Ezra Klein
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Ezra Klein is a prominent journalist and author known for his insightful analysis of American politics and culture. This interview reveals his strategic thinking as he navigates complex political landscapes and articulates the need for a more profound understanding of the forces shaping contemporary society.
“All want these things to be accessible, but they already had to comply with the American Disability Act. But now you're doing another disability act review in the city, and they come in and they say, well, your doors are a little bit not as wide as we think, so you got to make all your doors three inches wider before you can open up.”
“Performing an act of or performing the job of efficiency rather than a department of actual efficiency itself. I want to say, because I really want to emphasize that it has goals. The goals are clear on some level, and they have to do a centralizing power. So let me take out something that's not Doge.”
“Because it's not how they make time for things normally. I don't know how much it is fear. I do think they're unused to it, but I suspect a lot of it is simply booking culture. Like I run into it too, they're not used to saying yes to three to four hours for anything. It's not that they don't have it.”
“California. I could give you two different examples, but let's look at Los Angeles. I'm from outside LA. And they have something I always forget if it's measure H or measure HHH. But California LA voters pass a bond measure, about a billion dollars, a little bit more, I think it was, to build affordable housing.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 129. Trump’s America: Fear, Polarisation, and The Future (Ezra Klein)
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