Mike Konczal
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LobbyingFebruary 28, 2012
Explainer: Why Do We Need a Volcker Rule?
The proposed rule drew a blizzard of criticism from the financial industry. Here’s why commercial banks shouldn’t be able to make risky bets.
Mike Konczal
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EconomyDecember 2, 2011
Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year
Unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent, while the economy added 120,000 new jobs. Is this good enough news?
Mike Konczal
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InequalityNovember 17, 2011
Explainer: How Did Inequality in America Get So Bad? And What Can the Government Do to Fix It?
It took thirty years for inequality to become this dramatic, and it will be a generational project to reverse it.
Mike Konczal
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LaborJuly 19, 2011
From Mass Prosperity to Severe Recession in Fifty Years
According to Jeff Madrick’s Age of Greed, the US’s plunge into financial crisis began long before the recent round of deregulation and bailouts.
Mike Konczal
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Economic PolicyNovember 6, 2009
Fixing Too Big To Fail
How well will Representative Barney Frank's proposed regulatory reform legislation address the "too big to fail" problem?
Mike Konczal