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Mike Konczal

Mike Konczal is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. His work has appeared in The Nation, Slate, and The American Prospect. He blogs at Rortybomb.

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Class & Inequality, Politics

The Forgotten State

Local government can't fix our problems. Only big government can.

Mike Konczal

Politics

Hail to the Pencil Pusher

American Bureaucracy's Long and Useful History

Mike Konczal

Forum Response

Mike Konczal Response to Curbing the New Corporate Power

The effort to protect those vulnerable to corporate power takes many forms.

Mike Konczal

Books & Ideas

Selling Fast

Public Goods, Profits, and State Legitimacy

Mike Konczal

Class & Inequality

Studying the Rich

Thomas Piketty and his critics.

Mike Konczal

Class & Inequality

7 Bipartisan Reasons to Raise the Minimum Wage

It's only fair, and other reasons why voters on all sides should agree.

Mike Konczal

Forum Response

Dangerous Alternatives to Blame

We need to be cautious. Alternatives to blame may be even worse.

Mike Konczal

Forum

Sweet Forgiveness

Debt relief is fair. It would also be good for the economy. Why isn’t it happening? Politics.

Mike Konczal

Forum Response

Helping Debtors Helps Us All — Final Response

Debt is a political crisis that requires a political response.

Mike Konczal

Forum Response

The real battle is not about eliminating rents but determining who will benefit from them.

The real battle is not about eliminating rents but determining who will benefit from them.

Mike Konczal

Forum Response

Democratizing Markets

The real battle is not about eliminating rents but determining who will benefit from them.

Mike Konczal

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