Steve Teles' notes from an early meeting on the Abundance Movement.| Modern Power
This movement won't be real unless people like you make it real.| Modern Power
An open call to the protagonists of the Abundance Movement.| Modern Power
How "Capture" and "State Incapacity" help us understand societal problems.| Modern Power
(publishing June 2023)| Modern Power
Abundance can be the next great political program; Democrats should adopt it as their own.| Modern Power
The NIMBY power coalition includes wealthy Atherton VCs and socialist San Francisco Supervisors.| Modern Power
How the California Public Utilities Commission works, and how urban environmentalism can (literally) reshape our country| Modern Power
We need more long-term thinking.| Modern Power
Outcome-oriented government starts with a focus on leadership and leaders| Modern Power
And tech leaders should help.| Modern Power
Tech leaders wear blinders — they are trained to ignore politics and government. It's time to change that.| Modern Power
Electing Better Legislators in California| Modern Power
"A lot of candidates run now for personal brand building and not about the X's and O’s and winning. And it's very frustrating to watch this happen."| modernpower.substack.com
This newsletter teaches supporters of Abundance | broad YIMBYism | Effective Government how to build and exercise Modern Power in California. Click to read Modern Power, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.| modernpower.substack.com
If liberals can't govern effectively in California, liberal democracy itself is at risk.| modernpower.substack.com
We have to do more than consume content if we want to catalyze the Abundance Movement.| modernpower.substack.com
The challenges of the 21st century demand a more muscular, competent government than we’ve had in the US over the past few decades.| modernpower.substack.com
And How That's Changing in Real Time| modernpower.substack.com
Similar intuitions, different prescriptions.| modernpower.substack.com