We now have probably the biggest opportunity in a generation for new ideas to take hold. So here is one big one: a billion Americans. mattyglesias writes
Photo-Illustration: Joe Darrow The United States is not “full.” In fact, it is empty. Right now, the country has about 93 people per square mile. Many, many countries are far denser than this, and not just city-states like Singapore or small island nations like Malta . South Korea has 1,337 people per square mile, and Belgium has 976.
Of course, if we had a lot more people, we’d need to adjust a number of other things to make sure they had jobs and places to live. Housing shortages are common in many parts of the country, but the tools to surmount them are easily available and — like immigration — would cost taxpayers nothing.
The good news is that, for now, we still have more wealth and more industrial capacity because Americans, on average, are about four times as rich as Chinese people. But the gap in per capita gross domestic product is shrinking, and while we obviously can and should do what we can to make Americans richer, there are some profound reasons why it’s essentially impossible for a rich country like the U.S. to grow as rapidly as a still-poor country like China.
That would include recognition at the policy level that though the standard K-12 public-school concept is invaluable, it’s also insanely limited. Children younger than 5 need to be taken care of, as do children of all ages during the summer months and after 3:30 p.m. Young people increasingly need more education than a high-school degree.
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