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Critics Corner with Prof. Donald Boudreaux
On this episode of Critics Corner, Oren is joined by one of our most active critics and open-letter writers, Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University.
Reflections on the Digital Revolution
The problems and challenges posed by what is often referred to as “Big Tech” should primarily be understood as novel instantiations of age-old issues.
Conservation, Farming, and the Wisdom of Our Elders
Without careful management, large-scale farming might ignore our responsibility to pass on this earth better than we found it.
Privacy, Tech Policy, And Two Sorts Of Libertarian
Micah Meadowcroft discusses the questions raised about privacy and freedom by our collection, Lost in the Super Market: Navigating the Digital Age.
Conservatives Must Tackle the Problems of the Digital Revolution
Rachel Bovard highlights American Compass’s Lost in the Super Market collection in a discussion of how public policy must be rethought in light of the digital revolution.
Oren Cass: Big Tech’s Life Changing Transformation
American Compass executive director Oren Cass joins Rising to discuss the digital era’s effects on the market and our collection Lost in the Super Market: Navigating the Digital Age
The ‘Uber Economy’ Needs Guardrails
If you are a freelancer like a lawyer or a doctor with a private practice, your experience is very different from a freelancer or contractor accessing work through online labor platforms like Upwork, Clickworker, Uber, or Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
All-Knowing Algorithms: Author Discussion
Alec Stapp (Progressive Policy Institute) and Wells King (American Compass) discuss the implications of “All-Knowing Algorithms” with Oren Cass.
Attention Economy: Author Discussion
Matthew Crawford (UVA’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture) and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss the ramifications of the “Attention Economy” with Wells King (American Compass).
Curtailing Big Tech Requires Much More Than Breaking It Up
American Compass executive director Oren Cass makes the case for disaggregating the Big Tech debate and giving greater focus to the digital age’s novel challenges.
Frictionless Exchange: Author Discussion
Wingham Rowan (Modern Markets for All) and Neil Chilson (Charles Koch Institute) discuss the advent of frictionless exchange with Wells King (American Compass).
Lost in the Super Market
Navigating the Digital Age
New Collection Calls on Policymakers to Rethink Governing in the Digital Age
PRESS RELEASE—Modern technology has reshaped markets fundamentally, requiring new policy responses to protect our values, institutions, and relationships.
Digital Is No Different
Digital media’s critics echo the same arguments and attitudes of paternalists past.
Reclaiming Self-Rule in the Digital Dystopia
Attention-harvesting technologies jeopardize our capacity to govern concentrated power—and ourselves.
The Attention Economy: A Primer
What happens to media as the digital age enhances their ability to engage consumers?
Making Data Work for Us
A pragmatic view of privacy should encourage data collection that benefits users and innovators alike.
Selling the Digital Soul
The use and abuse of personal data pose a collective challenge that cannot be solved by individuals.
All-Knowing Algorithms: A Primer
What happens to personal data as the digital age deepens their quality, widens their availability, and creates new uses for them?
