The Childcare Subsidies Will Increase Until Morale Improves
Family policy should deliver middle-class security, not progressive politics
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A Harvard Econ Prof Comes to Bury, Not Praise, His Profession
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from across the web over the last week to better understand America
The End of Job Growth
Declining fertility is already harming the labor market
Conservatives Must Resist Musk-ification
Elon Musk’s definition of “efficiency” hurts American industry and workers
Vance and the ‘New Right’ Spark a Policy War in Washington
Trump’s pick for vice president is leading an attempted populist GOP makeover
The 40-Year-Old Conservative
A generational divides drives “the policy war in Washington”
The Arc of the Economic Debate Is Long, but Bends Toward Tariffs
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
A Constructed Crisis in Charleroi
An economy our elites enjoy leads to the problems in Charleroi, Springfield, and other Midwestern cities
An Unsafe Bet
Unfettered online sports betting is already causing harm that can’t be
ignored
What Stagnating Wages and Stagnating NFL Offenses Have in Common
Plus, checking back in with labor unions and Professor Wolfers
Mommy, Where Do Parents Come From?
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
A Bipolar Future in Asia
Thinking about China and the Asian continent in an era of trade warfare
Private Power and Democracy with Joshua Kleinfeld
Professor Joshua Kleinfeld joins for a conversation about the conservative legal movement and how it intersects with politics
Science Policy Can’t Be Driven by Advocates
Ideology has seeped into federal science funding, highlighting the need for reform
Against Justin Wolfers-ism
The temptation to use economics as propaganda does not serve economists well
Constructing Conservatism
Oren Cass writes for First Things magazine about how to construct a compelling conservative morality in our secular age.
Harris’s Global ‘Green New Deal’
The “Clean Energy Marshall Plan” is a lose-lose-lose for workers, industry, and developing nations
Conservatism in a Secular Age with Matthew Mehan
Oren is joined by Dr. Matthew Mehan to discuss Oren’s First Things lecture about how best to construct conservatism in a secular age.
Why Our Political Elite Remind Me of Dumb and Dumber
Or, the difference between the American dream and the American promise
The Rival Trading Blocs We Make Along the Way
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
