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Abundance

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: How We Build a Better Future
By Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
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The real threat to liberal democracy isn't autocrats—it's the lack of effective action by progressives. In Abundance, veteran journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson reveal the structural, economic, and political forces that have led to America, and much of the liberal world, of today: where scarcity... Read More
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It's time to rethink liberal answers to society's biggest challenges - we must abandon fearmongering and embrace visionary action.

Time to rethink liberal answers to society's biggest challenges - by ditching scarcity politics and embracing visionary action to create an abundant future

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The real threat to liberal democracy isn't autocrats—it's the lack of effective action by progressives.

In Abundance, veteran journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson reveal the structural, economic, and political forces that have led to America, and much of the liberal world, of today: where scarcity and preservation drive the agenda, and we have forgotten how to deliver on big ideas.

Decades of slashing immigration, off-shoring manufacture, preventing house-building, and stalling ambitious infrastructure projects like high-speed rail means America has a shortage of workers, houses, innovative products, and climate-change solutions. It's a story repeated across the Western World.

To progress on the greatest challenges of our time, from housing to climate change, healthcare to infrastructure, progressives need a vision of abundance, and the ability and willingness to enact transformative strategies. Here, the authors lay out the barriers to consequential action and how we can overcome them to actively build a better, more abundant future.

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ISBN: 9781805226055

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Profile Books Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Ezra Klein is a columnist and podcast host at the New York Times. He founded Vox, and has been a columnist and editor at the Washington Post; a political analyst at MSNBC; and a contributor to Bloomberg. He is the author of NYT-bestseller Why We're Polarized, one of Barack Obama's top books of 2022. Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he writes on economics, technology and society. A news analyst with NPR, Derek is also a contributor to CBS News. He is the author of the international bestseller Hit Makers.

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