Source: Washington Monthly
by Joel Dodge
“In a 2023 New York Times column, Ezra Klein coined the term ‘everything-bagel liberalism’ to describe the phenomenon of projects that liberals favor getting weighed down by seemingly ancillary requirements liberals impose on them. He noted, for instance, that in California, strict labor and environmental standards embedded in various pieces of legislation passed by the Democratic legislature over the years have made it too costly and time-consuming to build subsidized housing for the homeless. This same problem, he warned, would imperil one of the centerpieces of the Biden administration’s economic policy: the CHIPS and Science Act. Klein praised the aims of this flagship legislation to reshore semiconductor manufacturing with a $39 billion fund to attract companies to the United States.” (04/24/25)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/04/24/in-defense-of-everything-bagel-liberalism/