The G7 helped to build this low-tax world. Are they really ready to change it? (written by Mark Blyth)
June 11, 2021 The Guardian
Mark Blyth penned this article in The Guardian.
Mark Blyth
Mark Blyth
Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance
The William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics
Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Biography
Mark Blyth is a political economist whose research focuses upon how uncertainty and randomness impact complex systems, particularly economic systems, and why people continue to believe stupid economic ideas despite buckets of evidence to the contrary. He is the author of several books, including Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2002, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Oxford University Press 2013, and The Future of the Euro (with Matthias Matthijs) (Oxford University Press 2015)
Research
Currently trying to stop talking about the macroeconomics of austerity but bad ideas never seem to go out of fashion so it's hard to stop. New projects on economic knowledge as a macro-structural property rather than as an individual property; why the Baby-Boomers constitute a threat to future prosperity and political stability; and why long and low inflation rates and interest rates are here to stay for much longer than we think.
Publications
"The Global Economics of European Populism: Growth Regimes and Party System Change in Europe (The Government and Opposition/Leonard Schapiro Lecture 2017)," Government and Opposition. 54 (2) (2019) pp. 193-225, with Jonathan Hopkin.
"From Big Bang to Big Crash: The Early Origins of the UK's Finance-led Growth Model and the Persistence of Bad Policy Ideas," New Political Economy. 24 (5) (2018) pp. 605-622, with Tami Oren.
“When is it Rational to Learn the Wrong Lessons? Technocratic Authority, Social Learning, and Euro Fragility,” Perspectives on Politics. Volume 16 (1) March 2018, pp. 110-126. doi:10.1017/S1537592717002171
“Black Swans, Lame Ducks, and the Mystery of IPE’s Missing Macro-Economy,” The Review of International Political Economy, 24 (2) (2017) pp. 203-231, with Matthias Matthijs.
“After the Brits Have Gone: How to Turn a Drama into a Crisis that Will Not go to Waste.” The Review of European Economic Policy, 50th Anniversary Issue, Winter 2016.
“Policies to Overcome Stagnation: The Crisis, and the Possible Futures, of All Things Euro.” European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies, Vol. 13 No. 2, 2016, pp. 215–228.
“Capitalism in Crisis: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2016.
Teaching
POLS 2175 – Ideas, Institutions and Politics.
POLS 2050 and 2051 – Preparing the Prospectus
POLS 1420 – Money and Power in the International Political Economy
PLCY 2730 – The Political Economy of Hard Policy Problems
POLS 2160 – International Political Economy
News|Recent News
Expert cited in Greene report says austerity 'never works' (interview with Mark Blyth)
June 1, 2021 CBC News
In this interview, Mark Blyth explains why cutting spending could have catastrophic economic consequences.
Who’s scared of a little inflation? (interview with Mark Blyth)
May 19, 2021 Marketplace
Mark Blyth appeared in this podcast segment stating, "You’ve got quite naturally a lot of what we call bottlenecks, a lot of supply shortages, across different sectors that are all coming out of hibernation at once."
Mark Blyth – An Inflated Fear of Inflation? (interview with Mark Blyth)
May 3, 2021 The Analysis
Mark Blyth appears in this podcast interview to explain why inflation in the U.S., Canada, and the E.U. is highly unlikely.
Angrynomics and the plan to save the world (interview with Mark Blyth)
April 12, 2021 BFM (The Business Station)
In this podcast interview, Mark Blyth discusses the point at which economics becomes angrynomics and more importantly, how do we fix it?
40 years later, is this the end of Reaganomics? (interview with Mark Blyth)
March 31, 2021 Marketplace
In this interview, Mark Blyth discusses how Reaganomics was supposed to work, its ripple effects on Democrats and whether the era of “big government” is over.
Scotland's future: Denmark or theme park? (interview with Mark Blyth)
February 23, 2021 Bella Caledonia
In this podcast, Mark Blyth takes apart the British economy and looks forward to a Scottish democracy.
Events
Jun 2, 2021
Jun 18, 2020
Angrynomics ─ Virtual Book Talk
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Register here to participate in the webinar, or watch live at watson.brown.edu/live.
Meet the Author, Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, Virtual Events
May 29, 2020
The COVID Crisis in Eastern Europe
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. View the discussion and submit questions on Watson's YouTube Channel.
COVID-Today, Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, Shifting European Landscapes, Watson Faculty Research Series
Apr 27, 2020
LIVE: The Corona Oil Shock
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Tune into the talk live at watson.brown.edu/live.
COVID-Today, Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, Watson Faculty Research Series
Mar 31, 2020
LIVE Conversation with Ed Steinfeld and Mark Blyth
Available starting March 31 at 3 p.m.
Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, Virtual Events
Dec 2, 2019