This essay is a part of The Right Way Forward, Restoring America’s new think tank debate series in which leading conservative institutions argue the defining questions of the post-Trump era. Read about the series here.

For decades, conservatives agreed on the simple premise that the best foundation for good jobs, rising wages, and expanding opportunity was the free market, not government mandates. 

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