Justin Fox
Washington Post
New York, NY, United States
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Alarmed by Smoke? New Englanders of 1780 Would Like a Word
The dearth of wildfires in the second half of the 20th century was a historical anomaly. Expect more to come. → Read More
Americans Are Still Really Into Their Hobbies
Spending data show that games, sports and reading continue to be more popular than before the pandemic. Cooking eggs and taking mass transit, not so much. → Read More
What Do Austin, Nashville and
They’re all standouts, adding jobs at a much faster pace than the rest of their states. Quality of life and the ability to add housing are important components. → Read More
What’s the Opposite of a Jobless Recovery? A Jobful Recession
The US economy appears to have contracted in four of the last five quarters, yet payroll employment has continued to grow. That can’t last. → Read More
New York’s Subways Have Less Crime But More Violence
Pickpocketing is down. Senseless assaults are up. That’s not a great trade. → Read More
Flight of Affluent Taxpayers Catches Up With New York
The latest personal income tax data shows the state bringing in less revenue than it did before the pandemic, which could hamper its ability to pay its bills. → Read More
Quirky Federal Spending Speeds Up Debt-Ceiling Clash
Falling US income tax revenue is the main reason the default showdown has come sooner than expected, but outlays are up, too, for some interesting reasons. → Read More
The Flooding in California Isn’t Entirely Bad News
Excess water in the Tulare Lake basin is providing opportunities to put the country’s most productive farming region on a path to sustainability. → Read More
Regulated Rents Are Going Down in New York City. Really.
The increase proposed by the Rent Guidelines Board amounts to a decrease when adjusted for inflation — the 10th in a row. → Read More
MIT Is a College Bargain. NYU, Not So Much.
New data on costs and post-graduation earnings for students who receive federal aid show that some elite private schools offer great deals and that public universities often don’t. → Read More
New York, I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down
The city has been coming back to life since 2020. But the quality of that life falls short of what it used to be. → Read More
Pandemic Murder Wave Has Crested. Here’s the Postmortem.
Homicides were down in the US in 2022 and continue to fall in the biggest cities. The cause of the spike is still being determined. → Read More
What You Can Learn From Warren Buffett’s Mistakes
The incessant talk in Berkshire’s shareholder letters about what went wrong may have a purpose. → Read More
More Young Americans Are Dying, But Not From Vaccines
The increase started well before Covid-19 shots arrived, according to mortality data, and has plateaued since. → Read More
The Pandemic Was Good for Retailers. What Happens Next?
Some bankruptcies are on the way, but maybe not a return to the bad old days of the 2010s. → Read More
The Pandemic Drinking Binge Just Keeps Going
Americans are consuming a lot more alcohol than before Covid-19 arrived, and the collateral damage is rising. → Read More
The Mysterious Bah Humbug Toward Christmas Shopping
No matter how you measure it, US holiday spending has fallen since the 1990s. Are we burned out on giving gifts? → Read More
Have We Been Measuring Housing Inflation All Wrong?
Focusing on rents on new leases, as commercial indexes do, gives a better read on price pressures than existing government gauges like CPI. → Read More
The Reason You’re Still Waiting to Order a Meal
Restaurants are doing more business than before the pandemic with fewer employees. That’s economic progress of a sort. → Read More
Are Republicans Right About America’s Crime Wave? Let’s Look at the Data
The big increase in murder rates during the pandemic is reason enough for alarm, and now other crime seems to be rising. → Read More