Abundance Rhetoric Masks Central Planning

Waving the language of 'abundance' and innovation can be used to legitimate large‑scale economic planning and subsidy regimes while preserving a pro‑market veneer. That rhetorical move makes it easier for politicians across the spectrum to converge on interventionist policies without engaging the old vocabulary of dirigisme or mercantilism. — If abundance framing functions as a near‑universal cover for planning, it changes who classical liberals can partner with and reframes debates over housing, energy, and tech policy.