Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-09-10
Books mentioned on Is One Billion Americans A Good Idea? - Matthew Yglesias - #218
Matthew Yglesias is a writer and the Co-Founder of Vox. There is an impending economic and social threat from China and India to America's global dominance.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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One Billion Americans
One Billion Americans by Matthew Yglesias outlines a provocative policy argument for aggressively growing the population of the United States through immigration and pro-family initiatives.
Discussed“i think this is going to be a real point of contention for many people to read one billion americans”
Where to get it
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon is a celebrated alternate history novel that imagines a temporary Jewish settlement established in Sitka, Alaska, during World War II, following the collapse of the Zionist effort in Palestine.
Recommended“i don't know if you know that michael chabon's novel um the yiddish policeman's union but it's basically like alternate history”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book One Billion Americans
“and the book is about trying to recapture those sort of very traditional very american sentiments and then also just discuss um a project that sounds a little loopy to people in sort of real technical terms and see that it's it's not as loopy as it sounds”
Own book One Billion Americans
“so we've got a whole chapter in the book about this”
Own book One Billion Americans
“so when they listen to this they're going to be saying do you know what matthew just said on that episode no but they're not against it either”
Own book One Billion Americans
“man one million americans will be linked in the show notes below anywhere else that people should go to check your stuff out”