📚 7 Books mentioned in "Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE | Lex Fridman Podcast #462" of Lex Fridman Podcast

Together they've written a new book, simply titled "Abundance", that lays out a kind of manifesto for the left.

Lex Fridman introduces the new book written by both guests.

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if you read, say, Maggie Haberman's great biography of Donald Trump, "Confidence Man"

Derek Thompson mentions this biography of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman.

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You've read probably, is it Frederick Turner's "From Counterculture to Cyber Culture"?

Derek Thompson asks Lex if he has read this book, relating it to the history of Silicon Valley and housing.

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Derek is a writer at "The Atlantic", author of "Hitmakers", and "On work", and host of the "Plain English Podcast."

Lex Fridman introduces Derek Thompson and mentions one of his books.

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Derek is a writer at "The Atlantic", author of "Hitmakers", and "On work", and host of the "Plain English Podcast."

Lex Fridman introduces Derek Thompson and mentions one of his books.

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We talk a lot about a book, I dunno if you've run into this one, but it's by Mancur Olson, who's sort of a Founder of Public Interest Economics, and it's called "The Rise in Decline of Nations"

Derek Thompson mentions this book by Mancur Olson and discusses its central argument.

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He is a columnist for "The New York Times", author of "Why We're Polarized", and host of "The Ezra Klein Show."

Lex Fridman introduces Ezra Klein and mentions his previous book.

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