Justin Fox

The 2020 US Census experienced a sharp rise in the number and share of Americans who identified as being of two or more races, a development chalked up partly to demographic change and partly to changes in how the questionnaire was worded and answers tabulated. There were 33.8 million such people in 2020 — 10.2% of the population — up from 9 million and 2.9% in 2010. An additional 27.9 million, 8.4% of the population, identified as being solely of “some other race” than the ones listed on the Ce

The 2020 U.S. Census experienced a sharp rise in the number and share of Americans who identified as being of two or more races, a development

Labor force participation in the US, when adjusted for the age structure of the population, has never been higher than over the past two years. So why all the concern lately about how low it is? The simple answer is that age-adjusted labor force participation is not a statistic on offer from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unadjusted rate is currently the lowest it has been — Covid-19 pandemic excluded — in 50 years.

June’s Monthly Treasury Statement, released this week, contained some unwelcome news for the head of the department that produced it. The report showed the federal deficit growing again, making Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s avowed goal of getting the shortfall down to 3% of gross domestic product before the end of President Donald Trump’s second term (it’s currently running at about 5.7% of GDP) look more and more like a pipe dream.

June's Monthly Treasury Statement , released this week, contained some unwelcome news for the head of the department that produced it.

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Since the 2025 budget law, aka the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, was enacted, US corporate income tax revenue has fallen 28%. This was an expected consequence of the law’s provisions that allow businesses to fully expense spending on research and development, equipment and some other investments rather than writing them off over several years, and it will be reversed to some extent as those write-offs aren’t taken on future tax returns. But the decline highlights the narrowing and fragility of a t

Last November, the Canadian province of Ontario banned traffic enforcement by speed camera. “Over the last few years, we’ve seen municipalities across the province use municipal speed cameras as nothing more than a cash grab,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said when he introduced the legislation. “People are fed up.”

Why has New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani become nationally prominent so quickly? Part of it has to do with his bold and controversial policy proposals, his undeniable political skills and his wholehearted embrace of social media. But it can’t hurt that there are so many journalists in New York to write and talk about his exploits and so few following the mayors of most other US cities.

The motor vehicles sold in the US have been getting bigger and heavier, with large pickup trucks leading the way. Large pickups also lead the way in killing others on the road — seven of the 10 (and 10 of the 13) 2023 model-year vehicles with the highest other-driver death rates were large or very large pickups, according to statistics released last week by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.