![]() Indeed if it doesn’t become three times bigger than its current 330 million, he writes, the country is at risk of finding itself in the back seat of a Chinese-dominated world.Īt its peak, America, “the greatest nation in human history,” had “more people, more wealth, and more industrial capacity” than any other country, but its advantage is shrinking. The serious, but perhaps not literal, title reflects the author’s view that the United States needs more people-a lot more. ![]() ![]() There’s something for everyone to like in this heterodox book-which means there’s also something for everyone to troll. There’s a reason that Yglesias has been affably interviewed by Glenn Beck and Tyler Cowen, Ben Shapiro and Ezra Klein. Fortunately, he manages to do this trick while advancing a coherent argument. He shape-shifts from MAGA enthusiast to immigration devotee, from Swedish-style democratic socialist to Cold War nationalist to Focus on the Family stalwart. In his new book One Billion Americans, Matthew Yglesias, the Vox co-founder and gadfly progressive, goes wild. One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger, by Matthew Yglesias (Portfolio, 288 pp., $28) ![]()
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