"There are plenty of reasons to question how the U.S. This optimistic call to action is worth considering." - Publishers Weekly The thesis is eminently arguable, but the book is packed full of provocative ideas well worth considering." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "An argument that blends demography, economics, and politics. Most of them are very good ideas." - The New York Times Book Review One Billion Americans is a novel twist on this model.
"Many economics books devote themselves to cataloging the world’s ills, and then end with a curiously short 'solutions' chapter that doesn’t really solve most of the problems in the book. Making the case for massive population growth with analytic rigor and imagination, One Billion Americans issues a radical but undeniable challenge: Why not do it all, and stay on top forever? Drawing on examples and solutions from around the world, Yglesias shows not only that we can do this, but why we must. What really contributes to national prosperity should not be controversial: supporting parents and children, welcoming immigrants and their contributions, and exploring creative policies that support growth-like more housing, better transportation, improved education, revitalized welfare, and climate change mitigation. Vox founder Yglesias invites us to think bigger, while taking the problems of decline seriously. The winner in the future world is going to have more-more ideas, more ambition, more utilization of resources, more people.Įxactly how many Americans do we need to win? According to Matthew Yglesias, one billion.įrom one of our foremost policy writers, One Billion Americans is the provocative yet logical argument that if we aren’t moving forward, we’re losing.
We can’t compete with the huge population clusters of the global marketplace by keeping our population static or letting it diminish, or with our crumbling transit and unaffordable housing. If the most challenging crisis in living memory has shown us anything, it’s that America has lost the will and the means to lead. What would actually make America great: more people.
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