What is an "abundance liberal?"

What is an "abundance liberal?"

The new buzzword for some on the left? "Abundance," as evidenced by a new best-selling book, suggesting liberals advocate for policies that increase overall wealth, technological progress, and access to goods and services. Jim talks about what that means for the future of the Democratic movement with Paul Glastris from Washington Monthly on "The Final 5."

The left’s misguided critique of abundance liberalism

A construction laborer works on a bridge in Los Angeles. | Gary Leonard/Getty Images When a Democrat contemplates their nation’s biggest problems today, minimum lot sizes in suburban housing codes probably don’t rank very high on the list.  After all, the US president is a reality star turned insurrectionist, who’s ordering investigations of his political enemies, subverting court orders, gutting entire federal agencies, and fomenting a global t…

What abundance means to me

Last fall, I was asked to host a discussion with Derek Thompson about his ongoing work with Ezra Klein on the subject of abundance. While we were on stage, I mentioned to Derek that he and Ezra are two of the nicest people working in journalism,1 which is great — except that I worried they couldn’t stomach the intra-party contentiousness that a true abundance agenda would require. And as Derek was answering the question, a bunch of Climate Defia…

What's the matter with Abundance?