THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS—American Compass research director Wells King argues that woke corporate activism attempts to launder self-interest through liberal ideology and to renege on actual obligations.

REALIGNMENT CONFERENCE—American Affairs’s Julius Krein, American Compass’s Wells King, and the Niskanen Center’s Samuel Hammond discuss the new right, populism, and the debate over neoliberalism.

A proposal for channeling labor resources away from politics and toward worker benefits and training

NEWSWEEK—American Compass research director Wells King explores the failures of the modern American labor movement and what workers really want from unions.

EVENT—American Compass research director Wells King joins an American Academy of Political and Social Science panel to discuss the Child Tax Credit and how best to support working families.

FIRST THINGS—American Compass research director Wells King reviews two books on the de-growth movement.

DAILY CALLER—American Compass research director Wells King discusses the wide-ranging effects of the digital revolution in an adaptation of Lost in the Super Market: Navigating the Digital Age.

The use and abuse of personal data pose a collective challenge that cannot be solved by individuals.

DAILY CALLER—American Compass research director Wells King discusses the state of economic inequality in the United States and how conservatives should respond.

A review of hedge fund and private equity performance through the COVID-19 market crash.

Our policy debates center on helping working families, but they routinely fail to capture those families’ preferences for their own lives or for policies that would help them most. Proposals most useful to households with all adults in the workforce, like subsidized childcare or paid leave, often receive far more attention from policymakers and pundits […]

THE RESISTANCE LIBRARY PODCAST—American Compass research director Wells King joins Sam Jacobs to discuss labor unions, the free market, and the proper role of government.