Writers Bloc Presents
Ezra Klein (2nd Event) SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 22, 2025
4:00pm
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 North Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049
General Admission Ticket No Book: $25
Really Special Deal: General Admission Ticket &
1 Signed Copy of Abundance: $52
HEALTH & SAFETY: WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE WEAR A FACE MASK WHILE INDOORS FOR OUR EVENTS. THANK YOU.
Problems problems problems. But problems can create opportunity. The extraordinary journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson examine a slew of social problems in their new book, Abundance— problems that were actually created by solutions dreamed up decades ago by sometimes well-meaning legislation. Solutions that might have seemed perfectly sensible a generation or two ago have actually been force multipliers for problems we’re looking at right now. Take housing shortages. The housing crisis strangling cities across the country are the result of density zoning laws that decades ago made sense. Los Angeles, for example, enacted strict anti-density regulations, and we fought long and hard against looking like New York. The result is a staggering and catastrophic lack of housing– affordable and not so affordable. But don’t despair. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson find hope and promise for us in Abundance, suggesting that we need to reframe our thinking, and that it’s possible in a host of sectors, to protect and at the same time, to improve and expand.
Ezra Klein is a columnist for the New York Times, and he hosts the terrific twice-weekly podcast, The Ezra Klein Show, which you can listen to or watch on Tuesdays and Fridays on nytimes.com. He tackles social and political issues with experts who provide clarity when and where you didn’t think clarity could be found.
Moderator to be announced. Ezra Klein will be the only author of Abundance at the event.
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No refunds or exchanges on tickets or books. Books must be picked up on the night of the program.
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