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Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: The American Appetite for Government

On this episode, Oren and Chris dive into our latest survey results on American attitudes toward the role and scope of government.

How Republicans learnt to love bigger government

The era of “the era of big government is over” may itself now be over, writes Oren Cass in the Financial Times.

The American Appetite for Government

Even among Republicans, few can identify major areas where they’d like government to do less

Survey Reveals Broad Support for Government Across Party Lines

Even among Republicans, few can identify major areas where they’d like government to do less

Crash and Churn

How deregulation of trucking has failed truckers—and everyone else

The Family Policy Renaissance, Explained

Republicans, Independents, and the working and middle classes respond to the pressures facing working families

Biden’s Gamble

Politico’s Morning Money features American Compass’s survey on the Biden administration’s economic policies

How the Biden White House Cornered Itself

The president’s polarizing policies are ones that divide Democrats and the upper class from everyone else

Issues 2024: Wall Street

For the American economy to boom again, financial markets will have to return to their proper role promoting productive investment.

Issues 2024: Industrial Policy

A strong industrial base is vital to workers and their communities, the rate of technological and economic progress, and national security.

The Receding Democratic Majority

Demography may be destiny, but its party affiliation is not

Issues 2024: Worker Power

For 50 years, businesses have been finding ways to succeed while offering fewer secure jobs to American workers, leading to surging growth and profits while wages stagnated.

Issues 2024 Series Explores Key Policy Debates Heading Into 2024 Election

First Issues 2024 brief analyzes the decline in middle-class security

Issues 2024: Middle-Class Security

Stagnating wages have prevented workers from keeping up with the costs of attaining middle-class security in America.

Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: GOP Voters and the Realignment

On this episode, Oren and Chris discuss the results of our new poll of GOP primary voters, which shows an economic realignment is well underway.

GOP Primary Voter Poll Shows Pro-Worker Realignment Is Well Underway

As Republican presidential primary candidates prepare to meet tonight to debate the future of the GOP, a new poll shows that their voters have abandoned the party’s traditional focus on Read more…

The New Conservative Voter

A realignment that focuses the Republican Party on pro-worker economic policy is well underway

Remarks on Family Affordability at AEI

Oren Cass discusses the Cost-of-Thriving Index and the affordability of middle-class life in America at the American Enterprise Institute.

Critics Corner with Angela Rachidi

On this episode of Critics Corner, Oren Cass is joined by AEI’s Angela Rachidi to discuss family affordability.

Cost of Thriving Index Tracks Middle-Class Struggles

Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity highlights American Compass’s Cost-of-Thriving Index

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