Faster, Please!

Faster, Please!

🚼 The case against fertility panic

History and economics say birthrates won’t rebound — and the US economy can adjust. Yet America can also do better

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James Pethokoukis
Feb 08, 2026
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My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers in the USA and around the world:

America maxima.

There's a totally reasonable case that a bigger America — in terms of population, not aggressive territorial expansion — would be a better America. Scale is an underappreciated source of national strength. A larger, integrated (sorry, Europe) population supports deeper labor markets, wider consumer demand, a broader tax base, and greater geopolitical weight. All that good stuff, in turn, makes it easier to sustain innovation, infrastructure, and global leadership.

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