Ferment of Change Lurks in Republican Chaos
The unfolding spectacle of a US House of Representatives in disarray, unable to elect a Speaker, should be a common one.
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Republicans: Our Future Is Not With Free Markets. It’s With the Working ClassĀ
Progressives were surprised, confused, and frustrated by Senator Marco Rubio last week. “I definitely didn’t have Marco Rubio being more pro worker than Joe Biden on my 2022 bingo card,” one tweeted. “UGH, UGH, UGH…When Read more…
Myth-Busting Silicon Valley
American Compass’s Wells King argues that Silicon Valleyās founder myth has things backward, misunderstanding the source of the regimeās power and flattering its worst instincts.
Liz Truss, Supply-Side Crush
American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses Liz Trussās disastrous time as prime minister and the irrational response from supply-siders.
Skills Gaps Will Force Companies to Do Right by Their Compatriots
Employers who profited from cheap foreign labour cannot now gripe at having to train local workers, writes American Compass executive director Oren Cass.
An Early Conservative Victory in the War on Big Tech
American Compass research director Wells King discusses a promising conservative bill to rein in Big Techās monopoly power.
Where Have All the Young Men Gone?
The question of who would pursue non-college pathways, if they were offered, is one that has bedeviled education reform debates for decades.
The American Camry
Wells King and Dan Vaughn, Jr. on howĀ Reagan showed it was possible to wrangle foreign manufacturers to the U.S.
Our Politics Needs a Pro-Family Policy Agenda
American Compass research director Wells King joins a statement in support of building a truly pro-family policy agenda.
Liberty and Tariffs for All
Free international trade is not a vital tenet of liberty in the American tradition; it was adopted, in Burtkaās words, āfor the worst reasons and delivered the worst results.ā
The Successful Policy That Progressives Love To Hate
American Compass executive director Oren Cass discusses a recent report analyzing the effects of welfare reform on child poverty, and how progressives fail to understand the importance of work in designing social safety net programs.
After Student-Debt Relief, America Must Move Beyond ‘College for All’
American Compass research director Wells King argues for building real alternatives to the ācollege-for-allā education pipeline in the wake of Bidenās misguided student loan forgiveness.
Rebuilding from the College Catastrophe Starts Here
The problem that the American Workforce Act aims to solve is simple, but deadly serious: In American education, all roads lead to college.
Servants No Longer
American Compass policy director Chris Griswold explores the relationship between worker power and the roots of civic friendship.
Republicans Have Great Ideas. It’s Time To Start Talking About Them
American Compass executive director Oren Cass makes the case for a GOP focus on substantive policy ideas, prioritizing efforts that benefit working families.
Bidenās Student Loan Forgiveness is Wrong. Hereās How to Handle College Debt Instead.
America has turned higher ed into a lavishly expensive sacred cow, and now weāre all footing the bill. Letās make college debt boring again, argues Oren Cass.
State Capacity in Short Supply: Assessing the Biden Administrationās Industrial Strategy
American Compassās Wells King and Chris Griswold evaluate the Biden administrationās approach to industrial strategy and what it shows about the policy failures of the established ruling class.
What Republicans Should Do if They Win Big This Fall
American Compassās Oren Cass and Chris Griswold describe how a conservative agenda focused on workers and their families could create new avenues for progress in a divided government.
The Chips Act Debate Shows How Far the Republicans Have Moved
FINANCIAL TIMESāOren Cass argues that conservative interest in rebuilding Americaās industrial base may finally be overtaking free-market fundamentalism on the right.
The Problem Joe Manchin Highlighted Is Crucial for Americaās Future
Oren Cass makes the case for serious permitting reform, without which it will take years to spend any money building climate-related projects, costing us money and harming the environment.
