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Abundance
- housing
- infrastructure
- regulation
- clean energy
- politics
- policy
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Why I'd hand it to you
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that America has made it too hard to build the things people need: housing, transit, clean energy, even new science. They blame layers of rules and process that both parties helped create, and they call for a politics that measures success by what actually gets built. It is short and readable, and it has shaped a lot of current policy debate. One limit: the diagnosis is stronger than the roadmap, and it is written mostly to readers on the center-left, so conservatives may find it covers ground they have argued for years. Either way, it is a useful conversation starter.
— Matt Jordan
Quick summary
- Book
- Abundance by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- Who it's for
- Readers across the spectrum interested in why America struggles to build, especially as a starting point for conversation.
- Key topics
- Housing and infrastructure
- Regulation and process
- Clean energy
- Policy and politics
- Shelves
- Current Events, Economics
Details
- Author
- Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
- ASIN
- 1668023482
- On these shelves
- Current Events Economics
- Short link
mattsbooks.org/r/abun
