Samuel Hammond
Samuel Hammond is the Director of Poverty and Welfare Policy at the Niskanen Center.
How Judy Shelton’s call for a new Bretton Woods duped pro-worker conservatives Share This
The 1990s called. They want Judy Shelton’s bankrupt ideology back.
Social Media is an Engineering Disaster Waiting to Happen Share This
Fake news pales in its power to real news presented with misleading frequency.
No, the New Deal Wasn’t Racist Share This
Re: The New Deal Wasn’t Intrinsically Racist
Save for the Civil Rights Act, no single federal policy or program has done more to advance racial equity than Social Security.
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 […]