Trump Scolded Companies for Raising Prices. Do They Have a Choice?
Economists say companies generally have to pass along the cost of tariffs. But populists on the left and right say the president may have a point.
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Oren Cass Joins Tucker Carlson
Oren Cass joins Tucker Carlson for a discussion on whether Trump’s tariffs are working.
Why the US and China pulled back from the edge
The agreement reached this weekend is an acknowledgment that a full-on economic divorce of the U.S. and China would be too painful for both sides.
Tariffs are a bet on the free market rather than free trade
Innovation has stalled in a globalised era dominated by state-sponsored national champions.
Policy director Chris Griswold talks to Nikkei Asia
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold says businesses need greater trade and industrial predictability to plan for the future.
Why is Trump considering raising taxes on millionaires?
“I actually love the concept,” Donald Trump recently told Time magazine of a proposal circulating within his cabinet to raise taxes upon those earning over $1m. “I don’t want it to be Read more…
Why we care about the conclave
The perceived stability of Catholicism is attractive in an exhausting world of upheaval.
Three Economists on What the Fed Should Do Now
Chief economist Oren Cass joins two other economists to discuss what the Federal Reserve ought to do this week.
‘You’ll feel it’: How Trump’s policies are hammering the dollar
Any deterioration of the U.S. currency and debt securities could rock the foundations of both Wall Street and household finances, economists warn.
In Trump 2.0, ‘Free Trade’ Republicans Are a Dying Breed
As GOP bends to the president’s populist vision, laissez-faire is out of style.
Oren Cass talks tariffs on the Financial Times’s Swamp Notes
Chief economist Oren Cass discusses the latest on President Trump’s tariffs with Marc Filippino and Edward Luce for the Financial Times.
Oren Cass joins Swamp Notes
Swamp Notes — The conservative view on tariffs now
2024 Annual Report
The view from the new world: American Compass’s 2024 Annual Report.
Founder’s Letter: Consensus, Building
Oren Cass reflects on five years of American Compass’s contributions as part of the 2024 Annual Report.
Oren Cass joins The Michael Steele Podcast
Chief economist Oren Cass joins former RNC Chair Michael Steele to discuss the New Conservatives.
PRO-Tip: Only Some Labor Reforms Are Pro-Worker
PRO Act provisions supported by the working class have broad bipartisan appeal.
Josh Hawley and the Republican Populists, at War With Their Party
The conservative senator from Missouri, better known for his raised fist in solidarity with Trump supporters on Jan. 6, is embracing a key rhetorical theme in the president’s political ascendancy.
Mark DiPlacido debates Professor Gordon Hanson on tariffs for the Federalist Society
Policy advisor Mark DiPlacido debates tariffs with Harvard economist and professor Gordon Hanson for the Federalist Society.
Policy advisor Mark DiPlacido joins UNSAFE with Ann Coulter
The entire universe has told you why Trump’s tariffs are bad. Mark DiPlacido takes the other side.
Debatable: Trump’s ‘Wall Street vs. Main Street’ argument for tariffs
With President Trump’s tariffs, is it actually useful to use the example of fighting for the interests of Main Street over Wall Street?
