Mike Konczal (who has also blogged under the pseudonym Mike Rorty) is a financial engineer living in San Francisco. Originally from Chicago, he enjoys finance, economics, sociology, whiskey and center-left politics. He blogs here and at the
rortybomb blog. He can be
contacted by email
here. The views expressed here are Mike’s own, and do not reflect the opinions or views of any of his employers or The Atlantic Monthly.