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Podcast: Plain English with Derek Thompson
Episode: ABUNDANCE! With Ezra Klein
Description: Donald Trump is serving up a scarcity agenda to America. He and the White House say we don’t have an economy that works, so we might just need to accept a period of economic hardship. They say America cannot afford its debt, and therefore we cannot afford health care for the poor. They say America doesn’t have enough manufacturing, so we have to accept less trade. They say America doesn’t have enough housing, and so we need fewer immigrants.America needs the opposite of this scarcity mindset to grow and thrive. We nee...