Foreword: On Security
The American system of innovation, combining strategic investment and private enterprise, made our nation’s industry the envy of the world. It can pave the way for widespread prosperity and security again today.
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Rediscovering a Genuine American System
Economic stability, national security, widely shared prosperity, strong families, a pluralistic societyâin short, the American way of lifeâare achievements plainly worth conserving. So is the only approach to economic policy that has ever proved capable of producing them.
Foreword: On Resilience
Americaâs ability to meet the challenges of tomorrow rests on our conviction to turn a new economic page today.
Removing the Blinders From Economic Policy
Remove the blinders of economic fundamentalism, and it is impossible not to see the social, legal, historical, and institutional scaffolding that buttresses a growing economy, and the role that public policy must play in its construction and maintenance.
Conservatism in the Crisis
THE ECONOMIST—With delightful British spelling, The Economist reports on American Compass: âan impressive organisationâ of the âdissident faction ⌠led by some of the most interesting conservative thinkersâ that rejects âmarket fundamentalism.â
Coronavirus Means the Era of Big Government IsâŚBack
American Compassâs Oren Cass argues that âone lesson we can and should learn from all this is that you canât just flip a switch on strong, effective government when you need it.â
Rubio Raises Profile in Pandemic, Challenges GOP Economics
Rubioâs essays and speeches on his idea of common-good capitalism draw heavily from his Catholicism and from the work of policy experts such as American Compass’s Oren Cass.
Conversation with Oren Cass
American Compassâs Oren Cass joins the Ronald Reagan Instituteâs Reaganism podcast to discuss his organizationâs mission to save American conservatism from what he calls its âchronic case of market fundamentalism.â
American Scream
American Compassâs Wells King reviews Michael Strainâs new book The American Dream Is Not Dead (But Populism Could Kill It).
Oren Cass Calls Out Libertarian Who Thinks Harvard Shouldn’t Pay Food Workers
American Compassâs Oren Cass talks about extraordinary measures the government needs to take in the economic crisis to generate growth and prosperity for the future.
Saving the American EconomyâWhy Congress Needs to Pass a Stimulus Package Immediately
American Compass’s Oren Cass joins Congressman Dan Crenshaw to discuss stimulus measures which would bring desperately needed economic relief to Americans in the age of COVID-19.
The WSJ Freaks After Domestic Policy Expert Appears on Rising
American Compassâs Oren Cass responds to the Wall Street Journalâs negative coverage of his analysis on Americaâs economic challenges.
The Wall Street Journal Goes Negative
One of the nationâs leading opinion platforms cuts a two-minute attack ad against American Compass for prompting debate.
And Now a Word for Laissez-Faire
Columnist Bill McGurn criticizes American Compass for using the term âmarket fundamentalismâ to âsquash debate.â
The Anti-Free Market Conservative
Columnist Bill McGurn accuses American Compass of âname callingâ and laments that analysis of the challenges facing American families âcan lead to rhetoric that at times can sound an awful lot like Bernie Sanders.â
The Cost of Thriving: Talking with Oren Cass
What does it cost for a family to thrive? Oren Cass joins The Chris Buskirk Show to talk about his work to define this.
A New Conservative Think Tank Challenges âMarket Fundamentalismâ
American Compassâs Wells King discussed his views on public policy and the goals of American Compass with National Review’s Daniel Tenreiro.
Finding True North Ideas in the Trump EraâAnd Beyond
The challenge for Cass is to help restore conservative ideas to their proper primacy â the conservatism of Main Street, that is, not the libertarian pseudo-conservatism that so often trickles down from plutocratic donors.
Hayekâs Broken Promise
It is a tragedy that Friedrich Hayekâs excesses, invested with the authority of his (deserved) reputation, became the unexamined default for right-of-center economic thinking in America.
The Return of Conservative Economics
Today we are announcing the formation of American Compass, an organization dedicated to helping American conservatism recover from its chronic case of market fundamentalism.
