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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
Why Are Americans Choosing To Quit Their Jobs In Record Numbers?
The United States is seeing its highest “quit rate” since the government sta...
By 60 Minutes
Coming Apart in the Hoosier State
"The book captures the chaos of working-class America—from dropping out of sch...
By Aaron Renn
Conservatives Must Address America’s Housing Crisis
"Conservatives are well-positioned to empower families without promoting depende...
By Austin Stone
Julius Krein: What Happened to the American Economy & How to Fix It
Demetri Kofinas speaks with Julius Krein, the editor of American Affairs, about ...
The Right’s Biggest Struggle Today Is Confronting What The Market Does To Communities
Conservatives know how to resist the bad ideas of the left. We are less sure how...
Tucker Investigates: What Is Destroying Rural America?
The influence of Wall Street hedge funds is slowly creeping into rural America. ...
By Fox News
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State Capacity in Short Supply: Assessing the Biden Administration’s Industrial Strategy
The federal government has not yet recovered the clarity and confidence necessar...
Student-Loan Forgiveness Is Bad Policy
Student-loan debt has been shown to have a relatively modest impact on marriage ...
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
Globalization In Decline But US Uniquely Positioned to Come Out On Top
The U.S., with its relatively isolated geography, promising demographics, and si...
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...
The GATT at 75: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair
The GATT at 75: taking a hard look and challenging the prevailing narrative...
Industrial Policy
The Long March Into Space
While private actors drive the space industry in the West, China's state-led app...
By Samo Burja
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
America’s Industrial Base Isn’t Ready for War With China
Washington must invest immediately in a domestic capacity to build and repair mi...
Defense Contracting is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
America swapped innovation for stagnation. Defense R&D—a cornerstone of Americ...
A Guide to the Semiconductor Industry
The U.S. supply chain for advanced chips is at risk without concerted government...
The New Productivism Paradigm?
There are signs of a major reorientation toward an economic policy framework tha...
By Dani Rodrick
Woke Capital
Florida Man Takes On Disney (feat. Anthony Sabatini)
Anthony Sabatini joins Moment of Truth to talk Governor Ron DeSantis, fighting b...
Woke Capital Blinks
In the past few months: Disney paused political donations, Exxon banned BLM flag...
By Nate Hochman
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 ...
Unions and Class Politics
Unions: New Allies With America First?
Steve Cortes makes the case that private-sector unions belong in the America Fir...
By Steve Cortes
Labor’s Conservative Heart
"Enthusiasm for a strong labor movement is anything but Marxist," writes Brian D...
The New Labor Crisis Is the Biggest Opportunity in a Generation
In a world economy that has seen labor's share of income drop for generations, t...
By Joel Kotkin
The Double Horseshoe Theory of Class Politics
According to elite neoliberalism, the US and Western Europe today are imperfect ...
By Michael Lind
Books
The Hungarian Way of Strategy
The Hungarian Way of Strategy is a riveting, tangible, and applicable read. Unli...
By Balázs Orbán
Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II
Arthur Herman's case study on how American titans of industry worked in tandem w...
The Once and Future Worker
In this book, Oren Cass proposes a series of conservative proposals to restore t...
By Oren Cass
The National System of Political Economy
Friedrich List draws on his time in the United States to craft a nationalist the...
Trade
Lighthizer Wins the Long Game
Once a voice crying out in the wilderness, the GOP trade expert has seen his ide...
After Hyper-Globalization
What should the next trading system be? Can we restore the capacity of the U.S. ...
Erin Hawley’s Effort To End An Error – Roe v. Wade
Erin Hawley, Senior Counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom, joins Moment of T...
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
It’s Time to Transform the WTO
The international trading system as we know it is ending. Republicans can seize ...
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