The challenge for Cass is to help restore conservative ideas to their proper primacy ā the conservatism of Main Street, that is, not the libertarian pseudo-conservatism that so often trickles down from plutocratic donors.
It is a tragedy that Friedrich Hayekās excesses, invested with the authority of his (deserved) reputation, became the unexamined default for right-of-center economic thinking in America.
Today we are announcing the formation of American Compass, an organization dedicated to helping American conservatism recover from its chronic case of market fundamentalism.
Oren Cass joins The Realignment to announce American Compass, his new organization thatās arguing for a new conservative approach to economics.
Oren Cass believes conservatives have blundered by outsourcing GOP economic policymaking to libertarian āfundamentalistsā who see the free market as an end unto itself, rather than as a means for improving quality of life to strengthen families and communities.
If comparative advantage is created rather than discovered, refusing to play the game has consequences.
Oren Cass discusses his book, The Once and Future Worker: AĀ Vision for the Renewal of Work in America
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