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Mike Konczal

  • Senior Director, Policy and Research, Economic Security Project
  • Contributor, Freelance
Maryland, Washington, D.C.
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VP Policy and Research, @EconomicSecProj. Former NEC. Economics. Liberal. #Rstats. Team Macro. Dad. Chicago guy.
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Our New Affordability Dashboard and the Microeconomic Vibecession

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By Mike Konczal
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I’m excited to announce that we’ve built an Affordability Dashboard over at the Economic Security Project. The idea is to pull a lot of publicly available data into one place, both at the national and state level. Whether it’s state-level rent burdens at Census or the BLS’s national average food prices for things like coffee and beef, there’s a lot to fit into a dashboard. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, and with vibe coding we finally got it built.
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What I’ve Been Doing With AI so Far in 2026

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By Mike Konczal
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Back in February, I wrote a post about how I’ve been using AI, and I wanted to give an update halfway through the year, as someone who writes and researches economics and policy and feels like they’ve gotten their process into place. I also like it when other people do this (e.g., Matt Bruenig), so maybe it’ll encourage you to try it too, either in your own post or in the comments below.
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A Good Housing Bill and Trump's Bad Affordability Politics

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By Mike Konczal
| mikekonczal.com
“I said I’m not signing the housing bill […] it’s all about the interest rates. Lower the interest rates and you are going to have all the housing you want.” - President Trump, via Acyn Subscribe for more on politics and economics. If the third time is the charm, the fourth time is pathological. And for the fourth time during the past year and a half, President Trump chose his own goals over affordability and everything else voters elected him to do.
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