What we’ve forgotten about the importance of work
“For decades, America’s economic debate has centered on ‘the pie,’ with Republicans focused on making it bigger and Democrats on slicing it differently. The Manhattan Institute’s Oren Cass warns that this leaves out something vital: How the economic pie is made. That is, the value not of consumption, but of production — work. By itself, he notes, even rapid economic growth doesn’t guarantee a ‘healthy, inclusive,’ self-sustaining society.”