Biden’s Daycare Plan Is Bad for Families
In an op-ed criticizing President Biden’s day care plan, J.D. Vance and Jenet Erickson highlight the findings of American Compass’s Home Building Survey.
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Should a Child Benefit Be Based on Marital and Employment Status?
There’s something weird, and maybe even wrong, about a policy that seeks to support families, but leaves out families who have the least support and are the most disconnected from the helpful institutions of work and marriage.
Grand Old Party and the Working Class with Leader McCarthy
Leader McCarthy joins American Compass to discuss his efforts to reach out and grow the Republican coalition, what it takes to build a GOP that is better attuned to the concerns of working class Americans, and where he sees the party going in the coming years.
Give Power to the Parents!
In a column on how best to approach family benefits, David Brooks cites the findings of the American Compass Home Building Survey.
Biden’s Free Daycare Plan Isn’t What Americans Really Want
Bonnie Kristian features the American Compass Home Building Survey in a discussion of why President Biden’s free day care plan isn’t what American families actually want.
Has the Financial Sector Become a Drag on the Real Economy?
American Compass’s Oren Cass, in dialogue with Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks, discusses the negative effects of the growth of the U.S. financial sector.
Not Every Family Wants a Big Yard
Striving for “self-sufficiency” through a typical single-family house can mean ignoring the blessings that life in a community can bring and can lead to feeling alone or isolated.
A Guide to Economic Inequality
American inequality is higher now than at any time since WWII. The gap is wide and getting wider. Read what the data show and why it matters.
Economic Justice in Post-Pandemic America?
A conversation about the post-pandemic U.S. economy, hosted by City College of New York’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
Romney, Hawley, Rubio, and Lee’s Building Blocks for Family Policy
The key parameters for understanding competing family-benefit proposals.
A Guide to the Semiconductor Industry
A guide to what is happening in the semiconductor industry and how the U.S. fell behind its competitors in the global race for leadership.
Statistical Gnosticism on the Right
Some right-of-center analysts have absolute conviction that basic statistics describing some of America’s challenges are obviously wrong
The Rich Get Richer, Middle Class Shrinks, and Conservatives Must Act
American Compass research director Wells King discusses the state of economic inequality in the United States and how conservatives should respond.
Grand Old Party and the Working Class with Leader McCarthy
A conversation with Leader McCarthy about what it will take to build a GOP that is better attuned to the concerns of working class Americans and where he sees the party going in the coming years.
The Consultant Class Scores an Own Goal
With every step away towards a pure market logic and away from physical communities and lived-in traditions, the sporting world will find that the magic and allure of what has made them so compelling start to disappear.
What American Workers Really Want Instead of a Union at Amazon
American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses the failed unionization drive at Amazon’s Bessemer, AL, warehouse and what it says about what kind of support and representation workers actually want.
Does Anyone in Power Notice When Government Services Fail?
Take a deep breath and hold it for ten seconds. Imagine doing that over and over again, 31,536,000 times, not knowing where your children were. That’s ten years—or as long as my daughter was separated from her two disabled sons after their non-custodial father abducted them.
America’s Microchip Slip
American Compass’s Oren Cass and Richard Oyeniran explore the decline of America’s semiconductor industry and how the U.S. can retake the lead in the great semiconductor race.
If We Can’t Agree on a Global Minimum, Abolish the Corporate Tax
It may come as a surprise to many readers that arguments about radically altering the concept of corporate taxation do not hail exclusively from right-wing libertarian think tanks.
No, Adopting an Industrial Policy Doesn’t Mean We’re Emulating China
There is a continuum of state involvement in industry and technology policy that spans from doing nothing to picking particular firms and technologies.
