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Title One billion Americans : the case for thinking bigger / Matthew Yglesias.

Publication Info.	[New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2020]
	�2020

Location	Pub Note	Status
Coal City PL Stacks - CCBB-2	304.620973 YGL	AVAILABLE
DeKalb PL Adult Non-Fiction - DKLY-12	304.620973 YGL	DUE 01-26-21
Woodstock PL On Order - WOLY-11	RECEIVED	IN-PROCESS

Description	xx, 267 pages ; 24 cm
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (throughout as footnotes).
Summary	The author argues that what really contributes to national prosperity is supporting parents and children, welcoming immigrants and their contributions, and exploring creative policies that support growth, like more housing, better transportation, improved education, revitalized welfare, and climate change mitigation.
Subject	Demographic transition -- Economic aspects -- United States -- 21st century.
	Families -- Economic aspects -- United States -- 21st century.
	Parent and child -- Economic aspects -- United States -- 21st century.
	Quality of life -- United States -- 21st century.
	Demographic transition -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00890154
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00908700
	Population -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst01071483
	United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- 21st century.
	United States -- Population -- Economic aspects -- 21st century.
	United States -- Population -- Environmental aspects -- 21st century.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Informational works.
Added Author	Penguin Random House, publisher.
	Portfolio, publisher.
Added Title	1,000,000,000 Americans
ISBN	9780593190210 (hardcover)
	0593190211 (hardcover)