In Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that many of America’s biggest challenges — from housing shortages to slow infrastructure, clean‑energy bottlenecks, and stagnant innovation — stem from artificial scarcity created by outdated rules and political caution. They outline an “abundance agenda” that calls for reforming the systems that make it hard to build, and for shifting from a defensive, process‑heavy politics to one focused on expanding capacity, opportunity, and shared prosperity.
In Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that many of America’s biggest challenges — from housing shortages to slow infrastructure, clean‑energy bottlenecks, and stagnant innovation — stem from artificial scarcity created by outdated rules and political caution. They outline an “abundance agenda” that calls for reforming the systems that make it hard to build, and for shifting from a defensive, process‑heavy politics to one focused on expanding capacity, opportunity, and shared prosperity.
