Developing the conservative economic agenda to supplant blind faith in free markets with a focus on workers, their families and communities, and the nation.
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@JDVance1 is a "standard bearer for the new, Trumpian version of the GOP," one that responds to the desires and needs of working-class and everyday Americans, @bungarsargon writes.
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"Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has become less a democratic republic than the financial and military foundation for a globalized commercial empire, of which the men and women on the boards of Google, Amazon, and Apple are central players." loom.ly/PAGkcjQ
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Senator @marcorubio on the importance of domestic supply chains: "Capitalism will always reach the most efficient allocation of resources and capital. Sometimes the most efficient allocation is not in our national interest." @CharlesFLehman @FreeBeacon freebeacon.com/coronavirus/a…
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“I just want normal people who work hard and play by the rules to have a good life. … These trade deals are not working for the normal people who power our economy.” @JDVance
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What could a new global trade paradigm look like?
American Compass’s chief economist @oren_cass discusses on @TheDailyShow.
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What good does G.D.P. do, if people we love are falling seriously ill and dying in unprecedented numbers; if the rhythms of daily life vital to our happiness have gone haywire and our social connections have atrophied? loom.ly/sPb2q3A
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Trump accomplished a great deal in his four years, considerably more than his critics are wont to admit. Most of the work that must go into renewing American life, however, remains to be done. loom.ly/EYXRE1M
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.@oren_cass discusses the birth of a multi-ethnic, working-class conservatism loom.ly/odBihC0
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Only the experts, then, can tell us who is truly an expert. Only someone untrustworthy would not trust them.
Obviously, we can do better than this morass of circular logic and Catch-22s, writes @olivertraldi loom.ly/OF-Cblo
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"True conservatives understand that there is more to life than the market, more to conservatism than the individual, and more to the future than the destruction of cultures and nations." @NJ_Timothy on The Commons americancompass.org/liberali…
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Markets can give great outcomes, but they don't guarantee great outcomes.
Last night on @TheDailyShow, American Compass's chief economist @oren_cass talked about what conservatives should be fighting for.
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We got a lot of cheap stuff from China, and we paid a steep price for it.
@oren_cass talks about a new way forward on @TheLeadCNN with @JakeTapper:
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Chief economist @Oren_Cass on why tariffs work, from @MrWinMarshall’s the Winston Marshall Show:
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"The hour is late, corporate America grows more woke by the day, and Ramaswamy’s proposals, if implemented, would be a game-changer."
ICYMI: David Azerrad reviews @VivekGRamaswamy's Woke, Inc. on The Commons loom.ly/GBpUFn0
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President Trump’s tariffs are focused on eliminating America’s trade deficit. @Oren_cass explains on today’s episode of VINCE with @VinceCoglianese:
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"Conservatives must forge a viable path forward on Big Tech, or conservatives risk losing our political relevance," writes @josh_hammer loom.ly/8OpEDA0
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"Instead of exporting 'economic freedom,' we exported our industrial strength, and the result has been an economic, social, and geopolitical disaster."
In The Compass Point, @marcorubio reflects on the 20-year anniversary of China joining the WTO: americancompass.org/essays/t…
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"Americans deserve a chance to vote for someone based on economic issues that determine how we live our lives, rather than a single vote they’ll take on the Supreme Court," writes @esaagar loom.ly/yymcX9g
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Economists who claim that unchecked immigration doesn't suppress wages have been very quiet of late.
On The Commons, @oren_cass explains why their arguments have always been political, not based in economics at all.
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"The American Dream is best captured in how people talk about the future, especially for their kids. While most working class Americans see their children’s future as dimmer than their own, working class immigrants see it as brighter." @Chris_arnade loom.ly/Z4yfgFM
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Who are the voters who propelled Donald Trump back to the White House, and what kinds of policies are they hoping to see from his second term?
@bungarsargon joins @oren_cass to discuss that and more on the latest episode of the American Compass Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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"As large swaths of the country prepare to re-enter COVID-19 lockdowns, it is worth pausing to again lament the ham-fisted, blunderbuss nature of most of these virus-fighting measures," writes @josh_hammer loom.ly/x7Q2FmM
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Welcome @Chris_arnade to The Commons as a Contributing Writer!
“Wall Street is an easy road to riches that embodies the selfishness of our broader culture, and unlike wealth, this selfishness trickles down infecting and impacting everyone.”
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"The problems induced by monopolization are virtually endless, because fundamentally corporate monopolies are a mechanism to strip people of power and liberty, and people without power and liberty do not flourish." @matthewstoller loom.ly/4BU3348
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"Biden is behaving like more of an econ. nationalist than Trump in 2020. Trump unquestionably won the WH by embracing econ. nationalism, while Biden spent nearly 40 yrs championing the neoliberal economic agenda that lost in 2016." @esaagar - The Commons loom.ly/efqMxho
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New @NRO: The Return of Conservative Economics, by @oren_cass
"There is more to life than economic freedom. Also, there is more to economic freedom than economic freedom."
