Ezra Klein Should Be Honest About the Abundance Movement

Like every other political commentator on planet Earth, I previously contributed to the Abundance Discourse, the political conversation surrounding the new book Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. If Abundance had simmered like any other topic in the news cycle, my comments would have ended there. However, Abundance didn’t slip into the background. Driven by wealthy donors, centrist politicians, and influence-seeking pundits, the book’s thesis was elevated into the ‘Abundance Agenda’ (which is odd because the book offers few policy proposals). Then it became the ‘Abundance Movement,’ a group of high-status ‘Abundance liberals’ who promote the deregulatory mindset as the key to political success. Unlike Bernie Sanders’ anti-oligarchy movement currently selling out NBA arenas, you won’t see rallies holding “ABUNDANCE NOW!” signs anytime soon. That’s because the Abundance Agenda is a top-down program. The political elite created it, and now they’re trying to convince the electorat

Like every other political commentator on planet Earth, I previously contributed to the Abundance Discourse, the political conversation surrounding the new book Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. If Abundance had simmered like any other topic in the news cycle, my comments would have ended there. However, Abundance didn’t slip into the background. Driven by wealthy donors, centrist politicians, and influence-seeking pundits, the book’s thesis was elevated into the ‘Abundance Agenda’ (which is odd because the book offers few policy proposals). Then it became the ‘Abundance Movement,’ a