What "Abundance" Misses

<p>We read Abundance in the UE book club (you can join by becoming a member, Patreon, etc. – check details) and I have some thoughts on why it disappointed me.</p><br /><p>References (sorted by category)</p><br /><p>Abundance </p><p>Abundance, Klein and Thompson</p><p>An Abundance, of Credulity, Brown https://prospect.org/2025/03/26/2025-03-26-abundance-of-credulity-klein-thompson-dunkelman-review/</p><p>Abundance for the 99 Percent, Huber et al https://jacobin.com/2025/08/klein-thompson-abundance-liberalism-socialism</p><p>What left-wing critics don’t get about abundance, Schleicher https://www.niskanencenter.org/what-left-wing-critics-dont-get-about-abundance/?utm_source=chatgpt.com</p><p>The Real Path to Abundance, Vaheesan https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-real-path-to-abundance/</p><br /><p>Zoning </p><p>New Zealand's Building Boom—And What the World Must Learn From It, Politano https://www.apricitas.io/p/new-zealands-building-boomand-what?utm_source=publication-search</p><p>Zoning Changes Have Small Impact on Housing Supply, Brey 2023</p><p>Upzoning Chicago: Impacts of a Zoning Reform on Property Values and Housing Construction, Freemark https://yonahfreemark.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Freemark-Upzoning-Chicago.pdf</p><p>We Zoned for Density and Got Higher House Prices: Supply and Price Effects of Upzoning over 20 Years, Murray and Limb https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08111146.2022.2124966</p><p>Evaluating the long-run effects of zoning reform on urban development, Greenaway-McGrevy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046224000930</p><p>Zoning Change: Upzonings, Downzonings, and Their Impacts on Residential Construction, Housing Costs, and Neighborhood Demographics, Freemark</p><p>Post-Neoliberal Housing Policy, Serkin and Sitaram</p><p>https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-content/uploads/sites/412/2025/04/22200114/Post-Neoliberal-Housing-Policy.pdf</p><br /><p>Other references </p><p>Spain's deadly rail accidents prompt maintenance investment debate https://www.reuters.com/world/spains-deadly-rail-accidents-prompt-maintenance-investment-debate-2026-01-23/</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQlqfD5I-k&amp;</p><p>Tax Hero, NPR Planet Money https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/03/709656642/episode-760-tax-hero</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>