We have an historic opportunity to make welfare what it was meant to be a second chance, not a way of life. Tony Blair believed in cutting the size of the state. The age of big government is over. This third way seeks a partnership between government and business but this time limited to certain key specific objectives. It's really the falling apart of the Thatcher, Reagan, consensus that prepares the way for populism.
What it means to be a conservative has changed dramatically in the decades since Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Bloomberg Opinion’s Global Business Columnist Adrian Wooldridge argues not all of that change has been for the better. He joins this episode to talk about why he believes conservatism in the US and UK has lost sight of its roots—and what conservatives can do to find their way back.
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