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@JDVance1 is a "standard bearer for the new, Trumpian version of the GOP," one that responds to the desires and needs of working-class and everyday Americans, @bungarsargon writes.
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Developing the conservative economic agenda to supplant blind faith in free markets with a focus on workers, their families and communities, and the nation.
- "Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has become less a democratic republic than the financial and military foundation for a globalized commercial empire, of which the men and women on the boards of Google, Amazon, and Apple are central players." loom.ly/PAGkcjQ
- Senator @marcorubio on the importance of domestic supply chains: "Capitalism will always reach the most efficient allocation of resources and capital. Sometimes the most efficient allocation is not in our national interest." @CharlesFLehman @FreeBeacon
- “I just want normal people who work hard and play by the rules to have a good life. … These trade deals are not working for the normal people who power our economy.” @JDVance
00:00 - What could a new global trade paradigm look like? American Compass’s chief economist @oren_cass discusses on @TheDailyShow.
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- What good does G.D.P. do, if people we love are falling seriously ill and dying in unprecedented numbers; if the rhythms of daily life vital to our happiness have gone haywire and our social connections have atrophied?
- Trump accomplished a great deal in his four years, considerably more than his critics are wont to admit. Most of the work that must go into renewing American life, however, remains to be done. loom.ly/EYXRE1M
- Only the experts, then, can tell us who is truly an expert. Only someone untrustworthy would not trust them. Obviously, we can do better than this morass of circular logic and Catch-22s, writes @olivertraldi loom.ly/OF-Cblo
- "True conservatives understand that there is more to life than the market, more to conservatism than the individual, and more to the future than the destruction of cultures and nations." @NJ_Timothy on The Commons
- Markets can give great outcomes, but they don't guarantee great outcomes. Last night on @TheDailyShow, American Compass's chief economist @oren_cass talked about what conservatives should be fighting for.
00:00 - We got a lot of cheap stuff from China, and we paid a steep price for it. @oren_cass talks about a new way forward on @TheLeadCNN with @jaketapper:
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