The Right Way Forward: The role of the state in the economy

Restoring America is running a new kind of think tank series, “The Right Way Forward,” which does not ask conservatives to speak as a chorus but to argue in earnest.

Beginning the week of May 11, leading conservative think tanks will square off in the first of four debates that will tackle the defining questions of the post-Trump conservative movement. The opening installment examines conservatism’s fault lines over the role of the state in the economy.

“Call it what you will: economic nationalism, industrial policy, compassionate conservatism, ‘conservative economics,’ America first, the new conservatism, or common good conservatism. They have been sold by the Left under the banner of fairness, economic justice, or social justice. They are now being promoted by some who call themselves conservative under the banner of American patriotism.”

By Peter St. Onge, Heritage Foundation

“Trump’s tariffs are doing exactly what Reagan’s tariffs did: reducing foreign barriers