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Ezra Klein is a columnist and podcast host at the New York Times. He founded Vox, and has been a columnist and editor at the Washington Post; a political analyst at MSNBC; and a contributor to Bloomberg. He is the author of NYT-bestseller Why We're Polarized, one of Barack Obama's top books of 2022. Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he writes on economics, technology and society. A news analyst with NPR, Derek is also a contributor to CBS News. He is the author of the international bestseller Hit Makers.
Forceful, quick-moving ... important * Financial Times * A necessary book * New Statesman * Abundance is one of those books that matter ... filled with chilling examples ... but also with inspirational stories ... [it] explains that the scarcities that afflict our economies are scarcities we have actively chosen . Making it easier to build, making better choices, will enable us to build a better future. But it is a future that needs to be not just argued for, but fought for. -- Robert Colvile * Sunday Times * At a time of global realignment and uncertainty, Klein and Thompson offer a bracingly bold basis for a progressive politics and policy that is both radical and realistic. One of the most important political books I have read in the past decade -- Matthew d’Ancona * The New European * Abundance reminds us that the UK isn't the only country that has forgotten how to build. But given that American dysfunction outdoes that of any other developed country, there is reassurance here for British readers [on] how to build millions of homes and a new green infrastructure ... Klein and Thompson have sidestepped the current American political horror show to produce something original: a left-liberal manifesto for deregulation, or as they call it, ""a liberalism that builds"". Only that can create green-fuelled abundance. -- Simon Kuper * New Statesman * The country is plagued by an affordability crisis, a housing shortage, crumbling infrastructure, and a general sense of diminishing expectations... and in their buzzy new book, [Klein and Thompson] argue that scarcity is a choice, and that ""to have the future we want, we need to build and invent more of what we need"" -- Sohale Mortazavi * UnHerd * Spectacular ... Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward... Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination by describing the good things that are actually within our grasp: abundant energy, cheaper housing, affordable cities, shorter workweeks, lab-grown meat so that we no longer have to use 25 percent of global land to raise livestock. -- David Brooks * New York Times * [Klein and Thompson] crystalise ideas that have been swirling around newspaper columns, think-tanks, city-council initiatives and social media ... that excessive regulation has hurt America by blocking housebuilding, infrastructure and innovation * Economist * Shortages and growing unaffordability - from housing to the labour market are two of the defining characteristics of the 21st century. Klein and Thompson argue that this is because well-intentioned rules and regulations adopted in decades past have hobbled the present, and they explore how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and preserves but also builds. -- What to Read in 2025 * Financial Times * Praise for Ezra Klein: 'It's been a long time since I learned so much from one book -- Rutger Bregman, author of Utopia for Realists Superbly researched and written' -- Francis Fukuyama * The Washington Post * This book helped me understand modern politics better -- Bill Gates Praise for Derek Thompson: 'Enthralling ... This book picks up where The Tipping Point left off. -- Adam Grant Fascinating * Observer * Spirited ... An entertaining and informative guide * The Times *
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