are Counting the Cost of Thriving
In the Financial Times, Oren Cass discusses the pressure on American families illustrated by the 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index.
Cost-of-Thriving Index Shows Middle-Class Life Unaffordable in America
A typical worker cannot afford to support a family anywhere in the United States, according to the 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index.
Family Affordability Survey
American families, across parties and classes, broadly share a definition of the middle class and concern with how the economy has made middle-class life harder.
The 2023 Cost-of-Thriving Index
Tracking the catastrophic erosion of middle-class life in America
Ferment of Change Lurks in Republican Chaos
The unfolding spectacle of a US House of Representatives in disarray, unable to elect a Speaker, should be a common one.
Pass the CHIPS, Please
Restrictions on investment in China are a good idea, to be sure. The taller and stronger the guardrails, the better. But holding incentives for domestic investment hostage to tougher restrictions on foreign investment may not be wise or necessary, for two reasons.
The Climate Crisis Is No Excuse for Backsliding on Democracy
For progressives, the US Supreme Courtās EPA ruling should have been a teachable moment, argues American Compass executive director Oren Cass.
Who Has the Expertise to Watch the Experts?
What role should experts play in our politics? Of course, they have their own freedom of speech, and are welcome to hawk their wares in the marketplace of ideas. But when election day arrives, their votes count no more or less than others, and they are far fewer in number.
With All Due Respect to the Experts
We need and value expertise, yet our public square tends to amplify precisely those least worthy of our trust. How should we decide who counts as an expert, what topics their expertise properly addresses, and which claims deserve deference?
Globalization and NASCAR Changes: Two Errors Wrought by Misguided Elites
American Compassās Wells King joins Robin Johnson on the Heartland Politics show to discuss globalization and NASCAR.
How the Decline of NASCAR Mirrors the Decline of American Communities
American Compassās Wells King joins Emily Jashinsky to discuss hisĀ American Conservative cover story on the decline of NASCAR.
Is Washington the Next Detroit?
Our latest Compass Point is by James M. Roberts, long-time research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and co-editor of their Index of Economic Freedom, reflecting on his experience in the conservative establishment and the perils of a political movement running on autopilot.
Taking the Right Off Autopilot
Fusionist think tanks established strong brands and large payrolls, and if the donors would keep giving, then the Cold War hawks would find new wars to start, the supply-siders new taxes to cut. They are still doing it today.
Wells King Laments the Decline and Fall of NASCAR
American Compass research director Wells King joins Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson to discuss his essay on the decline of NASCAR.
The Decline and Fall of NASCAR
Americaās most Southern sport has betrayed its own fan base, writes American Compassās Wells King in this cover story.
Reaganism Live with Oren Cass and Kevin Roberts
American Compassās Oren Cass and the Heritage Foundationās Kevin Roberts join the Reagan Institute for a conversation about the future of conservatism.
