Mike Konzcal, whose postings many of you know from Rortybomb and the Atlantic Business blogs, will be guest-blogging this week for New Deal 2.0 while yours truly is enjoying a floating populist retreat on The Nation's annual cruise. Among other things, he'll be breaking down HR 4173 -- the bill that may be setting us up for another massive Wall Street giveaway.

Konzcal has recently been named Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, so we're looking forward to more of his sharp analysis of the economy and more on these pages going forward.