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Effective industrial policy will require changes to business as usual
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Economic Nationalism in the Heartland
Agricultural states are prepared to fight the good fight on trade
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.
The Problem With Empty U.S. Campaign Promises
Both Harris and Trump seem determined not to be pinned down on policy
The U.K. Realignment with Nick Timothy, MP
Oren is joined by Nick Timothy, Conservative member of Parliament, to discuss the U.K.’s political realignment.
iThink Therefore iAm
Technology’s transformation of human existence is rendering conservatism irrelevant
Potemkin Presidential Politics
The Harris-Walz campaign is one of appearances, not substance
Bring Back Trump’s China Policy
Deterring China requires countering Xi’s economic warfare, not accommodation
Do Labor Leaders Not Know What Workers Want, or Do They Just Not Care?
And creative paths forward like, say, reversing Citizens United…
The Gulf Between “Make America Great Again” and “MAGA”
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
Workers Deserve Real Power. Unions Aren’t the Best Way to Get It.
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, six labor leaders took the stage to endorse the party’s nominee. “Kamala Harris will keep fighting for workers,” promised the general president of Read more…
Does Trade Policy Affect Trade?
A rescue mission for common sense from the quagmire of free-trade economics
Rebuilding Worker Power
Nearly every major Western intellectual tradition until the market fundamentalism of the late 20th centuryunderstood the importance of organized labor to the well-being of workers and a well-functioning marketeconomy. An Read more…
Paying the Price for Investing in China
We should stop giving favorable tax treatment to capital gains earned boosting our adversaries
Conservative Urbanism with Aaron Renn
Author Aaron Renn joins Oren to discuss urbanism and where conservatives should focus their policy efforts tied to cities.
Conservatives Need a Positive Governing Vision
America’s problems can’t be solved by only addressing what government shouldn’t do.
It’s Time for a Bonus, Baby
A Trump-Vance administration should unabashedly support new parents
Can the G.O.P. Really Become the Party of Workers?
The most surprising moment of this year’s Republican National Convention may have come on its first night, when the president of the Teamsters railed in prime time against corporate elites Read more…
‘Let Them Eat Joy’
The DNC was a convention for the rich
