Abundance

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 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 *
Klein and Thompson want you to hold space to dream about utopia. No need to tighten the belt, they argue: We have everything we need to build the future that liberals want, clean energy and affordable housing included, today! Their book explains how * New York Times *
Abundance reminds us that the UK isn't the only country that has forgotten how to build [and] 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 *
A guide for liberals shaken by an age of factional polarisation ... [Klein and Thompson] are the best in the business at digesting and synthesizing expertise from a host of fields ... Abundance might inspire a demoralised Democratic Party to think big again -- Samuel Moyn * New York Times Book Review *
A potent political manifesto ... Its optimism is also compelling, even joyous ...The book's core lesson, convincingly delivered, is that liberals ought to make it easier to do the things they want to do ... a can-do antidote to blue-state malaise ... the timing of Abundance is extraordinary * Slate *
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 are two of the smartest voices from their generation of policy-oriented journalists, moving beyond horse race coverage of politics and integrating serious social science into political commentary ... [finding] ways to strip back the barriers to effective policy and allow the government to invest efficiently in underdeveloped pockets of society * The New Republic *
[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 *
A terrific book ... powerful and persuasive -- Fareed Zakaria * CNN *
An absolute must-read -- Stephanie Ruhle * MSNBC *
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 *