Abundance
by Ezra Klein
Mentioned 3 times across 2 shows · first heard Dec 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
The general take
Dax Shepard thinks Abundance is a well-received book that's gained significant mainstream attention, noting it's appeared on prominent reading lists from figures like Bill Gates and Obama and has built political momentum.
About
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 • NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 • KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2025 • NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025 “A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for working people.” —Barack Obama • “A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.” —Fareed Zakaria • “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.” —David Brooks, The New York Times From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.
Who said what
Dax Shepard👍 Recommends
…ezra klein book on building abundance and liberal governance
“His books include Abundance, which is gaining a lot of political traction. Oh, it's also been on so many big lists. Bill Gates' list, Obama's list. Just man, oh man.”
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard — Ezra Klein Returns (on political polarization)at 00:34
Ezra Klein💬 Mentioned
…reflecting on the impact and reception of the abundance book in political discourse
“It's been a little over a year since Derek Thompson and I published the book Abundance. Now, the book didn't begin what I think of as the abundance movement, but it did mark a kind of kickoff of the idea as both an object in the discourse, something people are fighting over and creating factional wars over, and actually something politicians are claiming and trying to think through how they would turn into policy.”
The Ezra Klein Show — What We Got Right — and Wrong — in ‘Abundance’at 01:02- CG
Claire Gordon💬 Mentioned
…discussing whether abundance is a centrist or left-wing political project
“And your book with Derek Thompson, Abundance, came out. For folks who haven't read the book, we handily adapted a part of it into audio and video. The answer to a politics of scarcity is a politics of abundance, a politics that asks what it is that people really need and then organizes government and markets to make sure there is enough of it.”
The Ezra Klein Show — What I Learned in 2025at 13:40
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