Abundance: How We Build a Better Future

Abundance is a nonfiction book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson that argues the biggest obstacle to progress is often not a lack of ideas, but an inability to build. The book examines how scarcity, regulation, institutional inertia, and political risk-aversion have shaped outcomes in areas such as housing, infrastructure, immigration, energy, and climate policy. The authors present the case that the United States and other liberal democracies have increasingly struggled to turn ambition into delivery, even when public support exists for major projects. According to retailer and publisher descriptions, the book is framed as a call to shift from a politics of preservation and obstruction toward one of creation, expansion, and effective state capacity. It is presented as a broad policy and political intervention drawing on economics, governance, and current affairs, with the stated aim of showing how societies can build more housing, faster clean energy, and more resilient public systems. The paperback edition associated with ISBN 9781805226055 is listed at 304 pages and published in 2025 by Profile Books / Hachette UK imprints.