You don’t need to scrap planning and zoning to get abundant and affordable housing. In fact, planning and zoning can help get housing built.

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The emerging democratic reform agenda is great to see, and lacking the critical component that could make it the start of a new American politics

This week, Ezra Klein invited on his podcast his _Abundance_ co-author, Derek Thompson, and Marc Dunkelman, the scholar and author of _Why Nothing Works?_ , to talk about the movement their books launched. It was good timing: The shadow primary for the 2028 Democratic nomination for president is already underway, and for some, it’s a battle between the “abundance” movement—which is often…

_You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here._

A year ago, “abundance” was being widely discussed in Democratic Party circles. The concept is essentially that liberals should concentrate on reducing unnecessary regulations and bottlenecks to make it easier to build houses, public transit, and…

This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 10 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.

Perry Bacon: So I want to start by talking about—taking us back to about a year ago. I think last March, the book Abundance was released by Derek Thompson, then of The Atlantic , [and] Ezra Klein of _The New York…

In early February, Axios reported that “Ezra Klein’s Abundance movement is getting some backup” in the form of a new group: Next American Era, headed by former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee head, Illinois congresswoman, and longtime Washington insider Cheri Bustos. Bustos’s group, per the report, would be committed to “‘pro-growth,’ deregulatory policies.” This is hardly surprising;…