AbundanceAgenda

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The challenges of the 21st century demand a more muscular, competent government than we’ve had in the US over the past few decades. Climate change, democratic backsliding, rising China, artificial intelligence and biotechnology risk, etc. are hard problems to solve. With a government in retreat, we will not succeed. In order to transform government over the next decade or two, we need a new aspirational politics that transcends petty partisan bickering.

“Abundance” can be the container for that politics: it’s more of the good stuff, broadly available and affordable to regular people. It’s abundant housing, clean energy, education, public safety, dignified jobs, etc. It adds up to abundant opportunity, so zip code doesn’t determine life outcome, and your kids’ life prospects are better than your own.

To achieve Abundance, we need to nail both policy & implementation, but to date we’ve mainly thought of Abundance as the outcomes we want + the policies we need to get there. This ignores implementation.1

The ability for government to accomplish its policy objectives is called “State Capacity.”

Abundance needs State Capacity, and State Capacity needs Abundance.