The New York Times

Rents are falling in Texas — and the reason is simpler than you think. Derek Thompson, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, tells the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein how Dallas and Austin have shown that the only real cure for a housing crisis is an aggressive, unrelenting surge in supply.

How can the left deliver on its promises if it can’t even navigate its own “horrendous” bureaucracy? On “The Ezra Klein Show,” the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein reflects on Senator Bernie Sanders’s frustrations with government, and argues that government efficiency is the essential “common sense” foundation for a radical vision of American abundance.