The Senate is finally back in Washington and negotiations over the next coronavirus recovery package are underway. The White Houseās initial salvo was reported Monday and includes a capital gains tax cut, a measure to increase entertainment tax deductions, and a payroll tax cut.Ā
Sen. Josh Hawley recently opined in the New York Times about the need for the US to back out of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and engage the global economy with bilateral trade agreements that better reflect American interests.
Before anyone had heard the term āCOVID-19,ā working America was already in a crisis.
No particular worldview or ideology is necessary to see the reality of our political situation today. Due to the reshaping of our psychological and social environment by digital technology–a process laid bare by the unfolding coronavirus pandemic–our “map” of America is now out of date.
For my inaugural post here on The Commons, I want to offer a few thoughts on how one of the pillars of the American Compass mission,Ā community,Ā has too often been a blind spot in the prevailing view of the economy.
Material standard of living of course matters to families, but so does the ability to take time off when a family member is sick or when a new baby arrives, to be able to afford rent or homeownership, and to have some semblance of a consistent schedule that allows for time together.
;Columnist Henry Olsen describes American Compass as a ātool with which future conservative leaders can guide the American ship of state.ā
Chinaās economic rise and the damage inflicted on U.S. industry has been a wakeup call to many U.S. policymakers. But most conventional economists continue to hold firm to their ideological notion that only the market can respond, and that any more proactive government action, particularly focused on key sectors or technologies, is doomed to fail.
AEIās Yuval Levin reflects on the role of American Compass in strengthening the debate on the role of the state on the right.
American Compassās Wells King and Oren Cass and American Affairsā Julius Krein summarize their arguments from Rebooting the American System in this short adaptation.
The NYT features American Compass as a new organization with plans to foster debates on economic issues dividing the right, accentuated by the present national crisis.
American Compass’s Oren Cass and Wells King join the Bill Walton Show to discuss Rebooting the American System.
Almost 60 years ago, Frank Meyer formulated “fusionism.” He explained why 1950s anti-communists, free-market proponents, and social conservatives could unite in a coherent coalition.
The COVID-19 panic has drawn long-overdue attention to the economic and health and financial challenges facing many āessential workersā including nurses and health aides, nursing home aides, slaughterhouse workers, truckers, grocery store clerks and other retail workers, warehouse workers, and others upon whom the daily functioning of our continental society depends.
American Compass proposes that conservatives revisit the question of whether a nation can afford an economic order without a ācompass,ā a guide that can provide a sense of direction national policy and shared intention. The question is essential, and the answers on offer on this site portend a new course for the American political order.
Rich Lowry interviews Oren Cass about the launch of American Compass.
Welcome to American Compass. Our mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nationās liberty and prosperity.
TACās Jordan Bloom interviews Oren Cass about the launch of American Compass and the future of American conservatism.
The comprehensive, conservative case for a return to robust national economic policy
The fact that government planners are not omniscient is obvious, but it does not automatically follow that planning is always ineffective. Perfect information is simply not a precondition of successful planning in either the private or the public sectors.
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