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Lawfare Daily: Derek Thompson on Abundance and a New Political Order

Renee DiResta, Kevin Frazier, Derek Thompson, Jen Patja
Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 8:00 AM
What is the theory of Abundance?

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Derek Thompson, a senior editor at The Atlantic and co-author (with Ezra Klein) of "Abundance," joins Renée DiResta, Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown and a Contributing Editor at Lawfare, and Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the UT Austin School of Law and Contributing Editor at Lawfare, to discuss the theory of Abundance and its feasibility in an age of political discord and institutional distrust.

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Renée DiResta is an Associate Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown. She is a contributing editor at Lawfare.
Kevin Frazier is an AI Innovation and Law Fellow at UT Austin School of Law and Contributing Editor at Lawfare .
Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic and co-author of Abundance.
Jen Patja is the editor and producer of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization that empowers the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement. She is the former Deputy Director of the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier and has been a freelance editor for over 20 years.
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