Now before anyone calls me NYMB is disguise, I will say that I am a staunch YIMBY; I want to get get rid of zoning regulations, build more housings, I am willing to support cuts to certain regulations (not on safety stuff though), and the person I want to win the 2028 race is Beshear. I am absolute pro affordability and want things to be as cheap as possible while also paying workers good wages and having clean air.
\n\nThat being said, I have notice that quiet a few people tend to forget that lowering cost is only a part of what America needs, not the sole factor in policy making, and that sometimes actions that lower prices have drawbacks that make them poor policy overall.
\n\nThe two main forms I see this impulse take are 1: Some activists utter hostility to Private Sector Unions, and 2: A dislike for regulating or curtailing the power of big corporations I see sometimes expressed.
\n\nYes, Unions tend to raise the price of goods, that is a well-known fact. But the Price of Goods rises because it allows for the American worker to be paid more and for there to be more job security. I am not saying Unions are always right, they can overreach at times, especially the bloated public sector unions, but private sector Unions are the reason we have half the safety and good living conditions American workers enjoy now. Treating them as enemies to be opposed just seems to very out of touch given the current climate.
\n\nThe 2nd is an aversion to curtailing the power of bigger business, other through regulations or trust busting. Yes, I agree that massive megacorporations tend to have better benefits and tend to produce stuff at a much cheaper rate. That being said, it's also not very good to have individuals who often are fundamentally opposed to American democracy in the case of those that support the \"Dark Enlightenment\", wielding so much power in American life. I would say it's a good tradeoff to kneecap that power to preempt them trying to make America into an oligarchy like Russia or Hungry during Orbans, or just refusing to work with them after they showed overt support to authoritarian ideologies.
\n\nYes, we should deregulate housing specifically (aside from safety regulations), get rid of zoning, have more free trade, and we should work with corporations that aren't led by crazy people to help develop certain infrastructures.
\n\nAgain, this is not me saying Abundance is bad, I am a diehard YIMBY and 100 percent a supporter of abundance, this is just a criticism of how sometimes it's misused and misapplied to complex situations where the cost of goods and infrastructure isn't the only factor at play.
\n⬆️ 10 points | 💬 18 comments
","metadata":{"score":10,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tp9pfx","title":"Ezra Klein on Attention, Joe Rogan, Cancellation, and Young Men | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tp9pfx/ezra_klein_on_attention_joe_rogan_cancellation/","author":"volumeofatorus","published_at":"2026-05-27T15:54:29+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 25 points | 💬 11 comments
","metadata":{"score":39,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tp4n9v","title":"Time to freak out about the national debt | Yglesias","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tp4n9v/time_to_freak_out_about_the_national_debt_yglesias/","author":"AvianDentures","published_at":"2026-05-27T12:51:11+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.slowboring.com/p/time-to-freak-out-about-the-national
\n\n\n\nSubmission Statement: Matt Yglesias argues that now is exactly the time Democrats and policymakers should take the national debt more seriously: not because austerity is always good, but because Keynesian logic cuts both ways. If deficit spending is appropriate during a slump, then deficit reduction is more defensible during a period of full employment, strong growth, and persistent concern about inflation.
\n\nI thought this was relevant to the Ezra Klein community because it connects to a lot of recurring themes here: abundance, state capacity, interest rates, the politics of scarcity, and whether Democrats need a more credible governing story around tradeoffs. Yglesias’s point is not “cut everything,” but that a party that wants to make ambitious public investments should also care about fiscal capacity and avoid treating every tax cut or spending program as free.
\n\nCurious how people here think about this. Is deficit reduction a necessary part of a serious abundance agenda, or is this just a return to premature austerity politics under a new label?
\n⬆️ 14 points | 💬 12 comments
","metadata":{"score":127,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tocv5a","title":"A Sweeping Theory of Everything Is Revolutionizing the Democratic Party","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tocv5a/a_sweeping_theory_of_everything_is/","author":"quiplaam","published_at":"2026-05-26T16:54:20+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/antitrust-theory-barry-lynn/687287/
\n\n\n\nThis article explains the Neo-Brandeisian antitrust movement and how Barry C. Lynn propelled it into the Democratic mainstream, becoming very influential during the Biden administration. Chait argues that antimonopoly changed from preventing large companies from exploiting their size to distort markets, to a totalizing ideology that believes corporate consolidation is the root of all issues in the US. He argues this totalization leads neo-brandeisians to misdiagnose what is actually causing many of the problems the US faces and causes them to reject actual solutions to those problems. Chait specifically brings us the anti-monopoly reaction to abundance where they accused Ezra and Derek of corporate stooges. I think this article would be a good point of discussion for what parts modern anti-monopoly movement should be incorporated into democratic / liberal /abundance policy
\n⬆️ 18 points | 💬 46 comments
","metadata":{"score":61,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1to9jpg","title":"Yuval Noah Harari on the Ruinous Story America and Israel Are Telling","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1to9jpg/yuval_noah_harari_on_the_ruinous_story_america/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-26T15:00:27+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 2 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":10,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1to4kk7","title":"Yuval Noah Harari on the Mistake Strongmen Keep Making","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1to4kk7/yuval_noah_harari_on_the_mistake_strongmen_keep/","author":"Dreadedvegas","published_at":"2026-05-26T11:49:45+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6mYiU3SDr64vJsdvT4yIAi?si=-jdLgcVJScyhwFLh6r9TBg
\n\n\n\nWhat are the conditions that enable a country to become great — or great again? The Trump administration — and other right-wing movements in other countries — offers a vision of greatness based on power and domination abroad, and a mix of shared national and religious stories at home. And that vision is clearly appealing to a lot of people. Liberals in the U.S. and elsewhere have been struggling to tell a story that can compete.
\n\nWhat story would Yuval Noah Harari tell? One of the through lines of Harari’s best-selling books — “Sapiens,” “Homo Deus,” “Nexus” — is the huge role that stories play in shaping the arc of history, driving humans to cooperate on a grand scale to achieve great things, or divide violently against one another.
\n\nSo I wanted to ask him about the stories that the U.S. and Israel, in particular, seem to have embraced right now. What does history tell us about the power of this story? And why does the liberal story seem so weak right now?
\n\nMentioned:
\n\nSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
\n\nHomo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
\n\nUnstoppable Us, Volume 3 by Yuval Noah Harari
\n\n“Understanding AI” by Timothy B. Lee
\n\nBook Recommendations:
\n\nThe MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut
\n\nChimpanzee Politics by Frans de Waal
\n\nBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
\n⬆️ 12 points | 💬 33 comments
","metadata":{"score":45,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tnyb11","title":"Revisiting Ezra Klein's \"future of the Democrats\" interviews after the last few months","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tnyb11/revisiting_ezra_kleins_future_of_the_democrats/","author":"socks_optional","published_at":"2026-05-26T06:15:59+00:00","content":"\n\n\nOne thing I keep thinking about from the post-2024 Ezra Klein podcast run is how politicians like Jake Auchincloss and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez were presented as examples of a possible Democratic “way forward.” Klein had both on pretty soon after the election.
\n\nI understand what made them stand out a bit. They are younger Democrats, rhetorically against activist language, willing to critique parts of the party, etc. But since those interviews, I honestly think both have been major disappointments and recent electoral evidence might suggest that the “moderate heterodox Democrat” lane is a bit overrated.
\n\nMGP in particular keeps ending up in the small bloc of Democrats helping Republicans pass awful legislation, including the recent anti-trans school bill. And now Auchincloss is publicly attacking Graham Platner in Maine in a way that, at minimum, feels more helpful to Susan Collins than to Democrats trying to win the seat. He is saying Platner was “personally disqualifying” and that he hoped Maine voters agreed with him. Which I understand those who are still iffy about the tattoo, but to me the time to air that was during the primary. Now his only opponent is Collins and no Democrat in good standing should be assisting a Republican majority in the Senate.
\n\nWhat makes this interesting to me specifically in the context of Ezra Klein is that both politicians were elevated as people Democrats should learn from after 2024. But as we get further from 2024, are they the types of Dems actually building a durable coalition? Or are they mostly just popular with elite media/podcast audiences who want Democrats to sound culturally moderate while still being economically center-left?
\n\nI’m curious whether other people here have reconsidered those episodes or the broader “future Democrat” conversation since then.
\n⬆️ 10 points | 💬 10 comments
","metadata":{"score":76,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tnux3e","title":"Is Abundance aesthetics based on solarpunk?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tnux3e/is_abundance_aesthetics_based_on_solarpunk/","author":"RedStorm1917","published_at":"2026-05-26T03:29:07+00:00","content":"\n\n\nI notice lots of artwork related to Abundance looks similar to solarpunk, and movements related to Abundance like New Urbanism, walkable 15-minute cities, mixed-use development, Green Georgism, and Universal Basic Income also are influenced by solarpunk aesthetics. However, it seems like the solarpunk movement itself is fundamentally anti-capitalist
\n⬆️ 0 points | 💬 7 comments
","metadata":{"score":0,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tmp6v3","title":"The ‘Vibecession’ Is Over. The ‘Permacession’ Is Here.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tmp6v3/the_vibecession_is_over_the_permacession_is_here/","author":"Bill_Nihilist","published_at":"2026-05-24T21:43:13+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/americans-depressed-economy/687278/
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 83 points | 💬 124 comments
","metadata":{"score":130,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tkt460","title":"Klein's most complete (so far) articulation of his views on the backlash against data center development","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tkt460/kleins_most_complete_so_far_articulation_of_his/","author":"Helicase21","published_at":"2026-05-22T19:23:02+00:00","content":"\n\n\nThis was generated from the YouTube recording of Klein's recent conversation with Chris Hayes using an automated transcription tool then edited by me for clarity:
\n\n> Hayes: I want to ask this question because we have a question from the audience and I think it sort of brings us to the data center fight because that's where like the rubber hits the road on all this like at some level I'm extremely sympathetic to people fighting the data centers. At another level, there's part of me that's like, well, this is just the NIMBY gun pointed at another target. Usually, I don't like the target they're pointing it at, but maybe this target's fine. This question from the audience is, how would a system of government in the abundance model balance ensuring public sector decisions are both effective and democratic? We're seeing these fights over data centers. How would it resist capture by big corporations?
