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Abundance

Ezra Klein

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein highlighted the book as his recent co‑authored work that quickly reached the top of the bestseller list and sparked unexpected debates. He noted that it contains numerous stories illustrating the challenges facing Democratic governance, which he used to frame the episode’s discussion. The host’s remarks conveyed strong enthusiasm for the book’s impact and relevance.

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Episode: Abundance and the Left

Ezra Klein said the book he cowrote with Derek Thompson had been out for a month and a half and had unexpectedly sparked many arguments and critiques.

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It is a wild thing to release a book into the world. Abundance, the book I cowrote with Derek Thompson, has been out for a month and a half. It hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list this week, which thank you to all of you out there who have read it or listened to it. No way that would have happened without you. And it's doing things out there that I never really expected it to do, creating arguments that I didn't see coming.

Episode: There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk

Ezra Klein referenced his forthcoming book, noting it contained dozens of stories about the challenges facing Democratic governance and used it as a basis for the discussion.

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In the book I've just written, I do. Let me here tell you just one.

Episode: A Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politi...

Klein announced that his forthcoming book Abundance would be released on March 18 and was available for preorder.

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My book Abundance is coming out on March 18th. It is available for preorder now.

Today, Explained

The book was brought up in two episodes, first when Derek Thompson's Substack was mentioned and his co‑authorship was noted, and later as a reference to the challenges of California's high‑speed rail, with Ezra Klein emphasizing the need to build more infrastructure to achieve future goals. Both hosts treated it as an illustrative source rather than a strong endorsement.

Episode: Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia (to Uganda)

Derek Thompson, who co-wrote the book, was mentioned when discussing his Substack newsletter. He had written about the possibility of the U.S. population shrinking for the first time on record in 2025.

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Derek Thompson co-wrote a book called Abundance. You may have heard of it, but he's also got a substack.

Episode: America’s high-speed rail fail

The book was mentioned in the context of discussing the failure of California's high-speed rail project as a symbol of political problems, and it describes the need to build and invent more things to achieve the desired future.

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The failure of California's high-speed rail has been held up as the symbol of all kinds of political problems. It was even talked about in this book called Abundance, co-written by this guy named Ezra Klein. You may have heard of him.

To get the future we want, we need to build and invent more of the things we need. We don't build enough homes. We don't build enough clean energy. We never managed to build high-speed rail.

What Now? with Trevor Noah

In the episode, the author highlighted the book’s bestseller run and noted that Barack Obama had named it among his top summer reads, while also emphasizing its adoption by mayors and progressive policymakers. Trevor Noah echoed this, pointing out its influence on city-level policy decisions. The discussion presented the title as a highly regarded work shaping contemporary politics.

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Episode: Ezra Klein: America At Its Breaking Point

Klein discussed his own book Abundance, noting its bestseller status, praise from Barack Obama, and its influence on progressive policymakers.

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I was looking at the book, Abundance, and it has been on the bestseller list for weeks, and Barack Obama even named it one of his five books of the summer.

Your book, Abundance, is being used by mayors and local leaders to shape policy in their cities.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Dax mentioned that he was reading Ezra Klein's book *Abundance*, noting it discusses the future, climate, and environmental challenges from a comprehensive perspective.

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I'm also reading the Ezra Klein book, Abundance.

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Episode: Kumail Nanjiani Returns

Dax mentioned that he was reading Ezra Klein's book *Abundance*, noting it discusses the future, climate, and environmental challenges from a comprehensive perspective.

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I'm also reading the Ezra Klein book, Abundance.

99% Invisible

The book argued that legal and procedural barriers, rather than technology or finance, were the main obstacles to building needed infrastructure.

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His new book that he co-authored with Derek Thompson is called Abundance. And at its core, it's about infrastructure, not just roads and bridges, but the systems that make it possible or impossible to...

— Episode: Build, Interrupted: A Conversation with...

Episode: Build, Interrupted: A Conversation with Ezra Klein

The book argued that legal and procedural barriers, rather than technology or finance, were the main obstacles to building needed infrastructure.

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His new book that he co-authored with Derek Thompson is called Abundance. And at its core, it's about infrastructure, not just roads and bridges, but the systems that make it possible or impossible to build anything at all.

His book, which came out a couple of months ago, has been making waves and causing arguments.

When we come back, Ezra Klein says we need new processes to solve new problems. That's a hit. We are back with Ezra Klein, co-author of Abundance. The book has been getting a lot of attention in urbanism and policy circles.

What is the hardest question that you've had to answer for? And if you could like quickly put out the paperback edition, not that there's something wrong, but more just like, oh, if I just would have put this in, I would have gotten this question less maybe.

All In with Chris Hayes

The book was highlighted when Chris Hayes discussed his long‑time friendship with Ezra Klein and their conversation about reorienting old political arguments to new realities. The hosts also praised it as a liberal response to the Trump‑Musk era, noting its focus on energy, housing and technology and complimenting the first chapter and cover. Overall, they presented it as a compelling and timely work.

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Episode: 'Idiotic': Trump's tariffs aim to send us back to...

Chris Hayes said he talked with Ezra Klein about Klein's new book coauthored with Derek Thompson, noting they discussed how to reorient old political arguments to current realities and how the current situation led to Trump's emergency declaration.

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I talked to the always awesome Ezra Klein, who's been a friend of mine for 20 years, about his new book with Derek Thompson called Abundance. And we discussed the need to reorient some of the old political arguments to new realities and about how we got to our current state of Trump declared emergency.

Episode: ‘Lawlessness’: Hayes on the ‘terrifying’ abuse of...

The hosts discussed the newly released book Abundance, describing it as a liberal response to the TrumpMusk era that argues for a politics of plenty focused on energy, housing and technology, and praised its first chapter and cover.

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the one they make in the case for a liberal answer to the TrumpMusk wrecking ball in their new book, Abundance.

He's coauthor of the new book, Abundance, with Derek Thompson. It's out on Tuesday. You can preorder it now wherever you get your books.

One of the things I really liked about the first chapter of the book and sort of, I don't know if we can show the cover again because I love the cover too.

Ezra Klein, his new book, Abundance, will be wherever you like to get your books on Tuesday. You can call up your local library often or go in and ask them to order a new book, which is also a great way to get new books.

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