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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
War and Industrial Policy
War means industry. Wars cannot be fought with supply chains that crisscross a g...
State Capacity in Short Supply: Assessing the Biden Administration’s Industrial Strategy
The federal government has not yet recovered the clarity and confidence necessar...
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...
The New Productivism Paradigm?
There are signs of a major reorientation toward an economic policy framework tha...
By Dani Rodrick
Guiding Finance: China’s Strategy for Funding Advanced Manufacturing
Chinese guidance funds involve subsidies to industry through equity investments;...
By David Adler
Who’s Afraid of Industrial Policy?
"Government support of industry is in the American tradition," Michael Lind wrot...
By Michael Lind
Woke Capital and ESG
Breaking Blackrock’s Back (feat. WV Treasurer Riley Moore)
West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore joins Moment of Truth to talk woke "ES...
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
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
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 Once and Future Worker
In this book, Oren Cass proposes a series of conservative proposals to restore t...
By Oren Cass
Trade
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
It’s Time to Transform the WTO
The international trading system as we know it is ending. Republicans can seize ...
The GATT: A Retrospective
The GATT at 75: taking a hard look and challenging the prevailing narrative....
How the Chinese Trade Deal Led to the Great Awokening
Ed West asks, "Twenty years on, who are the big winners from globalization?"...
By Ed West
Jim Traficant: The Youngstown Prophet
No national politician of his era spoke more forcefully to what have become the ...
Financialization
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
Profits Without Prosperity
Though corporate profits are high, and the stock market is booming, most America...
Other People’s Money: The Financialisation of the Economy – John Kay
John Kay argues that the financial sector has grown too large, detached itself f...
Energy
Trump Predicted European Energy Crisis: “Germany is ‘totally controlled’ by Russia”
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
The Mineral Conflict Is Here
The Ukraine War is resulting in the biggest shock to the global energy system si...
By Brian Balkus
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
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, ...
Florida Man Takes On Disney (feat. Anthony Sabatini)
Anthony Sabatini joins Moment of Truth to talk Governor Ron DeSantis, fighting b...
The Stephen K. Bannon Interview | Moment of Truth
The one and only Steve Bannon joins us in studio for our 50th episode to discuss...
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 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...
Julius Krein: What Happened to the American Economy & How to Fix It
Demetri Kofinas speaks with Julius Krein, the editor of American Affairs, about ...
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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