Donald Trump won back the White House last year by stoking fears of scarcity. The zero-sum thinking of the right that says there aren’t enough houses or jobs to go around laid the groundwork for the forces of illiberalism currently at play in the federal government. In their new book, Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that to combat the politics of scarcity, liberals at every level of government must embrace abundance.

Further reading:

Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Why We’re Polarized, by Ezra Klein

“Do Democrats Need to Learn How to Build?,” by Benjamin Wallace-Wells

“A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems,” by Derek Thompson

“Blue States Gave Trump and Vance an Opening,” by Jerusalem Demsas

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Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein on Abundance

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