News & Research
August 12, 2020 The David McWilliams Podcast
In this interview, Mark Blyth and co-author Eric Lonergan discuss their new book, Angrynomics.
August 10, 2020 Marketplace
This radio segment featuring Mark Blyth focuses on changes that could help ease economic inequality.
July 27, 2020 Star Tribune
This article cites figures from an Opportunity Insights report co-created by John Friedman and other Brown colleagues.
July 27, 2020 Reuters
This review focuses on "Angrynomics," co-authored by Mark Blyth.
July 13, 2020 GoLocalProv
According to data from Opportunity Insights, co-directed by John Friedman, key sectors of Rhode Island's economy are collapsing and dramatically trail the rest of New England and the country due to the impact of the coronavirus.
June 1, 2020 PBS News Hour
John Friedman offered commentary on the impact coronavirus has had on the financial health of different generations.
June 1, 2020 Financial Times
This article provides a review on "Angrynomics", the recent book co-authored by Mark Blyth.
May 13, 2020 ABC6
Richard Arenberg provided commentary in this article stating, "I think the Democrats see great value in contrasting what they would do in this legislation to the ‘trickle-down’ approach the Republicans have mostly favored."
May 8, 2020 CBS News
In this interview, John Friedman discusses the latest numbers in U.S. unemployment and how the economy and job market can bounce back.
May 4, 2020 Indian Express
In this opinion piece by Ashutosh Varshney he writes, "We should not only expect that labour flows will now be more strictly regulated than before. But also more than ever before in recent decades, Western investors will also have to factor in political risks in their investment decision-making."
July 16, 2019 Deutsche Welle
Political economist Mark Blyth comments on the allegations that Nigel Farage may have influenced markets to help hedge funds on Brexit referendum night in 2016, and if it could happen again on October 31. "If you have a leading politician pushing in that direction, this gives the hedge funds a one-way bet, with insurance against failure. And that's the type of 'option' hedgies love the most."
May 13, 2019 Stanford University's Shorenstein APARC podcast
Senior Fellow Chas Freeman joined Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center's podcast to discuss the ongoig U.S.-China trade negotiations.
April 26, 2019 The Washington Post
Economist John Friedman comments on how the recent college admissions scandal highlights the advantages some wealthy families have in the college admissions process. "The American Dream has been distressingly out of reach for a lot of people...The disparities in access are really quite striking."
April 11, 2019 The Atlantic
Research by Professor John Friedman's think tank, Opportunity Insights, is cited in an article on the recent college admissions scandal. "Research published by Opportunity Insights ... has found that roughly three dozen of the country’s “elite” colleges enroll more students from households in the top 1 percent of the income scale than they do students from the bottom 60 percent of that scale."
February 22, 2019 The New York Times
Political economist Mark Blyth comments on the US dollar, saying "There is no alternative to the dollar...We’re stuck with the dollar, which gives the United States astonishing structural power."
January 11, 2019 Financial Times
Mark Blyth, director of the Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, spoke with the Financial Times about the politicking of central banking, the hurdles to finding a U.S.-China trade war resolution, and how China can manage the financial risks building in its economy.
January 3, 2019 Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow Brian Atwood is among the authors of a letter to the OECD/DAC on efforts to give countries Official Development Assistance (ODA) credit for private development expenditures.
November 8, 2018 News from Brown
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren stopped by Brown last night for the Taubman Center's Governor Frank Licht '38 Lecture series, speaking on the central question of "Who does government work for?"
October 15, 2018 WNYC's On the Media
This episode of On the Media looks at the story of money, from its uncertain origins to its digital reinvention in the form of cryptocurrency, and features political economist Mark Blyth discussing the history of money and how cryptocurrency could shape the future of money.
October 1, 2018 Newsmax
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg in Newsmax, "Without the filibuster as a counter-weight against totally majority-driven procedures, Chairman Grassley (R-IA) and his majority were able to ignore fundamental demands. The minority was helpless to insist that all the necessary documents be produced to the committee."