One Billion Americans

If you are curious and rigorous about trying to understand new ideas and their implications, you could probably stop reading this book after about 50 pages.

The best part of the book is easily just the thesis itself: growing the U.S. population to one billion people (approximate 3X its current amount), through family building and immigration, would lead to a richer, more powerful nation, which is especially relevant in the face of China's ascent.

In fact, if you're curious and rigorous enough, you don't even need to read the book now: I just summarized the thesis.

The rest of the book is spent hand-waving at some decent policy structures and removal of some obvious impediments to realizing the goal, while also half-heartedly attempting to bat away expected criticisms (because it's not worth spending more time arguing against people who have no intention of being dissuaded). It's fine. The last third of the book feels super rushed and clipped, like a lot of content was dropped to meet a deadline.

But the gist is worth three stars on its own: strength through growth, to create a better world for Americans and non-Americans alike; technology and investment to mitigate the downsides. The end.