Mike Konczal

Discussing the Wage Standard with Arin Dube

Including minimum wages, pandemic social insurance, inflation, the low vibes, and AI.

May 23 • Mike Konczal and Arin Dube

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The Weirdness of Jay Powell's Legacy

Plus my favorite video of him, and the tattoo I got in response to the soft landing.

May 15 • Mike Konczal

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The Irony of a Jobs Pickup That Lands Right Where It Started

And what tariffs and immigration have to do with it.

May 9 • Mike Konczal

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April 2026

Cherry-Picking the Wrong Inflation Measures With Kevin Warsh

Kevin Warsh's favorite inflation metrics are exactly the ones that failed us during the inflation wave

Apr 27 • Mike Konczal

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Is the Vibecession Homogeneous to Degree Zero?

Why doubling the average price and every income might still leave people worse off.

Apr 23 • Mike Konczal

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The Girlboss Takeover Has a Data Problem

The sub-industries that already employed women just grew faster.

Apr 17 • Mike Konczal

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The Cross-Section of Non-Citizens and the Job Slowdown

Sub-industries with the most non-citizen workers are behind the jobs collapse, the recent rebound, and the wage deceleration.

Apr 8 • Mike Konczal

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March 2026

The Tax Trap Democrats Built for Themselves

Democrats are trapped in a tax architecture George W. Bush built in 2001. Now we're at war with Iran, a country he named to the Axis of Evil in 2002. He…

Mar 20 • Mike Konczal

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Even Before the Iran War, There Was a Growing Inflation Problem

January PCE data reveals that disinflation had already stalled and reversed before the war with Iran. Even before new fiscal stimulus and the energy…

Mar 18 • Mike Konczal

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February 2026

Sending in the TANKs Against Citrini's AI Doomerism

In which we use an internet sensation over AI displacement to learn some New Keynesian modeling and the economic possibilities for our grandchildren.

Feb 25 • Mike Konczal

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Three Ways Terminal AI Has Changed How I Work (And Whether It's Coming for My Job)

How terminal AI compresses setup, robustness checks, and iteration without replacing judgment, and whether Olivia Rodrigo caused the inflation wave.

Feb 19 • Mike Konczal

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Where I've Been Lately

From EconTwitter to the White House to useR! to Yale to the Boston Globe to the New York Times to the Washington Post

Feb 17 • Mike Konczal

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