Book review of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
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The liberal abundance movement and supply side progressivism sit at the heart of the idea outlined by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson in their new book, Abundance. In this video I explore the key ideas of the book and also discuss some of the criticisms of these ideas and the book that have been raised in a number of reviews. In particular I am referring to the concerns raised by the following reviews: The Meager Agenda of Abundance Liberals by Paul Glastris and Nate Weisberg https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/23/the-meager-agenda-of-abundance-liberals/ What’s the Matter with Abundance by Malcolm Harris https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundance-harris An Abundance of Ambiguity by Zephyr Teachout https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/23/an-abundance-of-ambiguity/ And two videos by the YouTube channel The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder: Neoliberals Struggle Defending 'Abundance' Gambit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpjqbMLzCrM What Is The 'Abundance' Agenda? (with Paul Glastris) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOFcn03k22o ▬▬ Chapters ▬▬ 00:00 - Abundance of what? 00:38 - What's gone wrong in California? 02:10 - Abundance vs scarcity 03:25 - Supply side progressivism 04:50 - Need for regulatory reform 10:04 - Critiques of Abundance ▬▬ Audio visual sources / references ▬▬ Song: Valence - Infinite [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/infinite Watch: http://youtu.be/QHoqD47gQG8 Song: Ariadne - All I Need (feat. Karl Killing) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/a-allineed Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/a-allineedAT/youtube Clip of video of timelapse of the I-95 rebuild came from: (sped up even faster!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYeTRa8GJ-8 Clip of Elon Musk wielding the chainsaw given to him by Javier Milei came from this BBC story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/crmj284d0k8o
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