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“This is not normal. This is not healthy.”

Lawyers from top accounting firms do brief stints in the Treasury Department, with the expectation of big raises when they return.

CR Note: Back in November, housing economist Tom Lawler wrote The Dismal Demographics of 2020 . Here is an update from Tom Lawler: Updat...

What is happening? Why? And what will happen.

Canadian household indicators are showing their debt problems are rapidly resurfacing. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the ratio of household debt to disposable income surged in Q2 2021. This measure indicates debt is growing faster than the rate of income. Debt as a ratio of income has actually never seen such fast annual growth […]

The Department of Housing and Urban Development disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.

Western housing shortages do not just prevent many from ever affording their own home. They also drive inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates.

Competition is easing as homebuyers grow tired of sky-high asking prices and the housing market enters its typical seasonal slowdown.

Despite the immigrant mortality advantage and the increasing share of the population born abroad, relatively little is known about how immigration has…

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

Matt, Dara, Jerusalem, and German use Matt’s last Tuesday episode to discuss life expectancy in the US. They explore paternalistic policy decisions, the misnomer of “deaths of despair,” and the longevity of The Weeds. US life expectancy is compared to that of European and Asian nations, and the US numbers are disaggregated and examined up close.

For decades, the law has sought to restrain nursing homes from trying to control the behavior of dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs, which are known to have adverse health effects.

From the BLS : The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis af...

Nature Human Behaviour - Using a large dataset of workers and technology use from before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, Yang et al. find that firm-wide remote work caused the collaboration...

Fear and deception are just a two roots of the misinformation problem that can have serious consequences. Here's how you can ask people to stop sharing it -- including understanding their intentions, softening your approach and being prepared.

UT sociologist Jennifer Glass on why so many people are leaving their jobs

A Yale study finds older people living in less advantaged neighborhoods become disabled roughly two years earlier than their more affluent counterparts.

The anti-vax fertility panic, explained.

New data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows where urban development and sprawl is happening across the United States.

States with a large number of renters at risk of eviction and very few vacant homes for rent could see the biggest disruptions to their housing markets.

For the first time, Miami was the top destination among people looking to move to a different metro. It was followed by Sacramento, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman joins "Closing Bell" to discuss how climate change could affect homebuying as extreme weather becomes more common and puts properties at risk.

The housing market continues to set new records.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index just reported its highest one-year gain in history, up nearly 19% through the end

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