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We’re excited to announce that @WBLittlejohn will be joining the American Compass team as our new director of programs and education later this month!
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This morning on The Commons, @bungarsargon explains why the DNC, entirely devoid of meaningful policy engagement, was simply a celebration of the joy exclusively of the rich and famous.
Nothing could make clearer "the class divide that has come to define the Democratic Party."
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🚨OUT TODAY: Rebuilding American Capitalism: A Handbook for Conservative Policymakers
For everyone who has rightfully asked, "What are the actual plans for a worker-focused conservatism?," this handbook provides the answer.
Read it here: americancompass.org/rebuildi…
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On free trade and immigration, much of what we call "conservative" is actually libertarian, says @oren_cass. The actual conservative approach to these questions is to look at these specific questions and ask where government policy can play a role.
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Former AG Jeff Sessions reflects on how we got globalization so wrong:
"Global business interests...lost any loyalty to the nation that made their prosperity possible. They had zero concern for the damage these policies were doing to middle America." americancompass.org/essays/c…
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The buying and selling of companies, the mergers and divestments, the hedging and leveraging, are not themselves valuable activity. They invent, create, build, and provide nothing. loom.ly/upc68mI
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First on The Commons, @PatrickDeneen:
Our economy "is not merely a 'given preference' that arose from purely market forces, but the culmination of... left and right liberal policies designed to shape our identities into creatures above all that consume." americancompass.org/thinking…
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We have lift-off. Our website is now live. Read the introductory note from our founder, @oren_cass. americancompass.org/a-note-o…
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Trump's new DOGE effort is dominating headlines, rattling bureaucrats and the media, and galvanizing those looking for a smaller. more efficient government.
But what could DOGE accomplish? @rSanti97 joins @oren_cass to talk government efficiency, red-tape, and fixing the swamp.
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This election makes clear that we're seeing a realignment of working-class voters, regardless of race, toward the party that expresses an interest in their economic concerns. loom.ly/ANjqseE
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Summer is in full swing. Time to pour an ice-cold drink and dive into a refreshing pool of essays on political economy! To help, we are launching our Required Reading project with: Foundations for American Renewal.
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"American elites have lots of data but suffer from low information. ... We can rattle off facts and know our way around Washington minutia. But we don’t have a clue what’s going on in the United States of America," writes R. R. Reno. loom.ly/brh87Bc
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When you close a factory, because efficiency and profits, communities die, families fall apart, churches close, and drugs and suicide fill the void. People’s very sense of who they are is destroyed. Our markets do not consider that, but surely we need to. loom.ly/Mn4cuU0
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@JDVance1 is a wise choice and the populist selection for Trump's VP, @bungarsargon writes on The Commons, "the pick of a confident Trump" who "chose a pro-worker, anti-war partner in policy" to lead the next generation of Republicans.
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@linakhanFTC joined @oren_cass on the American Compass Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about competition, antitrust, and why the lack of strong enforcement hurts American consumers, small businesses, and our politics.
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For our launch, we are featuring an essay series on Rebooting the American System, with forewords by @marcorubio and @SenTomCotton. The series makes the comprehensive, conservative case for a return to robust national economic policy. americancompass.org/rebootin…
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And the selection says a lot about Trump, too. @bungarsargon
What @JDVance1 as Trump's pick for Vice President tells us about Trump's state of mind after surviving the attempt on his life. From my oped for @AmerCompass:
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American manufacturing is declining and deeply in need of a renaissance. Luckily, frontier technologies and AI hold tremendous potential, and American industry may be uniquely positioned to take advantage, @deanwball writes in our latest Compass Point essay. 🧵
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And it will require a recognition that what Americans really care about isn’t just cheap stuff, but living in a country where people can have “this sort of basic level of security” where they can support a family, own a home, and retire with dignity.
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Our mission is to restore an economic consensus that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity.
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Fewer than 1 in 5 young Americans move smoothly from high school to college to career.
Rather than focus on college students and leave everyone else to fend for themselves, we should spend more on building strong, non-college career pathways. loom.ly/paEiZis
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You can read @bungarsargon's piece on The Commons: americancompass.org/let-them…
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Moving to opportunity is of course part of the American story, but being able to stay where you are, with your extended family, is something that conservatives should celebrate, says @oren_cass
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"The hour is late, corporate America grows more woke by the day, and Ramaswamy’s proposals, if implemented, would be a game-changer."
David Azerrad reviews @VivekGRamaswamy's Woke, Inc. on The Commons: loom.ly/GBpUFn0
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The U.S. needs to fundamentally rethink trade with China.
