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The Idiocy of Econ 101
Many of the economic policy disasters of the last generation are easy to underst...
By Michael Lind
Understanding Economic Nationalism
The free market of Goldman Sachs is not the free market of the lemonade stand....
Towards A Pro-Worker, Pro-Family Conservatism
These remarks were delivered at The American Conservative’s annual gala in Was...
By J.D. Vance
Industrial Strategy
America’s Advanced Manufacturing Problem—and How to Fix It
"Planners and businessmen of the postwar era presumed that America’s leadershi...
Boomer Europe is Dying
“Half museum and half retirement home, Europe grew fat and complacent as histo...
How Airbus Took Flight
The success of the aerospace company evidences strong returns on strategic indus...
The Hollow Return of American Manufacturing
American factories might come back, but the middle class won’t follow....
Restoring American Manufacturing: A Practical Guide
Summary: Officially, the United States has no industrial policy. But in practice...
America’s Government Is Spending Lavishly to Revive Manufacturing
"New factories are springing up all over America, from Idaho to Georgia. Can a m...
By Various
The U.S. effort to arm Ukraine starts in Scranton, Pennsylvania
The war in Ukraine has led to a huge surge in U.S. ammunition production. ...
Woke Capital and ESG
BlackRock Plots to Buy Ukraine
BlackRock will be creating a roadmap for reconstruction for Ukraine....
Breaking Blackrock’s Back (feat. WV Treasurer Riley Moore)
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore joins Moment of Truth to talk woke "ES...
Woke Capital Blinks
In the past few months: Disney paused political donations, Exxon banned BLM flag...
By Nate Hochman
Conservatives Must Address America’s Housing Crisis
"Conservatives are well-positioned to empower families without promoting depende...
By Austin Stone
Corporate Actual Responsibility: A Conversation with Senator Josh Hawley
Senator Josh Hawley talks with American Compass executive director Oren Cass abo...
The Rise of Corporate-State Tyranny
"In wealthy societies, a large part of the corporate elite does not see widespre...
By Joel Kotkin
Corporations That Undermine American Values Don’t Deserve GOP Support
"These hypocrites want to have it both ways: to coast off everything that makes ...
Dignity of Work
How To Find A Non-Woke Job
RedBalloon was created with a simple mission: Get America back to work. It has s...
Why the GOP should embrace a pro-worker agenda
Republicans can seek to help workers while helping businesses to grow, writes Pa...
Corporations Exploit Low-Skill Immigrants for Cheap Labor
Oren Cass, Executive Director of American Compass discusses how immigration is s...
There Is No “Labor Shortage”
Oren Cass, Executive Director of American Compass discusses the so-called "labor...
Jobs Americans Would Do (ft. Oren Cass)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Oren Cass, Execu...
From Blue Collar to White Collar: The Decline of Hands-On Jobs in the US
In this video, we delve into the disappearing trades and crafts in America, shed...
Biden’s Anti-Worker Border Policy
"Biden has in effect colluded with the cartels to undercut the American working...
Trade
How The Financial Crisis Pushed China and America Apart
What is the relationship between the 2008 financial crisis and the deterioration...
Ronald Reagan Was No Free Trader
Former U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Robert Lighthizer under President Donald T...
What Does The Federal Trade Commission Do?
Mark Meador, Partner at Kressin Meador and antitrust expert, breaks down the eco...
A Hard Break from China
The dream of a liberal, democratic China is decidedly dead, and U.S. policymaker...
Lighthizer Wins the Long Game
Once a voice crying out in the wilderness, the GOP trade expert has seen his ide...
Biden’s Build Back Beijing Plan (feat. Michael Stumo)
Michael Stumo talks trade, Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan, industrial policy, ...
The Great Eurasian Economic Realignment
Western sanctions may accelerate Russia’s economic integration with Asia, writ...
By Samo Burja
Financialization
Does Private Equity Own Everything?
If you like hard-hitting, long-winded, comedic investigations into incredibly bo...
By Good Work
The Financialization Of The American Elite
Income inequality, financialization, and a socially inefficient distribution of ...
By Sam Long
How Asset Managers Took Over Your Life
How Britain’s biggest privatisation went unnoticed, why the heart of the natio...
By Dan Hitchens
Britain Is Dead
Despite its early industrial dominance, Britain’s elites never managed to adap...
Finance Means Betting on People—Not Numbers
To restore true wealth creation, we must believe in people, wrote Nate Fischer, ...
