Abundance

What are the pros and cons of a society rooted in negotiation versus a society in which decisions by the government are made more unilaterally?  Use examples from Abundance and outside research.

Abundance is a blend of investigative journalism and political and economic commentary. How do Klein and Thompson blend these genres to accomplish their literary goals?

How likely are Klein and Thompson’s suggestions for cultivating abundance to be implemented in the US? What potential roadblocks could prevent this implementation and how, if at all, do Klein and Thompson address these obstacles in Abundance?

Klein and Thompson state that they wrote Abundance for a liberal audience. How might the book have been different if it were composed for a bipartisan audience?

Compare and contrast the societal issues that Klein and Thompson introduce through the lens of abundance. How are the issues similar, and how do they require unique solutions?

Klein and Thompson prefer to write about different topics (politics versus economics). How do their unique strengths shape the construction of Abundance? Provide specific examples from the text.

Though Klein and Thompson coauthored Abundance, are there moments you can identify as an individual writer’s voice? Why or why not? Include textual evidence to support your claims.

Abundance is a contribution to the political and economic commentary canon of the 2020s. Compare this book to another political or economic text discussing the 2020s. What craft similarities and differences do you notice between the two?