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I’m Mike Konczal. I’m Senior Director of Policy and Research at the Economic Security Project. Before that I was a former Special Assistant to the President and Chief Economist of the National Economics Council under President Biden.

I’ve had a wild career so far. I was an early hire of the Roosevelt Institute's think tank, a financial engineer, in software, a columnist, a blogger, and many other things. In 2011 Time magazine named me the 22nd best financial blogger. My personal website is here. I wrote a book called Freedom From the Market about the emancipatory potential of decommodification. I am is forever a Chicago Guy, a dad, and a #RStats fan.

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Write on all things economics and policy. Former National Economic Council. Author of "Freedom From the Market." Policy and Research, Economic Security Project. #Rstats. Dad. From Chicago.