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Abundance

How We Build a Better Future

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Abundance

By: Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
Narrated by: Derek Thompson, Ezra Klein
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A must-read for progressives' BARACK OBAMA
'Downing Street's current hot read' ANDREW MARR
'Forceful, quick-moving, important' FINANCIAL TIMES

The threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives.

We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity, lives defined by unaffordability and public institutions that no longer deliver on big ideas. It's time for change.

Bestselling authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson have spent decades analysing the political, economic and cultural forces that have led us here. In this once-in-a-generation intervention, they unpick the barriers to progress and show how we can, and must, shift the political agenda to one that not only protects and preserves, but also builds. From healthcare to housing, infrastructure to innovation, they lay out a path to a future defined not by fear, but by abundance.

©2025 Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio Economic History Economics Political Science Politics & Government Capitalism
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A book that needed to be written, by the people who needed to write it.

Intelligence

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I'd be cautious of taking this book as gospel, for all that it offers a compelling idea of building visions of futures and crafting a narrative of positive change.
it gives short thrift to broad movements like degrowth, indulges in a brand of techno-optimism which (especially if you're familiar with the sterling journalism done within sectors like AI) borders on the naiive, and feels likenit's actively skirting around talking about neo-liberalism even as it talks about elements of it.
There are valuable ideas and lessons to gain here, and the scope needed to explore every subject they skim blithely over the surface of while constructing their thesis would be beyond the sane scope of any single book, but if you read or listen to this book and come away desiring a politics of abundance then you should start seriously exploring where you think we should go looking for it.

Timely, shallow in places, but with a thematic message worth exploring.

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Timely motivation for agile, outcome-focused, supply-side progressivism. Beyond the focus on the US, there are clear lessons here for policy professionals in Australia, Canada, and the UK.

Extremely timely

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The authors put together ideas and evidence that challenges what you see and helps you to understand why. After living a few years in California, the explanations of bureaucracy ring so true with my experience. I love their ability to tie these ideas together and present an opportunity to think differently for the future

Different thinking

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Fantastic read. Asks the right questions while providing excellent food for thought. Trying to learn the right lessons for progress.

Right here right now

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