Mark Blyth
Eastman Professor of Political Economy
Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
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)
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.
“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.
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
BBC Business Matters, Mixed Mental Arts (podcast), Majority Report, Michael Brooks Show, Bi-Weekly Podcast with Carrie
February 28, 2018 Bloomberg
In a video interview at the Global Financial Markets Forum in Abu Dhabi, political economist Mark Blyth discusses Brexit negotiations, populism across Europe, tensions between the U.S. and North Korea, geopolitical risk and the upcoming election in Italy.
February 13, 2018 BBC Business Matters
Political Economist Mark Blyth joins BBC's Business Matters to discuss President Trump's budget among other things.
January 5, 2018 WBUR
Political economist Mark Blyth joined WBUR's Radio Open Source to give his state of the union.
October 23, 2017 Gears of Biz
Mark Blyth, professor of international political economy, comments on the effictiveness of the low-wage economy in the UK. “There’s no way for labor to push up wages since no one goes on strike anymore and the unions are weak."
October 12, 2017 The Daily Nebraskan
On Tuesday, October 10th, Political economist Mark Blyth participated in "Why People Vote for Those Who Work Against Their Best Interests," an event at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
October 5, 2017 The Washington Post
Mark Blyth and Matthias Matthijs examine the "impossible task" British Prime Minister Theresa May has ahead of her.
September 20, 2017 Liberal Culture
Political economist Mark Blyth in an interview with Liberal Culture, "Poland will be fine. It’s not like the investments are going to stop going into countries outside the eurozone. You just have to convert it from one currency to another."
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Watson Institute Student Seminar Series - American Democracy: The Dangers and Opportunities of Right Here and Right Now
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. NEW LOCATION: Joukowksy Forum
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum