Andy Kiersz

Using Census data, we found 20 industries that used to have a lot of young adults in their workforces that now are dominated by older workers.

The method involves thousands of computer simulations of a company’s stock price. It was developed to understand how nuclear explosions work.

Many of the majors on the list are in education, and there’s been a push to increase pay for teachers who are still working during the pandemic.

The US is sharply divided, and it shows up when you look at maps of various social and economic outcomes across the nation.

The ‘model minority’ myth claims Asian Americans are overrepresented in the upper echelons. A closer look at the data shows a more complex picture.

A 2020 AARP study estimated that the US economy could lose out on nearly $4 trillion by 2050 as a result of older workers facing discrimination.

Even though prices went up by 10.5% from May to June, the highest increase since tracking began in 1953, experts say signs point to lower prices soon.

Even though prices went up by 10.5% from May to June, the highest increase since tracking began in 1953, experts say signs point to lower prices soon.

BLS data shows that a third of Americans didn’t travel anywhere on an average day in 2020, and time commuting dropped a full 30 minutes.

Earlier surges have brought an increase in the ratio of COVID-19 deaths to cases. That hasn’t happened in the most recent UK wave.

Data from career site Ladders shows a more than tenfold increase since March 2020 in listings for jobs paying six figures that allow remote work.

Data from career site Ladders shows a more than tenfold increase since March 2020 in listings for jobs paying six figures that allow remote work.

The US is now selling as much stuff as in 2019 with 6 million fewer workers. From here, companies can choose to do more with less, or more with more.

Americans work more than people in most developed countries, but we probably don’t need to. Think of work like an NFL game: just not that much action.

In 2002, more than half of new houses sold for under $200,000. In July 2021, only about 2% did, while nearly half sold for over $400,000.

The government could technically mint a coin and decide it’s worth $1 trillion. No more debt ceiling stand-off.

The pandemic, inflation and the Fed’s possible response to it, and China’s Evergrande fiasco could reverse recent economic gains. It’s still a big if.

FactSet found the biggest US companies headed for their second-highest profit margins ever. That’s not how inflation is supposed to work.

Even though unemployment is still near a historic low and the national labor market is still red-hot, the West Coast is feeling the pain of tech layoffs. The Wall Street Journal highlighted higher unemployment rates in the tech-heavy states on the Pacific Coast in the wake of news-grabbing layoff announcements in the tech and finance sectors throughout this year. The Journal also noted that average wages have dropped in counties in the San Francisco and Seattle metro areas.The latest data from t…

Nostalgia might be one of the most powerful and enduring human emotions. Civilizations have always looked to a golden age in the past when times were better and people were nobler. Even the Romans, throughout their long period of dominance and empire, routinely criticized their current state as decadent and weak, longing for the strength of previous eras.Americans in the 21st century aren’t immune to the impulse to don rose-colored glasses — commentators on both the left and the right routinely…