Abundance
The story of America in the twenty-first century,” and for that matter, of the UK and much of Europe, “is the story of chosen scarcities,” argue Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. Their new book, Abundance, a half-polemic, half-tough love letter to the US left, chalks this up to a steady drift away from one of America’s great strengths…America needs to get back to building and inventing. — Read the complete FT review
Synopsis
Two expert journalists reveal the structural, economic and political forces that have shaped the liberal world of today: where scarcity and preservation drive the agenda, and we no longer deliver on big ideas. In a story repeated across the Western World, decades of slashing immigration, off-shoring manufacture, preventing house-building and stalling ambitious projects means America has a shortage of workers, homes and solutions. To progress on the greatest challenges of our time, progressives need the vision, ability and willingness to enact transformative strategies.
