Abundance

by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Posted by Anton Katunin on 12 October 2025
Tags: books, 3 stars

That’s an insightful book. The authors explain why the US experiences its current problems. Problems like slow economic growth, difficulty building projects, housing, the inability of the government to govern, innovate, and scale innovation.

The book doesn't offer many solutions as the problems are multifaceted. However, I don’t think it should; the first step towards the solution is to accept that it is a problem. My impression is that we are not there yet.

While the book talks about the US exclusively, I found it overlaps with Australia quite a lot since our economies and cultures are similar. It gave me new insights into the housing crisis in Australia.

I like how short this book is and to the point. That makes it easy to read.