September 3, 2006 9:50AM 

# Much Ado about Crisis of Abundance 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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*The American Prospect*’s [Ezra Klein](http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/08/post_1295.html) and Berkeley’s [Brad DeLong](http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2006/09/why_oh_why_cant.html) have each weighed in on Cato’s [book forum](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3105) for Arnold Kling’s new health policy book, [*Crisis of Abundance*](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=37&pid=1441301) (Cato Institute, 2006).

Kling [notes](https://www.cato.org/2006/09/01/all-snark-no-substance/) that we had invited *The New York Times*’ [Paul Krugman](http://www.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/paulkrugman/) to speak. I was disappointed that Krugman had to decline. I would have loved to see that matchup, as I have for some time thought of Kling as The Anti-Krugman.

Now comes word that Harvard’s Greg Mankiw [recommends](http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/09/health-care-forum.html) the webcast of the book forum.

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