How not to build a nation

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson write a left-liberal manifesto for deregulation.

They call it a liberalism that builds’ - only that can create abundance.

The Empire State Building opened on 1 May 1931 , less than 14 months after construction began.

The authors explain that wealthy, stable democracies tend to amass rules and bureaucracies.

California has spent decades and billions of dollars not constructing a high-speed line between LA and San Francisco .

New York’s Second Avenue Subway line was originally proposed in 1920 .

The first three stations opened in 2017 .

No wonder so many Americans see government as a scam that takes their tax dollars and delivers almost nothing in return.

Sixty-eight metro stations are opening in the Parisian suburbs from 2024 through to 2030.

High-speed rail covers almost all big French cities, and some smaller ones too.