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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