Curtailing big tech requires much more than breaking it up Share This
FINANCIAL TIMES—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.
Foreword: Governing After a Revolution Share This
The biggest tech challenges for policymakers go far beyond “Big Tech.”
Has the Financial Sector Become a Drag on the Real Economy? Share This
PAIRAGRAPH—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.
Romney, Hawley, Rubio, and Lee’s Building Blocks for Family Policy Share This
Senator Josh Hawley’s proposal this morning for a “Parent Tax Credit” is a welcome expansion of the conservative debate over family policy and, in particular, a federal benefit paid to families with children. Following on Senator Mitt Romney’s “Family Security Act” in February and the subsequent proposal from Senators Marco Rubio and Mike Lee to […]
Statistical Gnosticism on the Right Share This
Folks, it’s time we had a serious conversation about statistical gnosticism. I talk a lot here at American Compass about the right-of-center’s problem with market fundamentalism—the tendency to say things like, “markets do not fail us, we fail markets” or “as we are dealing with changes in our economy, tax cuts are always a good […]
What American Workers Really Want Instead of a Union at Amazon Share This
POLITICO—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.
America’s Microchip Slip Share This
NATIONAL REVIEW—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.
The US needs to rediscover the meaning of investment Share This
FINANCIAL TIMES—American Compass executive director Oren Cass makes the case that fortunes are made in financial markets without benefiting the real economy.
The Corporate Erosion of Capitalism Share This
A Firm-Level Analysis of Declining Business Investment, 1971-2017
We’re Just Speculating Here… Share This
The Rise of Wall Street and the Fall of American Investment
Jonah Goldberg Takes On Public Policy Stuff Share This
Jonah Goldberg, Cliff Asness Chair in Applied Liberty at the American Enterprise Institute, had a lot to say about American Compass on a recent podcast, beginning around the 15:00 mark (and still going at the 25:00 mark…).
Breaking the Spell Share This
CITY JOURNAL—Executive director Oren Cass looks back on the history of welfare reform and explains why fighting poverty requires more than just sending money to the poor.