Michael Harrington is a political economist, public policy analyst, and author. He holds advanced degrees in political science, finance, and economics. His academic scholarship has garnered several national awards, including the American Political Science Association's Harold D. Lasswell Prize for best research in policy studies. His research interests encompass trade policy; capital markets; the politics of finance; risk, uncertainty and social insurance; voting patterns in American politics; agent-based modeling techniques; and the economics of inequality. He has worked in the securities and...