Questions we once thought settled—like what we owe to our workers, our communities, and our nation—are being asked again. This time with new answers.
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When it comes to political economy, the old consensus is breaking down.
In Canada, the United States, and across the Western world, there are profound changes happening in trade, industry, national identity, and social well-being.
Political players and thought leaders are challenging free trade orthodoxy, shareholder primacy, and consumer-first economics. And it’s not only the left that’s pushing back against longstanding norms. Increasingly, these questions are coming from members of the political right.
Questions we once thought settled—like what we owe to our workers, our communities, and our nation—are being asked again. This time with new answers.
To help unpack this, Oren Cass, founder and executive director of American Compass, joins me to discuss these ideas.
Oren is a leading voice in Washington. His work has been cited by Vice President JD Vance, Marco Rubio and countless others across the political spectrum in the United States for highlighting longstanding inadequacies in the global trade system, what’s behind lagging productivity and innovation, industrial and manufacturing capacity pressures. He articulates the need for an economy and cultural framework that recognizes the foundational importance of family, community, and robust moral values to human flourishing and the future of western civilization.
Cass, author of The Once and Future Worker, is one of the leading voices behind a “new right” economic and political agenda. This worldview is communitarian, worker-focused, and sharply critical of economic libertarianism and market fundamentalism
Peter Copeland 