In my “Innovative Entrepreneurs Replace Despair with Hope” paper, I claim to have identified seven books (in addition to the Klein and Thompson book) published from 2023-2025 “that either explicitly advocate, or implicitly imply, that regulations should be cut back.” In revising my paper for possible publication, I need to cut about 5,000 words due to the journal’s article word-limit, so I wrote that I would post the list of seven books here on my blog.
Here is that list (including the Klein and Thompson book).
Caplan, Bryan, and Ady Branzei. 2024. Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation. Washington, DC: Cato Institute.
Dunkelman, Marc J. 2025. Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back. New York: PublicAffairs.
Hamel, Gary, and Michele Zanini. 2025. Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them. Revised & Updated ed: Harvard Business School Press.
Howard, Philip K. 2024. Everyday Freedom: Designing the Framework for a Flourishing Society. Garden City, NY: Rodin Books.
Howard, Philip K. 2025. Saving Can-Do: How to Revive the Spirit of America. Garden City, NY: Rodin Books.
Klein, Ezra, and Derek Thompson. 2025. Abundance. New York: Avid Reader Press.
Lam, Barry. 2025. Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case for Discretion. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Potter, Brian. 2025. The Origins of Efficiency. South San Francisco, CA: Stripe Press.
An earlier draft of my “Innovative Entrepreneurs Replace Despair with Hope” paper can be found at: