Cybersecurity has emerged as one of the defining policy challenges of the twenty-first century. From ransomware attacks on businesses and schools to hacks into our critical infrastructure, from virtual political influence operations to large-scale fraud and nefarious data collection by corporations and state actors, cybersecurity has become an indelible concern of contemporary life. Adversarial states…
Read MoreToo often, discussions of housing policy and land use ignore families—which are increasingly disappearing from cities—and focus on studio apartments for young urban professionals. At the same time, conservatives focused on cultural issues can sometimes overlook practical policy interventions such as zoning reform that might attract broad popular support and support families. Can these factions find common ground on…
Read MorePlease join us in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 8 for a conversation with Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Ro Khanna. The China Challenge: The Future of U.S.-China Relations and Revitalizing American Industry…
Read MoreThe question of how to fund newsgathering has made the news. With the advent of internet classifieds, the growth of massive search and social media platforms, and the wide availability of free news content, media organizations—particularly local and regional ones—have faced challenges in sustaining robust newsgathering operations. Since 2005, 2,500 newspapers, or more than a quarter…
Read MoreThe question of how to fund newsgathering has made the news. Since the advent of internet classifieds, the growth of massive search and social media platforms, and the wide availability of free news content, media organizations—particularly local and regional ones—have faced challenges in sustaining robust newsgathering operations. Since 2005, 2,500 newspapers, or more than a…
Read MoreIf AI is the engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, data is the fuel. But the economic exploitation of data faces huge obstacles—cybersecurity, national regulation, international competition, and new technologies that threaten to disrupt the control and security of data. What changes are underway, and how can businesses and governments adapt to them? Join Asia…
Read MoreAmerican Affairs, together with American Compass, is pleased to announce the Common Good Economics Grant Program to support projects aimed at rethinking the role that economic policy can play in advancing the common good. CGE grants will be in amounts from $5,000 to $50,000, and can be used to support new initiatives ranging from individual…
Read MoreA conversation on internet platform policy and economics hosted by American Affairs and American Greatness, featuring panelists Mark W. Koran, Minnesota State Senate (R-32); Blake Masters, Thiel Capital; Fiona McFarland, Florida House of Representatives (R-72); and J. D. Vance, Narya Capital…
Read MoreIn 1988, Jean Baudrillard announced “the triumph of a viral economy.” Already, he saw that the manic circulation of financial assets, information, and—indeed—viruses, both biological and technological, would define the new era. If everything must circulate freely, he observed, “well, so then must germs, viruses, drugs, capital, and terrorists. And this circulation of the worst…
Read MoreWe have always had a political class, composed of politicians, donors, consultants, and media who make decisions about what our politics and campaigns should focus on. But never have the views of this political class and the rest of the country been so different. For our political class, the operating assumption has been that popular concerns, like families’ cost of living and industries moving to China, are issues that are either simply inevitable in modern society or can be dealt with by a tax credit or a government program. I think one of the lessons of the 2016 election is that these are more fundamental issues that demand deeper political attention…
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