\n\n> Klein: It's a big question. I'll keep it on the data center point. The thing I have heard talking to a lot of governors, mayors, representatives involved in the data center fights because to be blunt about this question, the way the American political system tries to balance this is that we elect people and they're supposed to be able to balance the various incentives and interests of society in a way that makes sense.
\n\n> And the thing that I think the people who are more forward-looking on this are saying is look, if you want all these data centers, what you have to do is not just pay for the electricity they're going to use. That's table stakes. This is a tremendous amount of investment, a railroad’s level of investment that is going to genuinely be either a huge strain [on] or an opportunity for transformation of a lot of our infrastructure, particularly our energy infrastructure. And so the the data center buildout has to be harnessed, in their view, to some public vision about how it is actually benefiting the communities it is part of. In this way, data centers are not like homes. When we argue that it should be easier to build homes, the reason it should be easier to build homes is [that] it is good for people to live in communities. Like the idea is not omni-building, right? I don't want you to be able to build more coal power plants because those are bad for communities. And the question of whether a data center is good for the community it is in. There's questions about the broader state, about the broader country, right? There's questions about the AI race with China. But the question of whether it's good for a community it’s in, that is something we actually know how to at least try to think about balancing. Now you could at the state level create framework legislation about what kinds of investments in the grid, what kinds of investments in water, what kinds of investments in creating modernization that is desperately needed in order to do big buildouts you want to force. And then if you create a clear set of rules of the road, then there's certainty on how to invest and what you can get done. But what all the people actually dealing with this at town hall meetings tell me, and I think they're right about, is that unless you can tell a town what is in it for them, they don't want it. And they're right. Nothing is in it for them except a bit of tax revenue. But that's not impossible if there's all this money behind it. Money is fungible. Money can do a lot of things, and particularly as an opportunity to modernize our energy grid.
\n⬆️ 23 points | 💬 22 comments
","metadata":{"score":65,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tjrvk9","title":"Does Anybody Know How to Solve an American Debt Crisis? | Plain English","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tjrvk9/does_anybody_know_how_to_solve_an_american_debt/","author":"Guilty-Hope1336","published_at":"2026-05-21T17:37:32+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 20 points | 💬 55 comments
","metadata":{"score":56,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tj16ff","title":"The Weird Political System That Built a Better City","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tj16ff/the_weird_political_system_that_built_a_better/","author":"Boring_Pace5158","published_at":"2026-05-20T22:24:37+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEzra’s discussions with Lee Drutman got me thinking about this video by the urbanist YouTube channel Oh the Urbanity. In the video they discuss the Montreal’s unique system of having local political parties, which only run on Montreal-specific issues. The result has been having the city be more proactive and innovative than most other North American cities.
\n⬆️ 12 points | 💬 3 comments
","metadata":{"score":35,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tix1p5","title":"All In with Chris Hayes: AI and the Public Good with Ezra Klein","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tix1p5/all_in_with_chris_hayes_ai_and_the_public_good/","author":"volumeofatorus","published_at":"2026-05-20T19:57:55+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Hayes interviewed Ezra about AI and how the political system should interact with AI companies. Interestingly, Ezra was pretty dismissive of claims that superintelligence is near, and that instead we should focus on AI as it current exists. He said we should view it as something the government should have a say in, and that we need to focus on regulating its harms and ensuring it’s used to benefit society instead of just wealthy Silicon Valley investors.
\n⬆️ 15 points | 💬 8 comments
","metadata":{"score":39,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tiqsnf","title":"James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tiqsnf/james_murdoch_buys_half_of_vox_media/","author":"zzxxzzxxzz","published_at":"2026-05-20T16:26:06+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 35 points | 💬 17 comments
","metadata":{"score":58,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tipn7i","title":"New Wendover video: \"California High Speed Rail: An Autopsy\"","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tipn7i/new_wendover_video_california_high_speed_rail_an/","author":"CardinalOfNYC","published_at":"2026-05-20T15:47:13+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNot EK, himself but this is covering one of the signature bits from abundance, how high speed rail failed in California, one of the most left leaning states in America.
\n\nI find Wendover is pretty neutral and unbiased. He is left leaning in that \"reality has a liberal bias\" way but he's rarely explicitly political, so I am looking forward to this one!
\n⬆️ 9 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":32,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1thyb8r","title":"Zoning and the Dynamics of Urban Redevelopment","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1thyb8r/zoning_and_the_dynamics_of_urban_redevelopment/","author":"Plenty_Rub81","published_at":"2026-05-19T19:54:15+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://vrollet.github.io/files/city_structure.pdf
\n\n\nSubmission statement: a top economics working paper (Best student paper at the 2025 European UEA meeting) adds some nuance to our discussion of zoning changes. From the abstract: \"While zoning strongly constrains city growth, the effects of relaxing regulation take decades to materialize and are limited in inexpensive or densely built areas. This is due to the large fixed costs of redevelopment, which rise sharply with the size of existing buildings.\"
\n\nSome key findings:
\n\nIn the data: \"96% of demolished buildings are replaced with larger ones, with new structures on average 3.4 times larger than the ones they replace\"
In the data: \"While upzoning does increase construction, its effects materialize slowly over time: ten years after the policy change, only 9% of the newly allowed floorspace has been built\"
Model prediction: \"an ambitious but realistic upzoning of NYC could increase the city’s floorspace supply by 15 pp over 40 years. However, the take-up of upzoning remains limited in the medium run: at a 40-year horizon, only 18% of the newly allowed floorspace is built\"
Model prediction: \"Fully removing zoning regulations yields larger increases in floorspace (+58 pp), but even in this extreme scenario, residential rents in NYC decrease only moderately (-17 pp)...removing zoning would still yield sizable welfare gains for New Yorkers (+13 pp by 2060), with lower-income workers benefiting the most\"
All credit of summary to u/MarkRobinsonsBurner
\n⬆️ 6 points | 💬 18 comments
","metadata":{"score":13,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1thm1s3","title":"How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1thm1s3/how_to_end_the_gerrymandering_doom_loop_forever/","author":"Radical_Ein","published_at":"2026-05-19T12:51:55+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nWe have entered a world of maximum gerrymandering warfare. Any guardrails that once existed, from the Constitution or the courts, have been bulldozed over the last decade – most recently in the Supreme Court decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act and made it harder for minorities to challenge racially discriminatory voting maps.
\n\nRed and blue states alike have been aggressively trying to redraw their congressional maps in response to all these developments. And there is no sign that will end in 2028; legislatures will just continue trying to tweak their lines to squeeze out advantage for whatever party is in power. And competitive districts in this country – already an endangered species – now teeter on extinction.
\n\nThat is, unless something dramatic changes.
\n\nLee Drutman is a senior fellow in the political reform program at New America. He’s one of the most persistent and thoughtful advocates of selecting House members through proportional representation – a system used in many other countries that would make gerrymandering much more difficult. He’s the author of the 2020 book “Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America” and writes the newsletter Undercurrent Events.
\n⬆️ 40 points | 💬 106 comments
","metadata":{"score":84,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1the8ab","title":"Why are there so many _virtually_ duplicate posts for every discussion post?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1the8ab/why_are_there_so_many_virtually_duplicate_posts/","author":"Garfish16","published_at":"2026-05-19T06:18:05+00:00","content":"\n\n\nDoesn't this kinda go against the spirit and text of Rule 5?
\n⬆️ 0 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":0,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1thd8uj","title":"Why are there so many _nearly_ duplicate posts for every discussion post?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1thd8uj/why_are_there_so_many_nearly_duplicate_posts_for/","author":"im2wddrf","published_at":"2026-05-19T05:26:22+00:00","content":"\n\n\nDoesn't this also go against the spirit and text of Rule 5?
\n⬆️ 7 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":7,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1thczqi","title":"Why are there so many _almost_ duplicate posts for every podcast episode?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1thczqi/why_are_there_so_many_almost_duplicate_posts_for/","author":"mustacheofquestions","published_at":"2026-05-19T05:13:43+00:00","content":"\n\n\nBafflingly, these also seem to be created by the Mod. Doesn't this also go against the spirit and text of Rule 5?
\n⬆️ 8 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":45,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tgsh53","title":"The solution to the fertility crisis is pro family ultra conservatism.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tgsh53/the_solution_to_the_fertility_crisis_is_pro/","author":"taboo__time","published_at":"2026-05-18T16:50:36+00:00","content":"\n\n\nIn regard to the recent Plain English fertility podcast posted here.
