#484 | Steven Teles: The Rise of the Abundance Agenda & America's Factional Future - The Realignment

Steven Teles, Johns Hopkins University Professor and Niskanen Center Senior Fellow, returns to The Realignment. Steven and Marshall discuss why political factions within the left and right will upend the last thirty years of party politics, the poor track record of moderate reform efforts, the importance of enhancing state-capacity, the abundance agenda's ability to confront economic stagnation, the need for a reform movement on the level of 19th century progressives, and the path to overcoming political polarization.

The Future Is Faction: The Future Is Faction | National Affairs

0:00 - Introduction
1:13 - Current political moment
7:30 - Moderates
11:54 - Reforming the system
24:35 - What is the ‘abundance agenda?’
31:32 - Discussions about the abundance agenda
36:16 - The ‘abundance faction’
46:45 - Solving political problems
53:15 - Potential of abundance agenda
57:59 - Abundance politicians

[scott_strang]

This is such a good conversation 😮 Really wish more saw it.

[CoolGuylovesgames]

Really underrated channel. You need more viewers!!

[jepps]

Marshall has been killing these interviews. Great content as always

[takeoverusa]

The Realignment always has a intriguing show with insightful yet different approaches to old problems with brilliant questions always pushing the conversation even further into the realm of intelligence. God Bless & Love❤️

Sincerely, Joseph L.

[danbk]

I got half way through this .. and skimmed the rest, one 'elephant in the room' in this type of discusion is the whole
Climate/Environment question: "We can't have Abundance, we have to do with less" is a response you might hear, does he address this?

[bikemmm]

Great video, keep it simple for mass adoption, we need more stuff

[direwolf]

basic econ 101 supply & demand ... lower the cost of the good life with more of the stuff .. will more stuff bring value to your life ? .. and missing is the guns vs butter chart and the allocation of resources .. more detail on implementation would be useful ...

[Zazz_Blammymatazz]

This guy seems to be unaware that not only is electoral reform possible, but that Alaska and Maine now use RCV.