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It's a story repeated across the Western World.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo progress on the greatest challenges of our time, from housing to climate change, healthcare to infrastructure, progressives need a vision of abundance, and the ability and willingness to enact transformative strategies. 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In this once-in-a-generation intervention, they unpick the barriers to progress and show how we can, and must, shift the political agenda to one that not only protects and preserves, but also builds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom healthcare to housing, infrastructure to innovation, they lay out a path to a future defined not by fear, but by abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47366930202860,"sku":"9781805226062","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8fa79d2d43afff831463ddc165d37734.jpg?v=1773112764"},{"product_id":"abundance-by-ezra-klein-9781668023488","title":"Abundance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2025\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 - \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOKS OF 2025 - NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming government so it can deliver for working people.\" -- Barack Obama - \"A terrific book... Powerful and persuasive.\" -- Fareed Zakaria - \"Spectacular... Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward... Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.\" -- David Brooks, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, \u003ci\u003eAbundance\u003c\/i\u003e is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don't have enough workers. 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