Matt Yglesias on *One Billion Americans*: New Ideas to Revitalize the American Economy

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 4:30 a.m.

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Matt Yglesias is the co-founder of Vox, a senior correspondent who focuses on politics and economic policy, and a returning guest to the podcast. Matt once again joins Macro Musings to discuss his new book, *One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger.* Specifically, David and Matt talk about how to reinvigorate the economy; through enacting better housing and transportation policies, dramatically increasing immigration, reviving America\\u2019s forgotten cities, and more. Finally, they also discuss the Fed\\u2019s new average inflation targeting regime, and what kind of direction the Fed will take over the new few years.

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Transcript for the episode can be found here.

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Matt\\u2019s Twitter: @mattyglesias

Matt\\u2019s Vox profile: https://www.vox.com/authors/matthew-yglesias

Matt\\u2019s podcast: https://www.vox.com/the-weeds

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Related Links:

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*One Billion Americans: The Case For Thinking Bigger* by Matt Yglesias

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/636499/one-billion-americans-by-matthew-yglesias/

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David\\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

David\\u2019s blog: http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.com/

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