Book
Abundance / Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson.
"Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to rethink big, entrenched problems that seem mired in systemic scarcity: from climate change to housing, education to healthcare"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668023488 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 288 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Scarcity > Government policy > United States. United States > Economic conditions > 21st century. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Cookstown Branch | 330.9730905 Kle | 31681010411205 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A compelling exploration of how systemic scarcity in areas like housing, healthcare and climate action stems from outdated solutions emphasizes the need for a mindset shift toward abundance and proactive systems to drive transformative progress"-- - Baker & Taylor
A compelling exploration of how systemic scarcity in areas like housing, healthcare and climate action stems from outdated solutions emphasizes the need for a mindset shift toward abundance and proactive systems to drive transformative progress. - Simon and Schuster
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠ONE OF BARACK OBAMAâS FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025
âA must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for working people.â âBarack Obama ⢠âA terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.â âFareed Zakaria ⢠âSpectacularâ¦Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forwardâ¦Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.â âDavid Brooks, The New York Times
From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.
To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we donât have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we havenât built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budgetâif they are ever finished at all. The crisis thatâs clicking into focus now has been building for decadesâbecause we havenât been building enough.
Abundance explains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryearâs villains. Rather, one generationâs solutions have become the next generÂationâs problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 1970s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially. In the last few decades, our capacity to see problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished.
Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and preÂserves but also builds, Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel.
