The Commons
Making Sense of Conservative Economics
Trump’s anti-bureaucracy energy should be directed at regulation as well as waste
It isn’t just about criminal punishments and presidential pardons
The old GOP dictated Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. His new coalition should shape its future.
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Oren speaks on a panel about economic policy in Trump’s second term and more with Jason Furman, Richard Burkhauser, and Kimberly Clausing.
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Strengthening support for working families is not just a popular priority, but a conservative one.
The sacred texts don’t say what their keepers claim they do.
This is a pivotal moment for the conservative movement, which has finally woken up to the reality that decades of WSJ-style economic policy have been a disaster for working families and thus a disaster for America.
The reformed Child Tax Credit isn’t “welfare”—it’s conservative family policy.
If conservatives want to lead on family policy, they have to be willing to fight for it

