Name: S1E7: Space isn't limited. Why Matt Yglesias says One Billion is the right number of Americans
Uploaded: 2021-04-29T22:53:27+00:00
Duration: 54 min 24 s
Description: Are 1 billion Americans needed to keep America prosperous and competitive on the world stage? This week, Stephen Kent is joined by Matt Yglesias, co-founder of Vox, founder of the "Slow Boring" Substa

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Are 1 billion Americans needed to keep America prosperous and competitive on the world stage?

This week, Stephen Kent is joined by Matt Yglesias, co-founder of Vox, founder of the "Slow Boring" Substack, and author of "One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger." Watch as Stephen, Matt, and Wadi Gaitan of The LIBRE Initiative discuss the misframed immigration debate, the case for a much larger US population, the buzzy new book from John Boehner, and what is necessary to keep America great.

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00:00 Episode Start
00:07 Coming up in Episode 7
02:15 Meet new co-host Wadi Gaitan
03:35 Pick your partners, economically speaking
09:45 Immigration is a tool, not a virtue
16:32 No, it’s not too crowded – just ask Texas
18:58 Reviving small towns
22:26 Bringing down the cost of kids
28:57 Population pumping policies
31:15 Infrastructure for 1 billion people
35:08 “The Jetsons” had an optimistic view of the future
36:40 Washington has trouble with that vision thing
44:24 Raise a glass to John Boehner’s new book
51:11 We’ve got some good news