Newsroom edition: why is Jim Chalmers listening to Ezra Klein?
Nour Haydar asks Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher if the Abundance agenda is right for Australia
July 17, 202520m 56s
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Show Notes
In Canberra there’s one book you must at least pretend to have read by the time parliament returns: Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. In recent media interviews, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, called the book – hailed by some in the US as a manifesto for the Democrats – “a ripper”. So why are so many Labor MPs excited by it?Nour Haydar asks editor Lenore Taylor and head of newsroom Mike Ticher if the Abundance agenda is right for Australia
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