![]() ![]() One Billion Americans argues that America is not over-crowded and could have one billion citizens, and still have less than half the population density that Germany has today. Viewers submitted questions via email to or via Twitter using #OneBillionAmericans. One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger is a book by Matthew Yglesias, first published in 2020. They talked about economic theory and research from leading policy experts to offer ideas from around the globe - from family planning policy to immigration reform - to demonstrate why more people could help move America forward. Yglesias has written a stunningly compelling book suggesting that all of Americas current problems will go away if we just increase the population in the US to. On October 9, Yglesias was joined by Richard Reeves, senior fellow and director of the Future of the Middle Class Initiative at Brookings, to discuss his new book. From 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. ![]() What would actually make America great? More people, argues Vox Co-Founder Matthew Yglesias in his new book, “ One Billion Americans.” Through the last few years of intensifying national issues, Yglesias started to wonder: Wouldn’t it be great for America if we could blow up the political stalemates and talk about what’s really happening to our place on the world stage? To take decline seriously, and think bigger? The winner in the future world is going to have more - more ideas, more ambition, more utilization of resources, more people. ![]()
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