Derek Thompson

Right now, I think that one of the main issues that Americans have, the main internal crisis of America, which in many ways define the 2024 election, is unaffordability. And at the core of unaffordability is housing. It's the biggest part of a typical family's budget, of almost any family's budget, is rent or mortgage.

Right now, I think that one of the main issues that Americans have, the main internal crisis of America, which in many ways define the 2024 election, is unaffordability. And at the core of unaffordability is housing. It's the biggest part of a typical family's budget, of almost any family's budget, is rent or mortgage.

Donald Trump won the unaffordability election and he's immediately driving up prices with his trade policy. I think that housing policy is about freedom.

Donald Trump won the unaffordability election and he's immediately driving up prices with his trade policy. I think that housing policy is about freedom.

the freedom to live where you want to live, the freedom to stay where you want to stay, the freedom to not feel burdened by costs, especially the cost that's the most important and emotionally intimate part of your life, the walls around your body and the ceiling and the roof.

the freedom to live where you want to live, the freedom to stay where you want to stay, the freedom to not feel burdened by costs, especially the cost that's the most important and emotionally intimate part of your life, the walls around your body and the ceiling and the roof.

And redefining freedom, I think, for our own age through abundance is a message that I think politicians can click into because it does show that we're not just talking about fixing government here and there with this sort of pointillist agenda. We are after something bigger and more capacious. And I think politicians are seeing it right now.

And redefining freedom, I think, for our own age through abundance is a message that I think politicians can click into because it does show that we're not just talking about fixing government here and there with this sort of pointillist agenda. We are after something bigger and more capacious. And I think politicians are seeing it right now.

I was going to say, yeah.

I was going to say, yeah.

Of course there is. It's been really interesting reading some of these reviews and discovering within the critical reviews a kind of memoir of the author's ideology. We read books not as they are but as we are. That is precisely what I meant to say but with shorter words. And so, of course, someone interested in antitrust is going to read our book about abundance, the future of America.

Of course there is. It's been really interesting reading some of these reviews and discovering within the critical reviews a kind of memoir of the author's ideology. We read books not as they are but as we are. That is precisely what I meant to say but with shorter words. And so, of course, someone interested in antitrust is going to read our book about abundance, the future of America.

and say, why isn't there a chapter or seven on antitrust? And someone who's coming from a place of, I'm a democratic socialist, why isn't there a chapter or seven about how democratic socialism is the best way to run a country? I understand that.

and say, why isn't there a chapter or seven on antitrust? And someone who's coming from a place of, I'm a democratic socialist, why isn't there a chapter or seven about how democratic socialism is the best way to run a country? I understand that.

I think the fair thing to say is that we are, in many ways, asking for a set of reforms that live alongside the existing welfare state and a strong antitrust enforcement in a beautiful way. I mean, chocolate, peanut butter, and whatever, raspberry jam, that seems like maybe would be like a good trio. These are tastes that absolutely go well together.

I think the fair thing to say is that we are, in many ways, asking for a set of reforms that live alongside the existing welfare state and a strong antitrust enforcement in a beautiful way. I mean, chocolate, peanut butter, and whatever, raspberry jam, that seems like maybe would be like a good trio. These are tastes that absolutely go well together.

Just because there's an issue that people care about that isn't a full chapter of the book doesn't mean it's not important to me and Ezra. We talk in the book about wanting these policies to fundamentally help people's lives. We are not interested in an abundance of things that fill a house. We're interested in an abundance of homes.

Just because there's an issue that people care about that isn't a full chapter of the book doesn't mean it's not important to me and Ezra. We talk in the book about wanting these policies to fundamentally help people's lives. We are not interested in an abundance of things that fill a house. We're interested in an abundance of homes.

There's no chapter about making it easier to build as many flat screen televisions as possible. We're interested in the most important material conditions of people's lives. To that end...

There's no chapter about making it easier to build as many flat screen televisions as possible. We're interested in the most important material conditions of people's lives. To that end...