The first part of Mr. Cass’s argument is that the entire economics profession has either misread or misinterpreted a sentence in Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and that it has built the case for free trade from that alleged misreading or misrepresentation. This is simply and fundamentally not true.
Commentators and policy analysts respond to our analysis of globalization and proposals to restore balance to the American economy
Policymakers can act on several fronts: market access and investment rules to govern the flow of goods and capital; sovereign actions taken in relation to global institutions; and immigration policy that affects labor market composition.
Despite the priority traditionally given to the free flow of capital, many now argue that Beijing should be the exception, writes American Compass executive director Oren Cass.
American Compass policy director explores policy options to protect children online with the same vigor that we protect them in the real world.
Each argument for globalization appeared sensible on its own terms, but each was built upon faulty premises or failed in the final analysis to support the ultimate agenda.
The question is not will we manage our economy’s interaction with the global market, but how, writes American Compass executive director Oren Cass.
The era of globalization has coincided closely with the onset of precisely those problems that a clear-eyed analyst might have predicted and delivered outcomes contrary to the ones its ideologues envisioned.
PRESS RELEASE—New American Compass report on the failed experiment of globalization and an online quiz that exposes the bipartisan Uniparty’s witless case for globalization
The problem was that the powerful and wealthy saw no problem. They benefited from closing American factories and moving jobs abroad. They benefited from lower wages. This was their agenda from the start.
How to Right the Wrongs of Globalization
Mutual dependence between capital and labor, not mere “economic freedom,” is what Adam Smith so ably described. Globalization destroys it.
Oren Cass joins David Bahnsen to discuss globalization, market orthodoxy, and much more.
Michael Strain joins Oren in the Critics Corner to discuss what he calls “grievance-onomics,” the reasons we should or should not have confidence in corporations pursuing their own profits will act in ways that benefit the American people, and issues ranging from trade and investment to education and immigration.
A robust discussion of how well American institutions are fostering the flourishing of American families, hosted by American Compass and Capita.
The media have been full of reports of college students, almost a million strong, who have gone missing during the pandemic. Virtually every article quotes experts expressing alarm and dismay.
Krystal and Saagar are joined by American Compass’s Oren Cass and Jacobin writer Paul Prescod for a debate on the GOP’s new legislation that would revise the National Labor Relations Act and put workers on some corporate boards.
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold discusses recent pro-labor policy developments on the right-of-center and opportunities for further labor reform.
Oren Cass discusses new American Compass research on the effects of globalization on American workers and domestic jobs.
PRESS RELEASE—New American Compass analysis finds that wages have stagnated for college graduates without degree-requiring jobs.
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