Oren Cass is the chief economist at American Compass and author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America (2018). He is a contributing editor for the Financial Times and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.
From 2005 to 2015, Oren worked as a management consultant in Bain & Company’s Boston and Delhi offices. During this period, he also earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was elected vice president and treasurer of the Harvard Law Review and oversaw the journal’s budget and operations. While still in law school, Oren also became Domestic Policy Director for Governor Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, editing and producing the campaign’s “jobs book” and developing its domestic policy strategy, proposals, and research. He joined the Manhattan Institute as a senior fellow in 2015 and became a prolific scholar, publishing more than 15 reports for MI and editing its popular “Issues 2016” and “Issues 2020” series, testifying before seven congressional committees and speaking on dozens of college campuses. He founded American Compass at the start of 2020.
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What Happened to American Capitalism?
Tufts Student Chapter
Rabb Room, Barnum Hall163 Packard Hall
Medford, MA 02155
Constructing Conservatism on the Foundation of the Family
Yale Student Chapter
Yale Law School127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Oren Cass: The New Right and the Working Class
New Mexico Student Chapter
UNM School of Law Room 24011117 Stanford Dr NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Education: What Role for the Federal Government?
Marriott Marquis901 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
Conservative Populism and the Future of the Right’s Relationship with Organized Labor
On July 15th, Teamster’s president Sean O’Brien surprised the country by becoming the first head...
Conservative Populism and the Future of the Right’s Relationship with Organized Labor
On July 15th, Teamster’s president Sean O’Brien surprised the country by becoming the first head...
Education: What Role for the Federal Government?
What role, if any, should the federal government play in education? What constitutional and policy...
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Basic Income: Pros and Cons [POLICYbrief]
Short video featuring Oren Cass
How might receiving a guaranteed check from the government every month impact the welfare safety...
Book Review: The Once and Future Worker
In his new book, The Once and Future Worker, Manhattan Institute scholar Oren Cass challenges our...
