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Does Anyone Know What’s Going on in This Economy?
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
Making Sense of the China Problem
When it comes to thinking about the U.S.-China relationship, Sen. JD Vance is ahead of the curve.
The Sovereign and the CEO
The corporation operates at the pleasure of the public, which has not only the right, but also the obligation to constrain its power.
Tariffs and Market Power with Michael Lind
Michael Lind joins Oren for a wide-ranging discussion of the U.S. economy, the merits of tariffs, and the public purpose of markets.
American Shuntō
Japanese lessons on the limits of symbolic outreach to labor.
Unleash the Techno-Industrial State
How the United States government can advance scientific and technological progress.
JD Vance Is Right About Prioritizing Parents
Plus, Bankruptcy Court is back in session, and the tradeoffs in family life get real…
Tax Cuts As Tragedy, Then Farce
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
J.D. Vance and the Future of the Right w/Oren Cass, Marshall Kosloff, & Jon Askonas
Oren Cass joins the Dynamist podcast to discuss the selection of JD Vance as Trump’s VP and what it means for conservatism.
Open Borders Economists Have Gone Awfully Quiet About Wages
The pretextual arguments have always been political—not economic.
Are Conservatives Finally Back?
It is morning in a more dignified, pro-worker America.
‘Intellectual Combat’: Inside the Fight to Upend GOP Economics
Politico profile of American Compass and how we are challenging ossified, libertarian dogmas on economics.
When Markets Fail with Ruchir Sharma
Author Ruchir Sharma joins Oren to discuss what happens when markets fail, and how more responsive economics can provide a corrective.
So What If Tariffs Are Taxes?
The goal is a just economy, not market efficiency and progressive taxation for their own sake.
Conservatives Should Care About Cities
Both as electoral targets and as centers of governance, cities hold untapped potential for conservatives.
Silver Linings Playbook
The Right has changed since 2015. America has, too, in ways that challenge conservatives to update their economic prognosis.
The Elite Catch-22
Plus, you can’t fire Biden, he quits; and, the woeful state of economics reporting…
Vance Ensures the Trump Era Will Not Be a Dead End
The epoch of the pro-worker GOP is secured.
Bye, Bye, Economic Pie
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