One Billion Americans

One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger is a book by Matthew Yglesias, first published in 2020. One Billion Americans 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.[1][2] It suggests that a substantial increase to the population of the United States is necessary to perpetuate American hegemony.[3] The book gives special attention to housing policy, critiquing zoning requirements that limit urban density in American cities.[4]

One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger
AuthorMatthew Yglesias
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPenguin Random House
Publication date
September 15, 2020
Pages288
ISBN978-0-593-19021-0

Jacob Bacharach panned One Billion Americans in a review for The New Republic, arguing that the policies it recommends are only loosely connected to Yglesias's central proposal to vastly increase the population of the United States.[5] Felix Salmon, reviewing One Billion Americans for The New York Times, noted that while the policy recommendations presented in the book are good, the premise for vastly increasing the US population is impossible and unjustified.[1]

References
  1. Salmon, Felix (September 15, 2020). "Matthew Yglesias Thinks There Should Be 'One Billion Americans'". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. Walsh, Bryan (September 12, 2020). "The Argument for a Billion Americans". Axios. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  3. Compernolle, Will (October 19, 2020). "Why Haven't They Been Done Yet: Examining Policies in 'One Billion Americans'". BLARB. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. "One Billion Americans". Kirkus Reviews. July 15, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. Bacharach, Jacob (September 10, 2020). "The Emptiness of Matthew Yglesias's Biggest Idea". The New Republic. New York. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved October 21, 2020.


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