\n\nI do not support pro family ultra conservatism but I'm looking at the default conclusion.
\n\nIf you look at the US history the 19th century all kinds of wild religious movements started. Some from people moving from Europe. Two examples are the Mormons and the Shakers.
\n\nThe Mormons were started by a person who believed in having very large families.
\n\nThe Shakers believed sex was a sin.
\n\nThe Mormons now dominate Utah and the Shakers are extinct. The difference was cultural. In all the talk of fertility it seems the high disparity between cultures was missed. The only cultures inside industrial nations with positive repro rates are the ultra religious conservatives. They have the desire and plan to keep reproduction high. Any time a religion or sect liberalises it heads into negative reproduction rates. Whatever the religion.
\n\nYes people convert from ultra conservative identities but culture is mostly inherited. Ultras are focused on raising the children without liberal influences.
\n\nThe logical conclusion of this is a world, I mean globally dominated by ultra religious identities.
\n\nGilead by default. Little room for liberalism.
\n\nLots of cultures have a negative repro. But ONLY pro family ultra conservative cultures have a positive repro.
\n\nEven if they decline they still outcompete over time as their rates fall a slower rate.
\n\nA culture has to have people in their 20s meeting and reproducing. Otherwise it is too late for that culture.
\n\nThe Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Think
\n\nPlain English podcast with Derek Thompson
\n\nI'm in the UK but here's the US stats.
\n\nThe Future Of American Religion: Birth Rates Show Who's Having More Kids
\n⬆️ 4 points | 💬 211 comments
","metadata":{"score":0,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tgnp2w","title":"Pema Chödrön's Book Recommendations","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tgnp2w/pema_chödröns_book_recommendations/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-18T14:05:34+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 0 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":0,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tfrj5v","title":"Don’t Run Away From Fear. ‘Agree’ With It.","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tfrj5v/dont_run_away_from_fear_agree_with_it/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-17T14:45:40+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 8 points | 💬 2 comments
","metadata":{"score":9,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1teuqu9","title":"Pema Chödrön on Letting Go of ‘Unnecessary Suffering’","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1teuqu9/pema_chödrön_on_letting_go_of_unnecessary/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-16T14:10:07+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 7 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":5,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1teamdr","title":"You Should Sit With Boredom","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1teamdr/you_should_sit_with_boredom/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-15T22:01:02+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 4 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":9,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1te3dm1","title":"The Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Think - Plain English with Derek Thompson","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1te3dm1/the_global_fertility_crisis_is_worse_than_you/","author":"mcsul","published_at":"2026-05-15T17:37:26+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0BnAg30CTKAHTr26kaOkXW
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 54 points | 💬 178 comments
","metadata":{"score":102,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1te0lyq","title":"This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1te0lyq/this_is_why_i_find_pema_chödrön_so_essential/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-15T16:00:45+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 2 points | 💬 1 comments
","metadata":{"score":3,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tdzdew","title":"I interviewed Matt Yglesias for my podcast","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tdzdew/i_interviewed_matt_yglesias_for_my_podcast/","author":"AndreskXurenejaud","published_at":"2026-05-15T15:17:00+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://andrewxu218.substack.com/p/matthew-yglesias-on-the-path-forward-849
\n\n\n\nHope you all enjoy! I also gave this subreddit a shout-out, it turns out he knows about us 😅
\n⬆️ 24 points | 💬 38 comments
","metadata":{"score":38,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tdt4ol","title":"This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tdt4ol/this_is_why_i_find_pema_chödrön_so_essential/","author":"QuestionBrain","published_at":"2026-05-15T11:11:39+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-pema-chodron.html
\n\n\n\nWhat do you do when you feel anxious or insecure? Many of us try to push the feeling away, or we ruminate on it, or try to solve it, or avoid the thought altogether. But what would happen if we did the exact opposite?
\n\nThe Buddhist nun and teacher Pema Chödrön is the author of many beloved books, including “When Things Fall Apart,” “Welcoming the Unwelcome” and — my personal favorite — “Comfortable With Uncertainty.” And she has a way of inviting people to befriend the parts of life that typically induce dread — from uncertainty and suffering to loss and discomfort. And she argues that the process of sitting with these experiences and emotions actually releases their power over us. In a time as chaotic and tumultuous as ours, she has so much practical wisdom to share.
\n\nIn this conversation, she shares what it looks like to actually let go of difficult emotions, the art of “collaborating with reality” when things don’t go as expected, and how to awaken yourself to the “nowness” of life.
