Room Eight | Author | Larry Littlefield

Trump, Clinton, Paul Theroux’s Deep South, the Decline of the Midwest, Etc.

Hello world!

It’ something I usually do after Veteran’s Day. But this year, I’m going to do it before Election Day....

This year’s election is finally coming to an end, and as expected I didn’t watch any of the debates....

As I noted in my prior post, The American Community Survey: Economic Changes from 2005 to 2015 the business cycle,...

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) data was released a couple of weeks ago, and...

For most of its history, the Staten Island Expressway had six lanes, with three in each direction, and service...

In the 1990s there was an improving statistic that was as central to New York City’s turnaround as the...

In my prior post I noted that the labor force of New York City, which had been soaring for...

I have long wondered if and when New York’s young workers, tired of low wages (or permanent freelancing or...

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its “individual unit” state and local government pension fund data for FY 2014...