Ezra Klein

Rastrear la historia del siglo xxi hasta ahora es rastrear una historia de lo inasequible y la escasez. Despues de anos de negarse a construir suficientes viviendas, Estados Unidos tiene una crisis nacional de vivienda. Tras anos de limitar la inmigracion, no tiene suficientes trabajadores. A pesar de ser advertidos durante decadas sobre las consecuencias del cambio climatico, no se ha construido nada cercano a la infraestructura de energia limpia que necesitamos. Los ambiciosos proyectos publicos se terminan tarde y por encima del presupuesto, si alguna vez se terminan. Abundancia explica que nuestros problemas de hoy no son los resultados de los villanos de ayer, sino que las soluciones de una generacion se han convertido en los problemas de la siguiente. Las reglas y regulaciones disenadas para resolver los problemas de la decada de 1970 a menudo evitan proyectos de densidad urbana y energia verde que ayudarian a resolver los problemas de la decada de 2020. Las leyes destinadas a garantizar que el Gobierno considere las consecuencias de sus acciones han hecho demasiado dificil para el gobierno actuar en consecuencia. En las ultimas decadas, nuestra capacidad de ver problemas se ha agudizado, mientras que nuestra capacidad de resolverlos ha disminuido. Klein y Thompson rastrean las barreras politicas, economicas y culturales para progresar y proponen un camino hacia una politica de abundancia.

HORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR'A must-read for progressives' BARACK OBAMA'Downing Street's current hot read' ANDREW MARR'Forceful, quick-moving, important' FINANCIAL TIMESThe threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives.We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity, lives defined by unaffordability and public institutions that no longer deliver on big ideas. It's time for change.Bestselling authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson have spent decades analysing the political, economic and cultural forces that have led us here. In this once-in-a-generation intervention, they unpick the barriers to progress and show how we can, and must, shift the political agenda to one that not only protects and preserves, but also builds. From healthcare to housing, infrastructure to innovation, they lay out a path to a future defined not by fear, but by abundance.

ONE OF BARACK OBAMAS FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022One of Bill Gatess 5 books to read this summer, this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller shows us that Americas political system isnt broken. The truth is scarier: its working exactly as designed. In this superbly researched (The Washington Post) and timely book, journalist Ezra Klein reveals how that system is polarizing usand how we are polarizing itwith disastrous results.The American political systemwhich includes everyone from voters to journalists to the presidentis full of rational actors making rational decisions given the incentives they face, writes political analyst Ezra Klein. We are a collection of functional parts whose efforts combine into a dysfunctional whole.A thoughtful, clear and persuasive analysis (The New York Times Book Review), Why Were Polarized reveals the structural and psychological forces behind Americas descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trumps rise to the Democratic Partys leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture.America is polarized, first and foremost, by identity. Everyone engaged in American politics is engaged, at some level, in identity politics. Over the past fifty years in America, our partisan identities have merged with our racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities. These merged identities have attained a weight that is breaking much in our politics and tearing at the bonds that hold this country together.Klein shows how and why American politics polarized around identity in the 20th century, and what that polarization did to the way we see the world and one another. And he traces the feedback loops between polarized political identities and polarized political institutions that are driving our system toward crisis.Well worth reading (New York magazine), this is an eye-opening (O, The Oprah Magazine) book that will change how you look at politicsand perhaps at yourself.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMAS FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2025 NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025A 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 SpectacularOffers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forwardKlein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination. David Brooks, The New York TimesFrom 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.To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we dont have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we havent built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budgetif they are ever finished at all. The crisis thats clicking into focus now has been building for decadesbecause we havent been building enough.Abundance explains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryears villains. Rather, one generations solutions have become the next generations problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 1970s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially. In the last few decades, our capacity to see problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished.Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and preserves but also builds, Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel.

«El sistema político estadounidense —que incluye a todos, desde los votantes a los periodistas y al presidente— está lleno de actores racionales que toman decisiones racionales en función de los ince

Rastrear la historia del siglo xxi hasta ahora es rastrear una historia de lo inasequible y la escasez. Despues de anos de negarse a construir suficientes viviendas, Estados Unidos tiene una crisis nacional de vivienda. Tras anos de limitar la inmigracion, no tiene suficientes trabajadores. A pesar de ser advertidos durante decadas sobre las consecuencias del cambio climatico, no se ha construido nada cercano a la infraestructura de energia limpia que necesitamos. Los ambiciosos proyectos publicos se terminan tarde y por encima del presupuesto, si alguna vez se terminan. Abundancia explica que nuestros problemas de hoy no son los resultados de los villanos de ayer, sino que las soluciones de una generacion se han convertido en los problemas de la siguiente. Las reglas y regulaciones disenadas para resolver los problemas de la decada de 1970 a menudo evitan proyectos de densidad urbana y energia verde que ayudarian a resolver los problemas de la decada de 2020. Las leyes destinadas a garantizar que el Gobierno considere las consecuencias de sus acciones han hecho demasiado dificil para el gobierno actuar en consecuencia. En las ultimas decadas, nuestra capacidad de ver problemas se ha agudizado, mientras que nuestra capacidad de resolverlos ha disminuido. Klein y Thompson rastrean las barreras politicas, economicas y culturales para progresar y proponen un camino hacia una politica de abundancia.

A BARACK OBAMA AND A BILL GATES SUMMER READING PICK 2022A NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER'This book helped me understand modern politics better' - Bill Gates, Summer Reading Pick 2022'Superbly researched and written' - Francis Fukuyama, The Washington Post'It's been a long time since I learned so much from one book.' - Rutger Bregman author of Utopia for Realists'Powerful [and] intelligent.' - Fareed Zakaria, CNNAmerica's political system isn't broken. The truth is scarier: it's working exactly as designed.In Why We're Polarized, Ezra Klein reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America's deep political divisions, revealing how a system filled with rational, functional parts can combine into a dysfunctional whole. Neither a polemic nor a lament, this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump's rise to the Democratic Party's leftward shift to the politicisation of everyday culture.Klein shows how and why American politics polarised in the twentieth century, what that polarisation did to Americans' views of the world and one another, and how feedback loops between polarised political identities and polarised political institutions drive the system toward crisis. This revelatory book will change how you look at politics, and perhaps at yourself.

“El sistema político estadounidense, que incluye a todos, desde los votantes hasta los periodistas y el presidente, está lleno de actores racionales que toman decisiones racionales dados los incentiv