On our latest episode of the American Compass Podcast, @MarkADiPlacido joins @oren_cass to explain why the U.S. should rescind China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations status and replace it with targeted tariffs.
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You might’ve seen the headlines. A couple in Pennsylvania are on a mission to have as many kids as possible with what they consider “optimal” genes, to save humanity. They’ve been billed as part of the “New Right,” but the couple, and their quest, is anything but conservative.
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Edited by @oren_cass, The New Conservatives includes a collection of more than thirty essays from over a dozen scholars and policymakers, including @marcorubio, @elbridgecolby, @juliuskrein, Mike Lind, Yuval Levin & more, representing the cutting-edge of conservative thinking.
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We had a packed house for our Conservative Economics 101 training with House and Senate staff yesterday! @oren_cass covered everything from Burke to private equity to immigration and labor.
Many thanks to Chairman @RepJasonSmith for sponsoring the event!
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Happy Labor Day! We're excited to launch our new project, A Seat at the Table, with a statement on a conservative future for the American labor movement, signed by prominent conservatives, including @marcorubio, Jeff Sessions, @JDVance1, and Yuval Levin. bit.ly/3jUnrs2
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After decades of looking away as America’s supply chains migrated overseas, policymakers are finally facing the reality that dependence on foreign producers has weakened the nation's resilience, its security, and its economy. americancompass.org/in-focus…
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When you close a factory, because efficiency and profits, communities die, families fall apart, churches close, and drugs and suicide fill the void. People’s very sense of who they are is destroyed. Our markets do not consider that, but surely we need to. loom.ly/Mn4cuU0
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We're launching a new magazine in January, @commonplc, focused on the political, economic, and cultural issues that matter to average Americans.
Be sure to give the account a follow, and subscribe to be the first to know about what comes next. 👇
Coming in January: Commonplace.
A new magazine from American Compass about what matters in America.
Edited by Helen Andrews and Drew Holden.
@AmerCompass @herandrews @DrewHolden360
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A tale of two conservatisms:
George Will: Americans must be willing to get up & move in response to creative destruction of jobs.
Oren Cass: We should make the economy work for the American people, not just demand that they up and change for the economy. loom.ly/MT7VUWQ
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"China is using all the tools available to an authoritarian government to try to overtake us. We must use all those in a free democratic system to prevail."
Read Ambassador Robert Lighthizer in @nytopinion: nytimes.com/2021/07/27/opini…
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@bungarsargon has spent years talking to these voters, for her book, Second Class, and why so many of them have abandoned a Democratic Party out of step with their values and priorities.
She recounted one exchange in the lead-up to the election.
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For too long, conservatives have outsourced their economic thinking to libertarians, whose agenda is limited to tax cuts, deregulation, and free trade.
Truly conservative economics emphasizes the vital importance of family, community, and industry. americancompass.org/charting…
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In the popular imagination, Democrats represent lower & middle-class workers against powerful corporate interests. But the party’s donors, activists & advisers are animated by progressive social priorities that divert attention away from economic problems. loom.ly/5tOJcoE
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There is no path to a durably conservative governing majority that doesn’t run through a rethinking of 1980s and 1990s economic policy. @JDVance1
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You can read the full piece on The Commons: americancompass.org/j-d-vanc…
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@bungarsargon writes on The Commons that @JDVance1 is not only a wise pick for VP but represents a shift, as "a standard bearer for the new, Trumpian version of the GOP, the one that threw away the country club, Chamber of Commerce, free trade, and foreign wars party." 🧵👇
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Who are the voters who re-elected Donald Trump? How did he win their support, and what does it mean for the future of the Republican Party?
@bungarsargon joined @oren_cass to discuss that and more on our latest episode of the American Compass Podcast. Some highlights below. 🧵👇
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"The problems induced by monopolization are virtually endless, because fundamentally corporate monopolies are a mechanism to strip people of power and liberty, and people without power and liberty do not flourish." @matthewstoller loom.ly/4BU3348
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Americans who jealously guarded their rights from chartered corporations throughout history were doing so with deep wisdom and insight. Hopefully we’re starting to recover some of that lost wisdom, writes @matthewstoller on The Commons loom.ly/4BU3348
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Responding to those interests well will require balancing Trump’s pro-capitalism, pro-growth convictions with the understanding “that a strong economy can coexist with great conditions for workers,” @bungarsargon explains.
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“In a society where safety is the highest value, people will discover that asserting a claim of unsafety is the most effective way to coopt institutional and state power.”
@michaelbd's Compass Point on the true nature, and danger, of “safetyism”: americancompass.org/essays/t…
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Scruton was a philosopher of everyday life. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, his ideas might gain new ground. loom.ly/WcjA-sc
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In the upcoming election, while not being Democrats still looks pretty good, it may not be enough for the GOP.
