What Abundance Gets Wrong

Why Greater Efficiency Won't Stop the Republican Attacks on Government

During the past few months, “abundance” has become a familiar theme in political conversation. The idea has been championed by several prominent writers, including Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Yoni Appelbaum, and Martin Dunkelman, who argue that the core problem facing the United States is that the government is inefficient and has short-circuited its ow…