Mike Konczal
@mtkonczal
Senior Director Policy and Research, @economicsecproj. Former NEC. Liberal. #Rstats. #EconTwitter. Dad. Chicago guy.
I’m very excited to join @EconomicSecProj. In this chaotic moment, the essentials - fighting economic insecurity and corporate abuse, building social insurance and competitive markets - are more important than ever.
We’re proud to announce two new team members who previously served in the Biden-Harris Admin: Adriane Brown as Senior Communications Director and Mike Konczal (@mtkonczal) as Senior Director of Policy & Research. Seen first today in @Politico Playbook. politico.com/playbook
So much discourse about progressive mayors and abundance lately Now Brandon Johnson is full YIMBY-posting and Chicago just passed a substantially more widespread parking requirement reform than the parking reforms in NYC's City of Yes
We need to pull every lever that we possibly can to grow our housing supply and drive down the cost of rent to make Chicago the safest, most affordable city in America. By making it easier to build across our city we make affordable, equitable transit oriented housing possible in…
AWFUL scenario. Border Patrol agents raided a car wash and arrested a DACA recipient working there. He has a REAL ID, but they didn't even let him show his ID, they just grabbed him and threw him in a van. He was then detained for a MONTH before getting bond.
This is a terrifying case. DHS did not recognize DACA as a protective status, & proceeded to arrest & detain Diaz. With the massive increase in enforcement that is about to start, are DACA recipients also enforcement targets? latimes.com/california/sto…
Big thank you to @PrestonMui at @employamerica for his input throughout the process! This analysis was made stronger because of him. Special thank yous to @mtkonczal @apmechan @GabeMenchaca @lawsonhmansell @marthagimbel for taking early looks and giving feedback as well!
A lot of people are blaming AI for grads’ poor outcomes, but I find the evidence for this claim is surprisingly thin. Excited to release a new analysis w/ @employamerica on the labor market performance of recent college grads. 🧵
CBO's new estimate confirms: the Republican reconciliation law includes the largest #SNAP cut in history ($187B or ~20%). It will take food assistance away from more than 2M low-income ppl & cut food benefits for tens of millions more. Some states could even end SNAP entirely.
I was aware that Paul Douglas, who co invented the Douglas-Cobb production function was a Senator — I did _not_ know that he enlisted in the Marines at age 50 in WW2, requested combat duty, and won two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star
Most recruits are 21 when they step onto Parris Island. Paul Douglas was 50. A professor, politician, and patriot, Douglas left behindb a life of comfort in 1942 to enlist in the Marine Corps-becoming the oldest recruit in Parris Island history. From enduring boot camp without…
2025 is quickly becoming “The Year of the Flood” in the United States. So far, 3,358 Flash Flood Warnings have been issued, over 250 more than the next closest year to date. The US has already surpassed its annual average for flash flood reports, with more than double the…
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just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit
Lol this is hilarious. The Phillies had a kiss cam and had the Phillie Phanatic re-enact the Coldplay affair😂
Inflation expectations declined to pre-Liberation Day levels in the University of Michigan survey though still remain well above the December 2024 level. Year-ahead expectations dropped to 4.4% in the preliminary July survey (5% in June) Five-years-ahead fell to 3.6% (prev 4%)
Will this be good for Trump’s weakest issue who can say
ACA insurers plan biggest rate hikes in eight years trib.al/9UwBLfO
Neil at @RenMacLLC: We have a Shadow Fed Chair already. What we don’t need is a Chairman in Name Only.
Great advice to juniors/ writers from Waller: "I used to tell my junior research colleagues that presentations are not murder mysteries—just tell the audience up front "who did it" by telling them the main point."
An exchange in which the OMB Director admits the Administration is currently impounding federal funding *before* Congress legally rescinds those funds.
I'm not under any illusions that anyone cares much about this but for those who are interested here's transcript of my exchange this morning with White House budget chief Russ Vought: Me So I just checked the DOGE website. They claim $190 billion in savings for the American…
It is increasingly clear foreign producers are not paying the tariffs. If they were, we'd see falling import prices in today's release (b/c they are reported pre-tariff). Import prices are instead continuing to rise.
BLS's import price indices explicitly do not include tariffs. So this chart is actually making the exact opposite point: foreign producers have likely eaten very little if any of the cost of US tariffs in the form of lower prices. 1/2