Episode Details

“Abundance” came out a little over a year ago. It’s been exciting — and a little disorienting — seeing how it’s rippled out into the world, and the ways it’s been embraced and debated and critiqued. So I wanted to take a moment to talk through what’s really happened in the last year – with Derek Thompson, my “Abundance” co-author, and Marc Dunkelman, whose book “Why Nothing Works” came out around the same time, and circles the same ideas.

What has the abundance movement actually achieved in the last year? Where has it fallen short? And what have the three of us learned from our critics?

Mentioned:

Ezra is moderating a forum on housing and affordability with some of the top California gubernatorial candidates. The event is on Friday, May 8, in Oakland, CA. You can buy tickets here. Use the code EKSHOW for 20 percent off your order.

Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Why Nothing Works by Marc J. Dunkelman

Derek Thompson’s Substack

The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

“The Most Expensive Mile of Subway Track on Earth” by Brian M. Rosenthal

“Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?” by The Ezra Klein Show

“The Anti-Social Century” by Derek Thompson

Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam

The Permanent Problem by Brink Lindsey

“Bernie Sanders: ‘There Ain’t Much of a Democratic Party” by Bernie Sanders and David Leonhardt

Book Recommendations:

Making a New Deal by Lizabeth Cohen