Stories by Mike Konczal

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Debt: What It Is and Why We Fight It

Posted on: May 8, 2012, Source: N+1 Magazine

David Graeber, Mike Konczal, Sarah Jaffe and Brian Kalkbrenner discuss debt--what it is, why we're drowning in it, why it's a political issue. Moderated by Astra Taylor.

How Privatizing Government Shovels Cash to Parasitic Corporations and Undermines Democracy

Posted on: Feb 5, 2012, Source: Salon

From schools to prisons, outsourcing government's works typically ends with cronyism, waste and unaccountability

Idea for Making the Banks Really Mad: Occupy Foreclosed Homes

Posted on: Oct 20, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

Who Are the 1% And What Do They Do For a Living?

Posted on: Oct 15, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

How Killer Student Debt and Unemployment Made Young People the Leaders at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on: Oct 3, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

"That we're young only means we have the most to lose by standing idle," say the young protesters mocked by mainstream media.

Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Jobs Number: Zero

Posted on: Sep 3, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

Why is the Obama Administration Trying to Block Investigation of Foreclosure Fraud?

Posted on: Aug 23, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

The Dangerous Conservative Philosophies That Put People Behind Bars

Posted on: Jan 7, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

Two conservative ideologies are at work behind the huge prison population.