Oren Cass\xa0joins\xa0City Journal\xa0editor\xa0Brian Anderson\xa0to discuss\xa0his new book,\xa0The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America.
The American worker is in crisis. Wages have stagnated for more than a generation, and reliance on welfare programs has surged. Life expectancy is falling as substance abuse and obesity rates climb. Work\xa0and its future has become a central topic for\xa0City Journal:\xa0in 2017, the magazine published its special issue,\xa0The Shape of Work to Come.
Cass's book is a\xa0groundbreaking reevaluation of American social and\xa0economic policy. The renewal of work in America will require fresh solutions;\xa0Yuval Levin\xa0of\xa0National Affairs\xa0calls\xa0The Once and Future Worker\xa0"the essential policy book of our time."