Samuel Hammond
Samuel Hammond is the Director of Poverty and Welfare Policy at the Niskanen Center.
Social Conservatism and the “Small Government” Straightjacket Share This
Re: The Fight on the Right: A Pre-Trump or Post-Trump Future?
“We are conservatives, and conservatives believe in supporting families directly.”
On Workforce Investment Share This
Reshoring strategies can only go so far without investment in America’s skilled workforce.
Marco Rubio Takes on Deindustrialization and Race Share This
Re: Deindustrialization, racial discrimination, and the case for common good capitalism
The decline in American manufacturing hurt workers of every racial background.
Hamiltonian Means, Jeffersonian Ends Share This
My American Compass co-blogger, Michael Lind, likes to portray America’s development as a tug of war between the ideals of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson — nation builders and industrialists on the one hand, and laissez-faire localists on the other. It’s an eye-opening way to interpret the turning points throughout U.S. history, and yet the […]