Financialization and the Problem of Mutually Assured Capital Destruction
Many contemporary economic debates remain grounded in older models of firm compe...
By Marc Rohatyn
Energy
Will This Be The Decade Of Nuclear Power?
In this new interview, expert Emmet Penney warns that with the world's increasin...
Lights Out, America? (ft. Emmet Penney)
Emmet Penney, Editor-in-Chief of Grid Brief, joins Moment of Truth to discuss nu...
The Regulatory Nuclear Complex (ft. Isaiah Taylor)
Isaiah Taylor, Founder of Valar Atomics, joins Moment of Truth. We discuss nucle...
The War Against The American West (ft. William Perry Pendley)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with William ...
Trump Predicted European Energy Crisis
Flashback to 2018: President Donald Trump criticized Germany for paying "billion...
Who Killed Nuclear Energy and How to Revive It
If we can commit to confronting today’s so-called environmentalists on the pol...
By Emmet Penney
Germany’s Apokalypse Now
The worst nightmares of Europe’s sleeping giant are coming true all at once....
By Jeremy Stern
Supply Chains
Coming Food Shortages
"How war in Ukraine conflict is creating a global humanitarian crisis," writes A...
The Supply Chain’s Inconvenient Truth
Michael Rentz explains why the supply chains are in crisis....
Moving the Chains: American Compass Policy Symposium
American Compass brings together 10 experts in a detailed policy symposium that ...
Moment of Truth
What Do We Owe Workers? (ft. Jonathan Berry)
In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh sits down with Jonathan Berry, ...
The Debt Limit Fight, Explained
The debt ceiling fight in the U.S. Congress between Republican Speaker Kevin McC...
Our Fake Economy (feat. Julius Krein)
Julius Krein joins Moment of Truth to talk the financialization of the US econom...
Breaking Blackrock’s Back (feat. WV Treasurer Riley Moore)
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore joins Moment of Truth to talk woke "ES...
Biden’s Build Back Beijing Plan (feat. Michael Stumo)
Michael Stumo talks trade, Biden's 'Build Back Better' plan, industrial policy, ...
The Masters of The Universe (feat. Attorney General Jeff Sessions)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Jeff Sessions, form...
The Hedge Funds Are Not Your Friends (feat. Oren Cass)
In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Oren Cass, Executiv...
Federal Reserve
What the Fed’s Big Balance Sheet Unwind Means for Markets
The Federal Reserve recently began shrinking its massive balance sheet, unwindin...
By Odd Lots
How the Fed Caused Inflation
Marshall Kosloff interviews journalist Christopher Leonard to better understand ...
Stagflation: Causes and Cures
Following the hysterical herd has gotten us in this mess. Now is the time to try...
Globalization
The Failure of Neoliberal Globalization
"Our foreign policy since the end of the Cold War has been a world-historical ga...
The Collapse of Globalization and America’s Retreat
Peter Zeihan, geopolitical strategist and author of The End of the World Is Just...
Globalism Failed to Deliver the Economy We Need
“We don’t yet have a new unified field theory for the postneoliberal world. ...
After Hyper-Globalization
What should the next trading system be? Can we restore the capacity of the U.S. ...
Globalization In Decline But US Uniquely Positioned to Come Out On Top
The U.S., with its relatively isolated geography, promising demographics, and si...
Searching for Capitalism in the Wreckage of Globalization
Oren Cass on a journey to the center of the neoliberal dogma....
By Oren Cass
A Deglobalized World
Peter Zeihan offers a perspective on the effects of globalization, and the conse...
Chips and Semiconductors
The Geopolitics of Microchips
The US and China are fighting a war. It's a weird one that's hard to see. It's b...
How TSMC Became a Linchpin of the Global Economy
At a time of shortages and superpower competition over new technology, the compa...
Breaking Down New Tech Export Controls On China
The US Commerce Department just dropped 100+ pages of new export control regulat...
Where the Chips Fell
Julius Krein offers his thoughts on the CHIPS Act, and an explanation of the pro...
By Julius Krein
The Chips Act debate shows how far the Republicans have moved
Rebuilding America’s industrial base is superseding traditional economic doctr...
By Oren Cass
A Guide to the Semiconductor Industry
The U.S. supply chain for advanced chips is at risk without concerted government...
How the U.S. Lost Chip Dominance and How It Can Be Regaine‪d‬
The U.S. was once a manufacturing leader in semiconductors. That's no longer the...
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