Abundance (Klein and Thompson book)

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Abundance is a nonfiction book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson published by Avid Reader Press in March 2025. The book examines the reasons behind the lack of progress on ambitious industrial strategy projects in the United States, including those related to affordable housing, infrastructure, and climate change. It became a New York Times Best Seller and popularized the YIMBY ("Yes in my backyard") movement. Klein and Thompson argue that the regulatory environment in many liberal cities, while well intentioned, stymies development. They write that liberals have been more concerned with blocking bad economic development than promoting good development since the 1970s. They say that Democrats have focused on the process rather than results and favored stasis over growth by backing zoning regulations, developing strict environmental laws, and tying expensive requirements to public infrastructure spending. Klein and Thompson propose an "abundance agenda" that they say better manages the tradeoffs...

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