{"product_id":"abundance","title":"Abundance","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEzra Klein is an opinion columnist and host of the award-winning \n\u003ci\u003eEzra Klein Show \u003c\/i\u003epodcast at \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eWhy We're Polarized\u003c\/i\u003e, an instant \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, named one of Barack Obama's top books of 2022. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDerek Thompson is a staff writer at \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand the host of the podcast \n\u003ci\u003ePlain English\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the national bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eHit Makers \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eOn Work\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of his writing on labor and technology. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Helping liberals get out of their own way . . . It's time to scrutinize everything from municipal zoning regulations to the paperwork requirements for scientists getting federal funding. The authors' debut as a duo is very smart and eminently useful. Cogent, well-timed ideas for meeting today's biggest challenges.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Ambitious . . . Klein and Thompson want a 'liberalism that builds, ' not just in housing and green energy but in artificial intelligence and in drug development, too, areas where they see similar patterns of stagnation. Their goals are broad. This group of policies, which they call the abundance agenda, offers, Klein and Thompson believe, 'a path out of the morass we're in. A new political order' . . . \n\u003ci\u003eAbundance\u003c\/i\u003e is a fair-minded book, and it recognizes some of the trade-offs that come with redesigning government for dynamism.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Benjamin Wallace-Wells, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A forceful, quick-moving broadside against the left-coded pathologies they see as standing in the way. . . . Klein and Thompson's diagnosis gets much right. . . . A worthy read.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A potent political manifesto . . . Its optimism is also compelling, even joyous. . . . The book's core lesson, convincingly delivered, is that liberals ought to make it easier to do the things they want to do. . . . A can-do antidote to blue-state malaise . . . The timing of \n\u003ci\u003eAbundance \u003c\/i\u003eis extraordinary.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Spectacular . . . Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward . . . Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination by describing the good things that are actually within our grasp: abundant energy, cheaper housing, affordable cities, shorter workweeks, lab-grown meat so that we no longer have to use 25 percent of global land to raise livestock.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--David Brooks, \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A terrific book . . . powerful and persuasive . . . People will recruit [Klein and Thompson] to run the Democratic Party.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Fareed Zakaria, CNN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An absolute must-read.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Stephanie Ruhle, MSNBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Klein and Thompson are two of the smartest voices from their generation of policy-oriented journalists, moving beyond horse race coverage of politics and integrating serious social science into political commentary. . . . [Their] vision for more effective government is something like an anti-DOGE: They imagine a future United States where careful and informed elected officials find ways to strip back the barriers to effective policy and allow the government to invest efficiently in underdeveloped pockets of society.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Julian Zelizer, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Deftly diagnoses America's sclerotic inability to build, well, much of anything across multiple domains in the physical world. . . . Trump supporters in Silicon Valley love saying 'it's time to build, ' and here are some influential liberals who wholeheartedly agree. . . . The nascent abundance movement is a tailwind for a broad effort that pro-growth conservatives can and should work with. . . . The modern right might not like everything \n\u003ci\u003eAbundance \u003c\/i\u003ehas to offer, but it sure beats a bipartisan program of artificial scarcity.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --James Pethokoukis, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A guide for liberals shaken by an age of factional polarization . . . [Klein and Thompson] are the best in the business at digesting and synthesizing expertise from a host of fields. . . . \n\u003ci\u003eAbundance\u003c\/i\u003e might inspire a demoralized Democratic Party to think big again.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Samuel Moyn, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2025\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2025 \u003cbr\u003e NPR Books We Love 2025\u003cbr\u003e Goodreads Choice Award Nominee \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBloomberg \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for working people.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 - \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOKS OF 2025 - NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for working people.\" --Barack Obama - \"A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.\" --Fareed Zakaria - \"Spectacular...Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward...Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.\" --David Brooks, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, \u003ci\u003eAbundance\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo 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 don't have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven't built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget--if they are ever finished at all. The crisis that's clicking into focus now has been building for decades--because we haven't been building enough. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAbundance \u003c\/i\u003eexplains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryear's villains. Rather, one generation's solutions have become the next gener-ation's 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProgress 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 pre-serves but also \n\u003ci\u003ebuilds\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/2025 (EAN 9781668023488, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/24\/2025 (EAN 9781668023488, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKlein, Ezra\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEzra Klein is an opinion columnist and host of the award-winning \n\u003ci\u003eEzra Klein Show \u003c\/i\u003epodcast at \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eWhy We're Polarized\u003c\/i\u003e, an instant \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, named one of Barack Obama's top books of 2022. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eThompson, Derek\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDerek Thompson is a staff writer at \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand the host of the podcast \n\u003ci\u003ePlain English\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the national bestseller \n\u003ci\u003eHit Makers \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eOn Work\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of his writing on labor and technology. 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