At the National Conservatism Conference on July 14, 2019, Oren Cass and Richard Reinsch debated the resolution, “America should adopt an industrial policy.” The debate directly addressed the economic challenges that a new kind of national conservatism will face, and suggests that there is more than one economic path to building a new conservative coalition.

We present their opening remarks as prepared for delivery:

Resolved: That America Should Adopt an Industrial Policy

Oren Cass

The True Costs of an Industrial Policy

Richard Reinsch

For our other coverage of the conference, see the following:

Burke and the Nation

Yuval Levin

Peter Thiel and the Path to a New Conservatism

Titus Techera