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We are a group of TVIH members who love and enjoy books. 
We read both fiction and nonfiction.  Books are selected as a joint decision by the group membership.
  Our discussions are always stimulating and lively.  We enthusiastically invite you to join our group.

August's book is "Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson"
This discussion will be led by: Ellen Hellawell

Problems problems problems. But problems can create opportunity.  The extraordinary journalists Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson examine a slew of social problems in their new book, Abundance — problems that were actually created by solutions dreamed up decades ago by sometimes well-meaning legislation. Solutions that might have seemed perfectly sensible a generation or two ago have actually been force multipliers for problems we’re looking at right now. Take  housing shortages. The housing crisis strangling cities across the country are the result of density zoning laws that decades ago made sense. Los Angeles, for example, enacted strict anti-density regulations, and we fought long and hard against looking like New York. The result is a staggering and catastrophic lack of housing– affordable and not so affordable. But don’t despair. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson find hope and promise for us in Abundance, suggesting that we need to reframe our thinking, and that it’s possible in a host of sectors, to protect and at the same time, to improve and expand.

Zoom link will be provided upon registration.