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Walter Isaacson and Oren Cass on Conservativism and the New American Right

Jun 05, 2025

Walter Isaacson, the bestselling author of biographies Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, joins renowned economist Oren Cass for a conversation about the fractured state of the American right and a new direction for conservativism.

In recent conversations with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and Ross Douthat for Interesting Times, Oren Cass is emerging as one of the leading intellectual voices of a new conservative era — and his new anthology, The New Conservatives, might just be a Rosetta stone for where our country’s politics are headed. Featuring writing by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former US trade representative Robert Lighthizer, National Affairs founding editor Yuval Levin, and others — the strategists and policy experts charting a new course for the Republican Party on trade and immigration, technology and finance, industrial policy, education, welfare, labor, family, and more — The New Conservatives aims to revitalize the American conservative tradition, breaking from the GOP’s free-market fundamentalism to promote the productive markets, supportive communities, and responsive politics.

In a special conversation, hear Isaacson and Cass discuss the next generation of conservatism, how conservatives fit into the party of Donald Trump, and the arguments that are winning the day in the Republican Party.

This program is part of 92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks.
This program is part of the Newmark Civic Life Series, known for conversations with leading experts exploring pro-democracy efforts at this critical moment in the US and around the world, supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies
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