The Case for Overpopulation with Matthew Yglesias [S3 Ep.8]

Welcome to another episode of conversations with Coleman.

My guest today is Matthew Yglesias. As many of you will know, Matt was the co-founder of Vox, along with Ezra Klein, who I had on the show last year.
Matt is also a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and writes The Slow Boring blog and newsletter on substack.

In this episode, Matt talks about why he left Vox for substack and we discuss Matt's book "One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger", in which Matt argues that America should increase its population by means of increasing the native birth rate, as well as increasing immigration.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did.

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