Financial Capitalism

We’re Just Speculating Here…

The Rise of Wall Street and the Fall of American Investment

Corporate Actual Responsibility

Coin-Flip Capitalism

Do the hedge fund, private equity, and venture capital industries channel investment efficiently and in ways beneficial to the nation?

Senator Josh Hawley talks with American Compass executive director Oren Cass about the empty platitudes and hypocrisy of “woke capital” and why conservatives must work to prioritize the needs of workers and families in their economic policy agenda.

In this episode, Washington Free Beacon editor Aaron Sibarium and small business investor Sam Long discuss the financialization of American business culture and its impacts on our economy and society.

Senator Josh Hawley talks with American Compass executive director Oren Cass about the empty platitudes and hypocrisy of “woke capital” and why conservatives must work to prioritize the needs of workers and families in their economic policy agenda.

Patrick Deneen and Andy Puzder debate the obligations of business.

FINANCIAL TIMES—American Compass executive director Oren Cass makes the case that fortunes are made in financial markets without benefiting the real economy.

BLOOMBERG—Daniel Avis highlights American Compass’s We’re Just Speculating Here… collection and proposals to reign in the growth of “non-investment” in the U.S. economy.

WASHINGTON EXAMINER—American Compass’s Oren Cass outlines the arguments from an open letter sent to the Business Roundtable calling for corporate actual responsibility.

RISING—American Compass’s Oren Cass discusses an open letter sent to the Business Roundtable calling for corporate actual responsibility.

NEWSWEEK—American Compass’s Oren Cass debates University of Chicago professor Todd Henderson over the question, “Does the private equity industry create substantial social value?”

BLOOMBERG—American Compass’s first special project, “Coin-Flip Capitalism,” was featured by Bloomberg Politics, challenging established economic views on the right.

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