\n\nMentioned:
\n\nComfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön
\n\nWhen Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
\n\nWelcoming the Unwelcome by Pema Chödrön
\n\nAnother Kind of Freedom by Pema Chödrön
\n\nBook Recommendations:
\n\nShambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chögyam Trungpa
\n\nZen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
\n\nEnlightened Vagabond by Matthieu Ricard
\n⬆️ 11 points | 💬 4 comments
","metadata":{"score":44,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1td77se","title":"Are abundance and liberality two sides of the same coin?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1td77se/are_abundance_and_liberality_two_sides_of_the/","author":"m_t_steiner","published_at":"2026-05-14T18:40:42+00:00","content":"\n\n\nListening to Ezra’s conversation with Helena Rosenblatt, and then the recent Abundance follow-up episode with Derek Thompson and Marc Dunkelman, I kept thinking there’s a deeper tension inside modern liberalism that Ezra is circling around but hasn’t fully articulated yet.
\n\nFor most of liberalism’s history, “liberal” didn’t just mean procedural neutrality or individual rights. Rosenblatt’s point is that the older liberal tradition (from Cicero to Tocqueville to Mill) was deeply concerned with the formation of citizens capable of self-government.
\n\nThat tradition assumed free societies required certain civic and moral capacities, like self-restraint, public spiritedness, reciprocity, and democratic participation.
\n\nBut after the catastrophes of the 20th century, liberal thinkers became understandably suspicious of any politics centered on “forming” people. This is the argument that Samuel Moyn makes in his recent book, Liberalism Against Itself (hopefully, Ezra will invite Prof. Moyn to his podcast).
\n\nLiberalism increasingly retreated into neutrality: protect rights, avoid coercion, let individuals pursue their own conception of the good life.
\n\nThe problem is that the vacuum never stayed neutral.
\n\nMarkets shape people. Social media shapes people. Consumer capitalism shapes people.
\n\nAnd this is where I think the recent Abundance debates become really interesting. In the recent episode, Derek Thompson acknowledged that concentrated corporate power is also part of the problem, not just bureaucratic sclerosis.
\n\nThat feels important because neoliberalism wasn’t just an economic framework. It was also a formation project. It produced a certain kind of self: hyper-individualized, entrepreneurial, optimized for consumption, detached from durable institutions and shared civic life.
\n\nIn other words, liberalism stopped intentionally forming citizens, but the market never stopped forming consumers.
\n\nAnd I increasingly think this helps explain why Ezra has become more interested in meaning, belonging, institutional trust, loneliness, and civic life over the last few years. A lot of people are not just materially dissatisfied. They feel socially unformed and existentially untethered.
\n\nThat’s also why I think some conservatives might have been partially right about the diagnosis of liberalism's ailings (though often very wrong about the solutions, like abortion bans and anti-gay crusades): free societies actually do depend on institutions that cultivate democratic character.
\n\nConsider families, schools, unions, churches, civic associations, mentorship structures, and public service. These institutions (what we call \"civil society\") have withered on the grape vine over the past fifty years. We are, to borrow the words of Robert Putnam, \"bowling alone\" and doom scrolling ourselves into oblivion, one Netflix binge at a time.
\n\nSo I guess the questions I’m left with after the Rosenblatt and Thompson episodes are:
\n\nCan liberalism recover a thicker vision of citizenship and civic formation without sliding into paternalism or authoritarianism?
\n\nAnd can it also produce material abundance alongside social abundance and generate the kinds of institutions needed sustain liberal democracy in the face of democratic backsliding and populist demagogy?
\n\nCurious what others here think about this interpretation and whether it's a fair reading of Ezra's recent work on this topic.
\n⬆️ 12 points | 💬 3 comments
","metadata":{"score":16,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tcv6qn","title":"Ross Douthat - China Doesn't Worry About AI Like We Do","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tcv6qn/ross_douthat_china_doesnt_worry_about_ai_like_we/","author":"mcsul","published_at":"2026-05-14T11:22:45+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 24 points | 💬 29 comments
","metadata":{"score":42,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tb2t9e","title":"Tom Steyer’s Plan to Fix Modular Housing","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tb2t9e/tom_steyers_plan_to_fix_modular_housing/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-12T14:10:51+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 3 points | 💬 3 comments
","metadata":{"score":29,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1tayqvb","title":"I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1tayqvb/i_have_some_questions_for_the_democrats_who_want/","author":"Dreadedvegas","published_at":"2026-05-12T11:28:13+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2SL7x64OnhMddi0W6fexXR?si=_xFQmV7_QzSAkUt4g73cjw
\n\n\n\nOn Friday, I moderated a forum with the top Democratic candidates for California governor, focusing on the state’s housing crisis.
