appreciate the book rec. and your other comments. It's given me a lot to think about. Ultimately I want us to build more housing, clean energy infrastructure, public transit, etc. Abundance seems to provide a sensible approach, but I'm open to learning about other viewpoints.

Thanks. I agree privatization is harmful and that regulations are generally good. It's just that my impression was that Abundance isn't in favor of privatization and is only in favor of changing harmful regulations (e.g. zoning laws). However I will admit I'm not an expert in these topics and I do..

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out

Honestly, I should reread the book more closely (I only listened to the audiobook), but my overall interpretation was that they argue for a larger role of the government in building important projects (a la New Deal, but focused on solving 21st century problems like climate change and housing).

I can see why you'd interpret it that way. To me, their point was not that building public housing is in inefficient and therefore we should make it easier to build private housing. Their point was that we should make building public housing more efficient and build more of it.

That was my take! I could be wrong though. But here's a quote from ch. 3: "It is damning that you can build affordable housing so much more cheaply and swiftly by forgoing public funds. Shouldn't things happen faster when they are backed by the might and the money of the government?"

As to whether Abundance argues markets are the solution: I don't really know, I should reread it. However my initial takeaway was that the government should play a larger role in economic planning, esp. in areas where markets are failing, e.g. housing & green energy. This quote from Vox sums it up:

I was thinking of this quote from ch. 3: "It is damning that you can build affordable housing so much more cheaply and swiftly by forgoing public funds. Shouldn't things happen faster when they are backed by the might and the money of the government?"

I don't think Abundance is arguing that markets are the solution. They want to make it easier for the government to build more public housing.

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