In America, there has been a longstanding bipartisan agreement on the benefits of economic growth, albeit with different ideas about how best to achieve this goal. But recently, this consensus around growth has eroded, with calls from across the political spectrum for policies that would restrict growth.
Such policies would stifle the innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity that can deliver growth—and lead to a future of stagnation and redistribution. Our country needs an agenda of abundance: policies and approaches that can transform every sector of our economy and improve the lives of all Americans, especially the most disadvantaged.