Archive - Commonplace

AI Could Fix Higher Education by Breaking It

College degrees may prove worthless in the age of artificial intelligence. That’s not a bad thing.

Apr 6 • Robert Bellafiore

An Indefensible Increase in Defense Spending

And more from this week…

Apr 3 • Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi

The Delusion of a Transatlantic Economic Divorce

A year after Liberation Day, Washington and Brussels are still fighting each other—not China.

Apr 2 • Sander Tordoir

The Investment Trump’s Trade Agenda Demands

The administration has laid strong foundations for revitalizing the U.S. industrial base. But the next steps can’t wait.

Apr 1 • Julius Krein

March 2026

How to Celebrate Liberation Day

A guide to the festivities—and the work that remains.

Mar 29 • Oren Cass

Liberation Day, One Year Later

A very special Understanding America collector’s edition

Mar 27 • Daniel Kishi and Oren Cass

Fixing Finance with Rohit Chopra

Can consumer protection address the excesses of online sports betting, prediction markets, and beyond?

Mar 27 • Oren Cass and Rohit Chopra

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The Adult Side of the Tech Exit

What school phone bans can teach the grown-ups.

Mar 26 • Clare Morell

About Those Manufacturing Employment Numbers…

What the new jobs data can tell us, and what it can’t.

Mar 25 • Chris Griswold

The Backward Road of American Trucking

For everyone’s sake, those behind the wheels of trucks should have proper training. That is not the case today.

Mar 21 • Gord Magill and Autonomous Truck(er)s

Trump’s Biggest Mistake on Iran

Ambitions of global empire override the interests of American citizens yet again.

Mar 20 • Oren Cass

Want to End Illegal Immigration? Hire American, with Daniel Kishi

How labor-market enforcement, not just border security, must shape immigration policy.

Mar 20 • Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi

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