Interesting fellow.
Oren Cass, see below, has written for various quality publications both Left and Right and has an India connection as well. Saw / heard him on C-Span today, and he is -although "nerdy"- very articulate and knows how to convey information is vast quantities while making it all seem obvious and within your grasp if you make a little effort. I really ( really-really-really) like his approach whereby he mixes up insights from across the economic/ political spectrum. For instance, he roasts libertarians for their simple minded ideology which falsely claims that freedom is a universal solvent that solves all problems, yet feels free to use a libertarian principle to devise a solution to one major problem of organized labor, namely, give local unions freedom to negotiate with employers any way they see fit, no need to consult with Uncle Sam., and you will get better labor contracts and maybe -what a lot of workers want- mutually beneficial collaboration with management. As things are now, this sort of outcome is impossible due to the wrong kind of past legislation that was originally passed in the 1930s for a very different time and set of conditions. So far, what I have had the opportunity to read since seeing Cass on C-Span, has been, from my perspective, all for the good and definitely leaning in an RC direction. BR comment --------------------------------------------- City Journal Oren Cass is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where his work on strengthening the labor market addresses issues ranging from the social safety net and environmental regulation to trade and immigration to education and organized labor. He also writes extensively on the nature and implications of climate change and on the process of formulating and evaluating public policy. Cass has written for publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, National Affairs, and National Review, and he regularly speaks at universities and testifies before Congress. His 2018 book, The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America<https://www.manhattan-institute.org/theonceandfutureworker>, has been called “the essential policy book for our time” and “an unflinching indictment of the mistakes that Washington has made for a generation and continues to make today.” Before joining MI, he held roles as the domestic policy director for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign in 2012, as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and as a management consultant in Bain & Company’s Boston and New Delhi offices. He earned a B.A. in political economy from Williams College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