\n\nCalifornia’s current governor, Gavin Newsom, came into office in 2019 promising to build millions of homes. And in the years since, dozens of pro-housing laws have passed, designed to cut red tape and spur more construction. And yet the number of homes being built in California is basically the same as when he took office, and the state’s housing crisis remains, arguably, the worst in the country. So I wanted to know what the next governor would do about it.
\n\nWe taped this at the Calvin Simmons Theater in Oakland, Calif. The candidates on the stage were Xavier Becerra, a former attorney general of California and health and human services secretary under President Joe Biden; Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose and a tech entrepreneur; Katie Porter, a former U.S. representative; Tom Steyer, a former San Francisco hedge fund manager, a climate activist and a philanthropist; and Antonio Villaraigosa, a former mayor of Los Angeles and speaker of the California State Assembly. This panel was recorded live. The Times did not fact-check candidates’ remarks.
\n\nMentioned:
\n\n“Cost to Build Multifamily Housing in California More Than Twice as High as in Texas” by RAND
\n\n“What Worries Me Most About ‘Abundance’” with Derek Thompson and Marc Dunkelman, The Ezra Klein Show
\n\nBook Recommendations:
\n\nThe Hour of the Predator by Giuliano da Empoli
\n\nRain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
\n\nYesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
\n\nWhy Nothing Works by Marc J. Dunkelman
\n\nOurs Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt
\n⬆️ 20 points | 💬 20 comments
","metadata":{"score":64,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1ta4lvo","title":"Book Recommendations from Julia Belluz","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1ta4lvo/book_recommendations_from_julia_belluz/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-11T14:15:38+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 1 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":6,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1ta36gl","title":"Aesthetics of Abundance","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1ta36gl/aesthetics_of_abundance/","author":"bewidness","published_at":"2026-05-11T13:22:46+00:00","content":"\n\n\nDid listen to the Abundance recap podcast and felt like Derek was not willing to entertain what I take as a fairly serious issue about the optics of abundance.
\n\nI don't even think it's debatable that there is a lot of contempt for some of the key designs of new construction housing, whether it is called 'ikea' or 'cookie cutter' or that it's not historic enough for the neighorhood.
\n\nEzra has probably talked about this elsewhere, but even the brownstones in Brooklyn etc I understand were held in contempt at the time, so there's always going to be something of a lag between what new construction looks like versus a more traditional/historic housing format.
\n\nThe other thing I have read recently is that builders take out most of the mature trees when they are building in the suburbs. So it takes a decade or longer for that kind of landscaping to recover.
\n\nIn the DC area, you see new neighborhoods with no trees and they just look a bit barren.
\n⬆️ 23 points | 💬 38 comments
","metadata":{"score":36,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t983ue","title":"GLP-1s and the ‘Wild West’ of Wellness","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t983ue/glp1s_and_the_wild_west_of_wellness/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-10T14:15:30+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 7 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":8,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t89jdr","title":"How GLP-1s Suppress Our Hunger. (It’s Weird.)","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t89jdr/how_glp1s_suppress_our_hunger_its_weird/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-09T16:25:45+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 0 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":8,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t7odww","title":"The forum has begun! Watch along on YouTube","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t7odww/the_forum_has_begun_watch_along_on_youtube/","author":"nytopinion","published_at":"2026-05-08T23:34:37+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/6HETwu7Kfu8
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 15 points | 💬 10 comments
","metadata":{"score":56,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t7e5f1","title":"GLP-1s Are a Lot Weirder Than Anyone Thought","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t7e5f1/glp1s_are_a_lot_weirder_than_anyone_thought/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-08T17:10:52+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 1 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":14,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t77ioa","title":"What Will California’s Next Governor Do About Housing?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t77ioa/what_will_californias_next_governor_do_about/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-08T13:10:31+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/mXDkEfV70Cg
\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 1 points | 💬 0 comments
","metadata":{"score":7,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t73x51","title":"We’re at the Dawn of the Ozempic Era — and It’s Really Weird","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t73x51/were_at_the_dawn_of_the_ozempic_era_and_its/","author":"QuestionBrain","published_at":"2026-05-08T10:26:37+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-julia-belluz.html
\n\n\n\nHere’s a shocking number: One out of eight American adults is taking a GLP-1, like Ozempic or Zepbound, according to a KFF poll.
\n\nGLP-1s are the biggest pharmaceutical story since antidepressants. But there’s still so much we don’t know.
\n\n“We’re only at the beginning of what’s been called this Ozempic era,” the journalist Julia Belluz told me. “I think we’re really just at the beginning of discovering the benefits and the harms of these drugs.” These discoveries begin in the research but are also expanding into how we think about our punishing beauty standards and the blurry lines between illness and wellness.
\n\nBelluz is a contributing Opinion writer and the author, with Kevin Hall, of “Food Intelligence.” She’s one of the best health and science reporters I know and has been reporting on GLP-1s for years.
