Oren Cass
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Past articles by Oren:
Parents and Educators Disagree on the Purpose of Public Schools
Parents have a different answer than activists and policymakers do. → Read More
Statistical Gnosticism on the Right
Folks, it’s time we had a serious conversation about statistical gnosticism. I talk a lot here at American Compass about the right-of-center’s problem with market fundamentalism—the tendency to say things like, “markets do not fail us, we fail markets” or “as we are dealing with changes in our economy, tax cuts are always a good […] → Read More
Covid-19 Relief and Fighting Poverty
Fighting poverty requires more than just sending money to the poor. → Read More
A New Conservatism
The circumstances today suggest that a realignment around a multiethnic, working-class conservatism might just have a chance. → Read More
A Reformed Labor Movement Could Advance Conservative Values and Priorities
The standard (and entirely valid) resistance on the right-of-center to regulation and redistribution is precisely why organized labor deserves another look. → Read More
America Needs a Conservative Labor Movement
Revived and reformed unions can serve the traditional Republican goals of empowering individuals and preserving communities. → Read More
The Elite Needs to Give Up Its G.D.P. Fetish
“Material living standards” are not the same thing as “quality of life.” → Read More
The Return of Conservative Economics
A society that attempts to maximize everyone’s freedom at every moment will fail miserably in preserving individual liberty and limiting government over time. → Read More
The Return of Conservative Economics
A society that attempts to maximize everyone’s freedom at every moment will fail miserably in preserving individual liberty and limiting government over time. → Read More
The Problem with the Culture Problem
People's decisions matter, but so do policymakers'. Shorthand is convenient, but sometimes it confuses. In the game of telephone, by which ideas evolve through repetition and iteration across generations, words can take on new meanings that diverge from the arguments they once advanced, and come... → Read More
How to Get American Men Working Again
Ending high male unemployment means thinking in new ways about education, global trade and the meaning of success. → Read More
There’s More to Life Than Liberty and Robbery
Marco Rubio is stretching the Right’s traditional vocabulary. → Read More
The Technology Trap explores how this technological age differs from previous industrial revolutions.
A new book explores how this technological age differs from previous industrial revolutions. → Read More
The Communal Power of a Real Job
Conservatives should look beyond libertarianism and embrace workers. → Read More
America Should Adopt an Industrial Policy
Editor’s Note: The author delivered these remarks, as prepared, as his opening statement in a debate with Richard Reinsch at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. on July 14, 2019. I’d like to begin with a quote attributed to Michael Boskin when he was Chair of George... → Read More
What if We Paid Employers to Train Workers?
Higher education is not providing the job preparation we need. → Read More
Our James Harden Economy: Wins Without Broader Benefits, in Sports and in the Marketplace
Wins without broader benefits, in sports and in the marketplace → Read More
Reallocating College Subsidies to Workforce Training Grants
In recent months, several presidential candidates have endorsed expanding the federal government's role in subsidizing college education. MI’s future-of-work expert, Oren Cass, explored the idea of private-sector workforce training grants to replace some college subsidies. This will help... → Read More
‘The Human Network’ Review: Like Goes With Like
A Stanford economist examines the ways in which one’s social position can determine power, beliefs and behaviors. Ever have the sneaking suspicion that your friends are more popular than you? Turns out it’s probably true—and not just because you may be insufferable at cocktail parties. Why... → Read More
‘The Human Network’ Review: Like Goes With Like
A Stanford economist examines the ways in which one’s social position can determine power, beliefs and behaviors. → Read More