About the author
Derek Thompson is an American journalist and author associated with The Atlantic, where he has written about economics, technology, work, culture, and social change. He also hosts the Plain English podcast.
Abundance, written with Ezra Klein, connects Thompson's interest in economic supply and technological progress to a political argument about why wealthy societies fail to produce enough of the things they publicly say they want.
Where to start
Start with Abundance, co-written with Ezra Klein, then read Hit Makers for Thompson's earlier work on popularity and cultural markets.