\n\nIn this conversation, Belluz takes me through what we know — and don’t know — about GLP-1s, their unexpected uses, how they are clashing with a culture obsessed with thinness and looksmaxxing, and whether everyone should be on them.
\n\nMentioned:
\n\n“The obesity pay gap is worse than previously thought” by The Economist
\n\n“The Great Ozempic Experiment” by Julia Belluz
\n\nBook Recommendations:
\n\nBehave by Robert M. Sapolsky
\n\nThe Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
\n\nUltra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken
\n⬆️ 41 points | 💬 153 comments
","metadata":{"score":132,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t6z0h1","title":"Inside Ezra Klein's Rise to Podcast Fame","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t6z0h1/inside_ezra_kleins_rise_to_podcast_fame/","author":"Radical_Ein","published_at":"2026-05-08T05:51:57+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ezra-klein-rise-podcast-fame-1236585530/
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 6 points | 💬 5 comments
","metadata":{"score":48,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t6f8h3","title":"History Is Running Backwards","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t6f8h3/history_is_running_backwards/","author":"brianscalabrainey","published_at":"2026-05-07T16:15:17+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/reactionary-traditionalism-worldview/686597/
\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 9 points | 💬 15 comments
","metadata":{"score":17,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t5yf8w","title":"California Gubernatorial Candidates Housing Forum","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t5yf8w/california_gubernatorial_candidates_housing_forum/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-07T03:05:35+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 17 points | 💬 4 comments
","metadata":{"score":36,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t5nsz5","title":"Ezra Klein moderates the California gubernatorial candidates housing forum this Friday","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t5nsz5/ezra_klein_moderates_the_california_gubernatorial/","author":"nytopinion","published_at":"2026-05-06T19:51:05+00:00","content":"\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/6HETwu7Kfu8
\n\n\n\nHousing is the single biggest issue facing California. What will the state’s next governor do about it? On Friday, May 8, Ezra Klein will moderate a forum with top Democratic candidates for governor, giving them a chance to explain how they would actually solve, or at least make progress on, the issue.
\n\nTune into our YouTube livestream on Friday, May 8, at 4:15 p.m. P.T. / 7:15 p.m. E.T.
\n⬆️ 83 points | 💬 18 comments
","metadata":{"score":181,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t5nisc","title":"Is it just me or does Ezra Klein not know if he’s a liberal or conservative?","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t5nisc/is_it_just_me_or_does_ezra_klein_not_know_if_hes/","author":"Creative_Pen7789","published_at":"2026-05-06T19:41:00+00:00","content":"\n\n\nA little bit tongue in cheek but the way he opines about the failures of liberal policy I think he secretly wishes he were a conservative, something that was pointed out by David sacks on the all in podcast when Ezra was on there. What do you think? It’s kind of funny.
\n⬆️ 0 points | 💬 34 comments
","metadata":{"score":0,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4n86v","title":"The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t4n86v/the_book_that_changed_how_i_think_about_liberalism/","author":"dwaxe","published_at":"2026-05-05T18:00:44+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 0 points | 💬 3 comments
","metadata":{"score":6,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4mhbc","title":"James Murdoch's company said to be in talks to aquire most of Vox Media","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t4mhbc/james_murdochs_company_said_to_be_in_talks_to/","author":"CardinalOfNYC","published_at":"2026-05-05T17:35:39+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the record, Ezra Klein is not involved in this. He founded Vox.com in 2014, which is different to the parent company, Vox Media, which existed beforehand. Klein left the company in 2020.
\n\nCertainly seems relevant though, not just for his project ending up part of this but for the broader implications around journalism which Klein covers.
\n⬆️ 16 points | 💬 13 comments
","metadata":{"score":96,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4kmgr","title":"Great Conversation on Liberalism happening on American Prestige Pod","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t4kmgr/great_conversation_on_liberalism_happening_on/","author":"SameAwareness4078","published_at":"2026-05-05T16:32:43+00:00","content":"\n\n\nTitle kinda says it all. American Prestige Pod has several great episodes on a bunch of aspects of liberalism that Ezra Klein fans would appreciate. Hope y'all enjoy it as much as I do.
\n⬆️ 6 points | 💬 3 comments
","metadata":{"score":17,"source_feed_id":"r-ezraklein","source_feed_type":"reddit"}},{"id":"1t4c5h4","title":"The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism - Ezra Klein Show","link":"https://www.reddit.com/r/ezraklein/comments/1t4c5h4/the_book_that_changed_how_i_think_about/","author":"mcsul","published_at":"2026-05-05T11:04:16+00:00","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n⬆️ 20 points | 💬 32 comments
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