丰裕 (2025)

丰裕（Abundance）是由西蒙与舒斯特于2025年3月出版的一本非小说类书籍，该书探讨了美国公营住宅、基础设施和气候变化等项目缺乏进展的原因。该著作出版后不久便登上了纽约时报畅销书榜。

丰裕作者还提到，许多美国现代自由主义者执政的城市当局虽然出发点是好的，但他们的监管却阻碍了发展。 自20世纪70年代以来，美国现代自由主义者过于注重政策实施的过程而非结果，此外民主党人还支持土地使用分区管制、制定严格的环境法，这会导致经济发展停滞。

作者在书中提出了一个解决方案，叫富足议程，作者声称该方案能更好地平衡监管与经济发展之间的关系。

Abundance is a nonfiction book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson published by Avid Reader Press in March 2025. The book examines the reasons behind the lack of progress on ambitious industrial strategy projects in the United States, including those related to affordable housing, infrastructure, and climate change. It became a New York Times Best Seller and popularized the YIMBY ("Yes in my backyard") movement.

Klein and Thompson argue that the regulatory environment in many liberal cities, while well intentioned, stymies development. They write that liberals have been more concerned with blocking bad economic development than promoting good development since the 1970s. They say that Democrats have focused on the process rather than results and favored stasis over growth by backing zoning regulations, developing strict environmental laws, and tying expensive requirements to public infrastructure spending.

Klein and Thompson propose an "abundance agenda" that they say better manages the tradeoffs between regulations and social advancement, and lament that America is stuck between a progressive movement that is too afraid of economic growth and a conservative movement that is allergic to government intervention. They present the abundance agenda as a way to initiate new economic conditions that will diminish the appeal of the "socialist left" and the "populist-authoritarian right".

The book received a mixed reception from critics. Some praised the scope and clarity of the ideas presented, while others viewed the book as ignoring trade-offs and negative impacts.

Background

At the time of the book's publication, Ezra Klein worked as a columnist for The New York Times, while Derek Thompson held a position as staff writer for The Atlantic. The book originated from an essay published by Thompson in The Atlantic in January 2022. In an interview, the two authors talked about their differing perspectives when writing Abundance. Thompson stated that he felt "more comfortable starting with economics or technology", while Klein brought a viewpoint "versed in modern politics and political history".

Reception

Henry Grabar of Slate praised the book for being "unabashed in synthesizing good ideas". He wrote that Klein and Thompson present an essential vision of "a 'liberalism that builds'", which could serve as a proactive solution to stagnation of liberal governance, particularly in blue states; however, Grabar also observed that the authors provide remarkably little criticism of the second Trump administration. Benjamin Wallace-Wells of The New Yorker described Abundance as a "fair-minded book" that "recognizes some of the trade-offs that come with redesigning government for dynamism".

Writing for The New York Times, Samuel Moyn gave a mixed review. He questioned the potential consequences of an abundance-driven agenda, wondering whether it could reinforce a culture of consumption as a primary goal. He also critiqued the authors' viewpoint as occasionally sounding "like the brief of a few elite finance and tech bros in two or three coastal cities". Eric Levitz of Vox also provided a mixed review. He noted a disconnect between the authors' proposals and the political climate at the time of the book's publication. In Levitz's view, pressing issues like the gutting of the federal government and the subversion of court orders made the authors' focus on specific regulatory concerns, like suburban housing codes, seem comparatively minor. He further criticized the authors' avoidance of clearly addressing the trade-offs between their policy proposals and traditional progressive ideology.