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SUMMARY:Abundance
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DESCRIPTION:Join West End Library staff for a discussion of Ezra Klein and
  Derek Thompson's book Abundance..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/17
 078130
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join West End Library staff for a discussi
 on of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's book Abundance.</p>\n<p>Description:
 </p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;">Abundance explains that our problems
  today are not the results of yesteryear&rsquo\;s villains. Rather\, one g
 eneration&rsquo\;s solutions have become the next gener&shy\;ation&rsquo\;
 s problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 19
 70s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help 
 solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government cons
 iders the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for gover
 nment to act consequentially. In the last few decades\, our capacity to se
 e problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished.</
 p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;">Progress requires facing up to the ins
 titutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means\, for lib
 erals\, recognizing when the government is failing. It means\, for conserv
 atives\, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring ho
 w we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and pre&shy\;serves
  but also builds\, Klein and Thompson trace the political\, economic\, and
  cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abu
 ndance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country 
 after country\, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment 
 while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel.</p>\nhttps
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