One Billion Americans
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| Author | Matthew Yglesias |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
Publication date | September 15, 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-0-593-19021-0 |
One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger is a book by Matthew Yglesias, first published in 2020. One Billion Americans argues that America is not over-crowded and that the United States should aim to increase its population to 1 billion to counterbalance China and be "the greatest nation on Earth."[1]
In order to support growth, Yglesias argues for a variety of programs, including increased government spending on child care and day care, the use of S-trains for urban transportation, and increased immigration to the United States, under the general rubric of increasing the American population.[2][3] It suggests that a substantial increase to the population of the United States is necessary to perpetuate American hegemony.[4] The book gives special attention to housing policy, critiquing zoning requirements that limit urban density in American cities.[5]