Ezra Klein

I thought one of the most important things that has come out recently is a piece in Foreign Affairs by Brian Deese, who's a former head of Joe Biden's National Economics Council. And Deese helped negotiate every major bill Biden passed. It's a very straightforward piece about what it is Democrats have not done to make it possible to build at the level of their goals.

And he says things like, we should just remove federal funding from cities that have highly restrictive home zoning codes. He says we should have a goal for how much nuclear we build in the next 10 years. We should be trying to reach a goal of new nuclear capacity. It's a very, very important piece because Deese is right at the center of democratic policy.

And he says things like, we should just remove federal funding from cities that have highly restrictive home zoning codes. He says we should have a goal for how much nuclear we build in the next 10 years. We should be trying to reach a goal of new nuclear capacity. It's a very, very important piece because Deese is right at the center of democratic policy.

And he says things like, we should just remove federal funding from cities that have highly restrictive home zoning codes. He says we should have a goal for how much nuclear we build in the next 10 years. We should be trying to reach a goal of new nuclear capacity. It's a very, very important piece because Deese is right at the center of democratic policy.

Instead of retrenching, he's like, OK, we didn't get there. What do we do now to make it possible to get to the place we promised you we can go?

Instead of retrenching, he's like, OK, we didn't get there. What do we do now to make it possible to get to the place we promised you we can go?

Instead of retrenching, he's like, OK, we didn't get there. What do we do now to make it possible to get to the place we promised you we can go?

Let's say two things on that. So one, we think there's a real tension between equality, redistribution, and constricting the supply of specifically housing.

Let's say two things on that. So one, we think there's a real tension between equality, redistribution, and constricting the supply of specifically housing.

Let's say two things on that. So one, we think there's a real tension between equality, redistribution, and constricting the supply of specifically housing.

Housing and energy. I think, are the two most significant that we focus on in the book, right? Housing and clean energy. We don't have housing, we don't have enough clean energy. I would add things to that, public infrastructure. We don't really focus that much on education, but we could, and we could talk about that.

Housing and energy. I think, are the two most significant that we focus on in the book, right? Housing and clean energy. We don't have housing, we don't have enough clean energy. I would add things to that, public infrastructure. We don't really focus that much on education, but we could, and we could talk about that.

Housing and energy. I think, are the two most significant that we focus on in the book, right? Housing and clean energy. We don't have housing, we don't have enough clean energy. I would add things to that, public infrastructure. We don't really focus that much on education, but we could, and we could talk about that.

Immigration is probably there for me too, and we talk about that a little bit in the book. And we do talk a lot about how to pull innovation forward from the future. But when you ask about sort of redistribution, I really think this is an important point because there's a great new paper by David Schleicher. And I'm so sorry because I'm forgetting his co-author. They're law professors.

Immigration is probably there for me too, and we talk about that a little bit in the book. And we do talk a lot about how to pull innovation forward from the future. But when you ask about sort of redistribution, I really think this is an important point because there's a great new paper by David Schleicher. And I'm so sorry because I'm forgetting his co-author. They're law professors.

Immigration is probably there for me too, and we talk about that a little bit in the book. And we do talk a lot about how to pull innovation forward from the future. But when you ask about sort of redistribution, I really think this is an important point because there's a great new paper by David Schleicher. And I'm so sorry because I'm forgetting his co-author. They're law professors.

And they talk about the victory of gentry law. We used to have a law that was very dynamic when it came to property and land. It was very different than how things were in Britain. And over time, sort of back half of the 20th century, we moved American law to be much more for what they call the gentry. We moved it much more towards protecting those who currently have things, right?

And they talk about the victory of gentry law. We used to have a law that was very dynamic when it came to property and land. It was very different than how things were in Britain. And over time, sort of back half of the 20th century, we moved American law to be much more for what they call the gentry. We moved it much more towards protecting those who currently have things, right?

And they talk about the victory of gentry law. We used to have a law that was very dynamic when it came to property and land. It was very different than how things were in Britain. And over time, sort of back half of the 20th century, we moved American law to be much more for what they call the gentry. We moved it much more towards protecting those who currently have things, right?

And we do that through a million things, covenants and HOAs and all these sort of contracts who make people enter into so they can't even build on their own land. But one of the things that just happens...