Ezra Klein Knihy

America is polarized by identity. Over the past fifty years in America, partisan identities have merged with racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities, attaining a weight that is breaking much in politics and tearing at the bonds that hold the country together. Political analyst Ezra Klein shows how and why American politics polarized around identity in the twentieth century and what that polarization did to the way people see the world and one another. He traces the feedback loops—between polarized political identities and polarized political institutions—driving the system toward crisis.Why We’re Polarized reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, it offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Donald Trump’s rise to the Democratic Party’s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture.

From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, this work is a paradigm-shifting call to rethink entrenched problems like climate change, housing, education, and healthcare. The global history of the twenty-first century reveals a narrative of growing unaffordability and shortage. Years of insufficient housing development have led to a national housing crisis, while slashed immigration policies have resulted in a labor shortage. Off-shoring manufacturing has created a deficit of essential components like chips for cars and computers. Despite warnings about climate change, we have failed to build the necessary clean energy infrastructure. This crisis has been decades in the making due to a lack of construction. The authors argue that today’s issues are not merely the result of past villains; instead, solutions from one generation have morphed into problems for the next. Regulations aimed at addressing environmental issues from the 1970s now hinder urban density and green energy projects needed in the 2020s. Laws intended to ensure thoughtful government action in education and healthcare have made it difficult to implement consequential changes. While our ability to identify problems has improved, our capacity to solve them has diminished. For progress, we must shift our perspective to see promise in new ideas and create systems that facilitate building. Klein and Thompson explore how to transit

Die globale Geschichte des 21. Jahrhunderts ist eine Geschichte der Knappheit, ganz gleich, ob es um Wohnungen geht, um Arbeitskräfte, um Technologien oder um saubere Energie. Dabei hat sich die gegenwärtige Krise in den Industriestaaten seit Jahren angebahnt – weil wir eine Politik des Verzichts geübt haben und nicht innovativ genug waren. Ezra Klein und Derek Thompson zeigen, wie wir die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Hindernisse für den Fortschritt überwinden, wie wir Systeme und Institutionen für den Aufbau schaffen und so zu einem neuen Wohlstand gelangen. Ein Wohlstand, der nicht gleichbedeutend ist mit dem Reichtum weniger, sondern mit einer besseren Zukunft für möglichst viele Menschen.