The Permanent Problem

The book is out!

Christmas came early to the Lindsey household this year, as a box of hot-off-the-press copies of The Permanent Problem arrived over the weekend.

Dec 15 • Brink Lindsey

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Back to the Future

"Free Labor" and Life after Mass Employment

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November 2025

Abundance of what? Abundance for what?

The past year has shown that the concept of “abundance” has legs.

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October 2025

My book is now available to pre-order

I’m happy to announce that everything is set for my book’s official release on January 5, 2026.

Oct 6 • Brink Lindsey

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September 2025

The rise and fall of cognitive fitness

My essay a while back about America’s descent into post-literacy got a fair amount of attention, at least by my standards, so I thought I’d follow up by…

Sep 17 • Brink Lindsey

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July 2025

Jonathan Chait on abundance and the Democrats

On this episode of The Permanent Problem podcast, I’m pleased to welcome Jonathan Chait of The Atlantic to discuss the abundance movement and the future…

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June 2025

Steve Teles on abundance: prehistory, present, and future

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's bestselling new book Abundance has kicked off a new political movement — and a vigorous internal debate on the future of…

Jun 12 • Brink Lindsey

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America's Internal Brain Drain

In 1963, the Royal Society in the United Kingdom issued a report complaining about the emigration of British scientists to the United States, lured by…

Jun 9 • Brink Lindsey

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April 2025

Jonathan Rauch on Christianity and Democracy

While the formal separation of church and state is a vital element of America's constitutional order, the success of our long-running experiment in…

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Abundance and the Permanent Problem

On April 2, President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day” and announced the imposition of dramatically higher tariffs on imports into the country.

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My book has a cover

It’s always exciting when a book that began as a jumble of confusion inside your own head takes its first steps toward becoming a physical object in the…

Apr 11 • Brink Lindsey

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The Open Society and the Friends It Needs (Part 2)

(Warning: this is a long one.

Apr 3 • Brink Lindsey

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