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Mike Konczal
Mike Konczal is a fellow with the Roosevelt Institute, where he works on financial reform, unemployment, inequality, and a progressive vision of the economy. His blog, Rortybomb, was named one of the 25 Best Financial Blogs by Time magazine. His writing has appeared in the Boston Review, the Washington Monthly, The Nation, Slate, and Dissent. He's appeared on PBS NewsHour, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show, CNN, Marketplace, and more.Follow @rortybomb
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The Bankers’ Bank
Does the Federal Reserve govern the banking system—or vice versa?
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Automatic Stabilizers: There When Congress Isn’t
When the economy is in trouble, let’s be thankful we have mechanisms that kick in while legislators are squabbling.
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Minimum Wage 101
What’s to like about the proposed minimum-wage hike? Almost everything.
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What Would Jack Lew Do?
It is difficult to tell how the incoming Treasury secretary will handle the enormous task of implementing Dodd-Frank.
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Spare the Stimulus, Spoil the Recovery
Will government continue to support the fragile housing market in 2013?
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For Women Executives, Still Lonely at the Top
On Monday, the research team at Catalyst released their 2012 Census of women board directors. They found women held just 16.6 percent of board seats in corporate America. As Bryce Covert notes, this is the seventh consecutive year without significant growth in the percentage of women on corporate boards. What can be done? We can […]
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The Federal Reserve Gets Down to Business
Ben Bernanke’s adoption of the Evans Rule represents a major policy victory, and shows that he’s finally ready to think big on fixing the American economy.
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The Great Society’s Next Frontier
Now that Obamacare—the largest expansion of the social-safety net in the last 60 years—is safe, what’s next for the liberal economic project?
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University of Hard Knocks
Contrary to the prevailing view, recent college grads will have the hardest time bouncing back from the recession.