Episode · Honestly with Bari Weiss · 2025-03-18
Books mentioned on Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Have a Plan for the Left
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are the two most important liberal journalists working in the legacy press today—Ezra at The New York Times, and Derek at The Atlantic. Although they insist they’ll never go into politics themselves, they are offering Democrats a path back to power.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Abundance
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is a widely debated economic manifesto that challenges progressives to embrace state-level capacity, economic growth, and structural building.
Discussed“in government they just wrote a new book all about this it's called abundance”
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Fully Automated Luxury Communism
Fully Automated Luxury Communism by Aaron Bastani is a radical leftist manifesto envisioning a post-scarcity future enabled by automation, renewable energy, and advanced artificial intelligence.
Discussed“we are somewhat inspired by this leftist track from a couple years ago which has the best name of any book published in the past couple of decades fully automated luxury communism”
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From Beirut to Jerusalem
Discussed“the book that made me want to become a journalist was from beir to Jerusalem”
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The Future of Freedom
Fareed Zakaria's 'The Future of Freedom' examines the complex relationship between liberty and democratization, arguing that the spread of elections does not always equal the growth of constitutional liberalism.
Discussed“and the book that I found most inspiring in high school when I absolutely decided to become a journalist was the future of Freedom by Fred Zakaria”
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Summary of Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World: Fareed Zakaria
Summary of Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World: Fareed Zakaria by Fred Murphy provides an overview of Fareed Zakaria's insights regarding global challenges following the pandemic.
Recommended“uh the book that made me want to become a journalist was from beir to Jerusalem and the book that I found most inspiring in high school when I absolutely decided to become a journalist was the future of Freedom by Fred Zakaria”
