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The Tea Party is Dead (Again). What Will its Legacy Be?

Coalition director Duncan Braid joins a panel discussion on KQED (NPR, San Francisco) to discuss the legacy of the Tea Party movement.

Pronatalism Isn’t Pro-Family

Supporting America’s families is more than a numbers game.

Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Return of the Fiscal Conservatives

An in-depth discussion of what fiscal conservatism means—beyond the orthodoxy of tax cuts as cure-all.

Americans Can Do a Budget Deal

The American people grasp the gravity of the deficit, and they’re willing to support the difficult tradeoffs necessary to do something about it.

Finding the Responsible Party

The conservative journey back from anti-tax zealotry to limited government

Fiscal Conservatives Should Care About Trade Deficits

Fiscal conservatives need to care about trade deficits, not just budget deficits, when it comes to sound economic policy.

America’s Broken Immigration System with Mark Krikorian

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Oren Cass to unpack America’s broken immigration system.

Republicans’ appetite for government

Most want expansion, not cuts, of entitlement programs, according to American Compass survey.

Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: The American Appetite for Government

On this episode, Oren and Chris dive into our latest survey results on American attitudes toward the role and scope of government.

How Republicans learnt to love bigger government

The era of “the era of big government is over” may itself now be over, writes Oren Cass in the Financial Times.

Survey Reveals Broad Support for Government Across Party Lines

Even among Republicans, few can identify major areas where they’d like government to do less

The American Appetite for Government

Even among Republicans, few can identify major areas where they’d like government to do less

Crash and Churn

How deregulation of trucking has failed truckers—and everyone else

The Family Policy Renaissance, Explained

Republicans, Independents, and the working and middle classes respond to the pressures facing working families

Biden’s Gamble

Politico’s Morning Money features American Compass’s survey on the Biden administration’s economic policies

How the Biden White House Cornered Itself

The president’s polarizing policies are ones that divide Democrats and the upper class from everyone else

Issues 2024: Wall Street

For the American economy to boom again, financial markets will have to return to their proper role promoting productive investment.

Issues 2024: Industrial Policy

A strong industrial base is vital to workers and their communities, the rate of technological and economic progress, and national security.

The Receding Democratic Majority

Demography may be destiny, but its party affiliation is not

Issues 2024: Worker Power

For 50 years, businesses have been finding ways to succeed while offering fewer secure jobs to American workers, leading to surging growth and profits while wages stagnated.

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