Abundance by Ezra Klein

A provocative and forward-looking examination of why modern societies struggle to build, innovate, and meet basic human needs despite enormous wealth and technological capability. In Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompsonexplore issues such as housing shortages, infrastructure, energy, healthcare, scientific progress, and government dysfunction through the lens of scarcity versus abundance.

Blending political analysis, economics, technology, and social critique, the book argues that many modern systems have become trapped in complexity, bureaucracy, and institutional paralysis that prevent societies from solving large-scale problems or creating broadly shared prosperity. Rather than focusing purely on ideology, the authors examine practical questions about how nations build, adapt, and innovate.

A timely and thought-provoking nonfiction work for readers interested in politics, economics, urban development, technology, public policy, and the future of modern society.