As the Presidential race heats up this year, the left has some internal challenges that might change the whole political landscape, and will decide the direction of the economy. A growing movement on the left is challenging traditional progressivism while calling for the abundance agenda. This movement is an attempt to make progressives put the material well-being of middle and working class Americans at the center of their policymaking. What distinguishes advocates of the abundance agenda from other progressives is that they call for reducing regulations and other types of government interference in the economy, if it is demonstrated that these regulations are harming consumers, workers, and/or benefiting big business at the expense of small businesses.
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