The Charlotte Center hosts the Forum featuring Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, for a forward-looking conversation on how we can move from a world defined by scarcity to one shaped by abundance. With clarity and optimism, Thompson explores how bold ideas, innovative policies and risk-taking strategies can help us unlock extraordinary growth and possibility.

In this talk, drawn from his book Abundance (co-written with Ezra Klein), Thompson examines how to expand affordable housing, transform energy infrastructure and spark a new wave of technological breakthroughs. He highlights concrete ways businesses and governments can clear barriers to progress—like reducing red tape to accelerate building—and reveals how rethinking our legal, cultural and political paradigms can open the door to an era of abundance.