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Abundance by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
4.5
hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Reflecting on the failure and successes of government and social movements in the past, Abundance seeks to find a new ideology with which to build the future:

"What we are proposing... Is a new set of questions around which our politics should revolve. What is scarce that should be abundant? What is difficult to build that should be easy? What inventions do we need that we do not yet have?"

It goes over a lot of interesting topics like housing, high speed rail, scientific discovery and immunization, production, etc and how government policies shape them.

"Both abundance and scarcity are stories we tell ourselves. Right now we see an america that is turning towards scarcity. That turn is changing not just our politics, but our national character. We seek a politica of abundance, that delivers real marvels in the real world. We want more homes and energy, more cures, and more construction... Not just more, but more of what matters."

I think it's an honest look at the failures and successes of both parties and a decent start at reimagining the future.