This book describes the social, political and economic developments in the U.S. from 1950 to 2019 and provides insights into potential future trends.

This paper provides estimates of household energy consumption in the United States in 2019 by adding passenger transportation to residential consumption. It also separates household energy consumption into two components: standard and optional and shows that the latter accounts for 29 percent of...

This paper uses a consistent methodology to estimate average weekly hours of work in the United States in 1950 and 2019. It also reviews a number of studies that cover parts of the same period. Making adjustments where possible to reduce methodological differences, this review identifies three...

This paper compares the allocation of time by Americans in 2003 and 2018 using published data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). The 168 hours available in a week were allocated to three major categories of activities: necessary time, work, and leisure. Necessary time includes activities...

Income tax reform has become a hot topic in both the United States and Canada. Over the past few years, a variety of proposals have been advanced for the replacement of the current income tax system and most proposals involve a compression of the multi-rate structure into a single rate and a...