This New York Times bestseller examine the reasons behind the lack of progress on ambitious projects in the US, including affordable housing, infrastructre and climage change.  

Klein and Thompson argue that the regulatory environment in many liberal cities, while well intentioned, stymies development. They write that liberal have been more concerned with blocking bad economic development than promoting good development since the 1970s. They say that Democrats have focused on the process rather than results and favored stasis over growth by backing zoning regulations, developing strict environmental laws, and tying expensive requirements to public infrastructure spending.

Klein and Thompson propose an "abundance agenda" that" they say better manages the tradeoffs between regulations and social advancement, and lament that America is stuck between a progressive movement that is too afraid of economic growth and a conservative movement that is allergic to government intervention. 

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