Derek Thompson

You're going to screw over home builders, even though ironically you, Donald Trump, were elected by Biden to Trump voters who were mad about the price of housing. So I am not in the moment optimistic that his centralizing style is going to be economically useful for Americans, whatever their interests.

You're going to screw over home builders, even though ironically you, Donald Trump, were elected by Biden to Trump voters who were mad about the price of housing. So I am not in the moment optimistic that his centralizing style is going to be economically useful for Americans, whatever their interests.

My sense of the early feedback and of the early returns is that he in fact does not have a very clear and beneficial economic agenda. He has a personal agenda. He likes taking phone calls from international leaders and working out little deals with them.

My sense of the early feedback and of the early returns is that he in fact does not have a very clear and beneficial economic agenda. He has a personal agenda. He likes taking phone calls from international leaders and working out little deals with them.

My sense of the early feedback and of the early returns is that he in fact does not have a very clear and beneficial economic agenda. He has a personal agenda. He likes taking phone calls from international leaders and working out little deals with them.

I don't think that's in the larger interest of economic growth, and certainly I don't think it's in the specific interest of reducing housing prices.

I don't think that's in the larger interest of economic growth, and certainly I don't think it's in the specific interest of reducing housing prices.

I don't think that's in the larger interest of economic growth, and certainly I don't think it's in the specific interest of reducing housing prices.

Ezra articulated the principle beautifully. And just to put some meat on the bones, abundance is about being incredibly concrete about what you want to accomplish in the world. Then it's about understanding how to accomplish that. A stage of the process that I think Doge has entirely skipped. I don't think we've reached the stage of understanding.

Ezra articulated the principle beautifully. And just to put some meat on the bones, abundance is about being incredibly concrete about what you want to accomplish in the world. Then it's about understanding how to accomplish that. A stage of the process that I think Doge has entirely skipped. I don't think we've reached the stage of understanding.

Ezra articulated the principle beautifully. And just to put some meat on the bones, abundance is about being incredibly concrete about what you want to accomplish in the world. Then it's about understanding how to accomplish that. A stage of the process that I think Doge has entirely skipped. I don't think we've reached the stage of understanding.

We've destroyed and then maybe it's sometimes promised to understand the thing that we've destroyed after the fact. You want to set goals. You want to understand how to meet those goals. And then you want to meet them. And the problem with liberalism of the last few years and last few decades is that we've become disconnected from outcomes. Really, really crystal clear example.

We've destroyed and then maybe it's sometimes promised to understand the thing that we've destroyed after the fact. You want to set goals. You want to understand how to meet those goals. And then you want to meet them. And the problem with liberalism of the last few years and last few decades is that we've become disconnected from outcomes. Really, really crystal clear example.

We've destroyed and then maybe it's sometimes promised to understand the thing that we've destroyed after the fact. You want to set goals. You want to understand how to meet those goals. And then you want to meet them. And the problem with liberalism of the last few years and last few decades is that we've become disconnected from outcomes. Really, really crystal clear example.

So Joe Biden in 2021 signs the bipartisan infrastructure law. And he and Pete Buttigieg call it, truthfully, one of the most important infrastructure bills passed in the last few decades. $1.2 trillion to do exactly what Ezra and I want to do, to build in the world.

So Joe Biden in 2021 signs the bipartisan infrastructure law. And he and Pete Buttigieg call it, truthfully, one of the most important infrastructure bills passed in the last few decades. $1.2 trillion to do exactly what Ezra and I want to do, to build in the world.

So Joe Biden in 2021 signs the bipartisan infrastructure law. And he and Pete Buttigieg call it, truthfully, one of the most important infrastructure bills passed in the last few decades. $1.2 trillion to do exactly what Ezra and I want to do, to build in the world.

There's a piece of that law that's a $42 billion program called BEAD, which stands for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, I think. $42 billion to build rural broadband. Fast forward to 2024, practically none of it is built. We're now four calendar years after it was passed.

There's a piece of that law that's a $42 billion program called BEAD, which stands for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, I think. $42 billion to build rural broadband. Fast forward to 2024, practically none of it is built. We're now four calendar years after it was passed.

There's a piece of that law that's a $42 billion program called BEAD, which stands for Broadband Equity Access and Deployment, I think. $42 billion to build rural broadband. Fast forward to 2024, practically none of it is built. We're now four calendar years after it was passed.