Support families, empower workers and protect kids. America could get behind that. loom.ly/22brL0Q
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Rather than hold an open nominating contest, party elites crowned Kamala Harris—who didn’t earn a single primary vote—as the nominee, with a “99% backing in the nominating roll call vote [that] would make Hugo Chavez blush,” @DrewHolden360 notes.
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"The New Right is broader than the confines of the 'dismal science,'" writes @josh_hammer. "For the movement to be what it truly aspires to be, it must touch upon every facet of our political, legal, and civic lives." loom.ly/RwwxoFw
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North America can serve as the core of a U.S.-led trading bloc in a new international trading system, writes American Compass’s @DanielMKishi in the @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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LIVE NOW: What Now? A Conversation On Where Conservatives Go After the Trump Presidency
Co-hosted with @WSJ and featuring @GeraldFSeib, @oren_cass & @GeorgeWill
Tune in: wsj.com/live-qa/wsj-live-wha…
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.@AmberLappOH: "We do not always dignify the life of the person unable to work because of disability, or the person performing the unpaid work of caregiving. It’s important that conservatives avoid stereotyping those who don’t “make it” in our economy." loom.ly/-GJtTyQ
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For lower- and working-class couples with young children, who largely prefer a stay-at-home-parent and report financial obstacles to having more children, direct cash assistance is the most popular form of family support. loom.ly/pcpJZU4
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According to free-market dogma, state-backed Airbus shouldn't have been able to compete with Boeing.
Instead, Airbus surpassed Boeing as leading aircraft manufacturer, gaining a reputation for cutting-edge innovation.
U.S. policymakers should take note. americancompass.org/airbuss-…
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The public square is too often closed to those without a narrow set of credentials. Debates are poorer for it, policymakers less informed and our fellow citizens excluded.
Today, we're introducing a new series, feat. the voices that are often left out: americancompass.org/the-comm…
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"Conservative economics will be aware that cheerfully abandoning the world’s industrial supply chains to Asia was, is, and always will be irresponsible." nationalreview.com/2020/02/t…
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"If you believe that we derive our identity and happiness from the things we buy, and not from work, children, and family, then it becomes easy to justify opening up to China in exchange for cheaper prices." —@marcorubio loom.ly/8CjlX3U
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Hi, Jill. We were proud to partner with YouGov on this survey of more than 2,000 American adults. The full methodology and results are described here: americancompass.org/essays/h…
Could you highlight your concerns?
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With an election in sight, perhaps no group is more discussed—or more misunderstood—than the working class, once a bastion of Democratic support, but increasingly drawn to GOP candidates.
@oren_cass talked to @bungarsargon about the ongoing political realignment on our podcast.
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Of 100 students who enter 9th grade, only 18 will successfully travel the high school to college to career pipeline.
What if we funded employer-led noncollege pathways instead of higher education failure?
@oren_cass's Workforce Training Grant proposal: americancompass.org/essays/t…
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What solutions can conservatism provide to the critical challenges facing our country today?
On 1/26, @ReaganInstitute will host a conversation about the future of conservatism with @oren_cass and @Heritage's @KevinRobertsTX. RSVP: loom.ly/rHDlOZg
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American Compass launches this evening. While you're waiting, here's a Q&A @amconmag by @j_arthur_bloom with our founder, @oren_cass.
"[The right-of-center]'s ideas and their coalition just do not hold together any more. The question is what comes next." theamericanconservative.com/…
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Silicon Valley was the product of aggressive public policy. The key technologies of our digital age were not the happy accidents of “permissionless innovation” in the “self-regulating” market, but of deliberate and prolonged government action. @wellscking theamericanconservative.com/…
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Making things in America matters.
Listen to American Compass's @oren_cass on The @charliekirk11 Show:
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NEW SURVEY: Since 2021, the share of parenting-age Americans who say the federal government should “provide more support for families with children” has risen from 67% to 73%.
A dramatic shift on the Right is driving this rise: Republican support jumped 17 points in 3 years. 🧵
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We need to get back to making stuff in this country—especially the kind of stuff that is critical to our country’s security and prosperity, argues @TomCottonAR. A healthy and balanced economy needs to export not just services, but also goods.
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.@SenToddYoung: “When it comes to innovation, the news of America’s demise has been greatly exaggerated. We still have the most talented, dynamic, hardworking, and creative citizens in the world – an advantage inherent in free people.”
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"The BLM movement risks being co-opted by a group of elites, who if they ever thought of poor blacks before, it was as cheap labor, or a concerning datapoint in a spreadsheet, or a vote they need every few years." @Chris_arnade writing on The Commons loom.ly/QWiFN6s
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