ESCP Europe

Abundance argues that the defining feature of the twenty-first century has been scarcity, rooted in decades of underbuilding in housing, labor, and clean energy infrastructure. The book contends that regulations originally designed to solve the crises of the 1970s have become structural obstacles to addressing contemporary challenges, particularly in urban development and green energy. As institutional capacity to diagnose problems has improved, the ability to implement effective solutions has declined. The authors call for a renewed liberalism that not only safeguards public interests but also restores the state’s capacity to build and act decisively.