Mark Blyth

@MkBlyth

William R. Rhodes Professor of Int'l Economics @BrownUniversity @WatsonInstitute. Author of Inflation (6 May 2025), Angrynomics, and Austerity.

Joined May 2013

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Apr 1

Coming May 6th 2025 Everything you wanted to know about inflation but were afraid to ask...It's now a real thing and you can pre-order it here: amazon.com/Inflation-Guid…

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · 4 h

One of the foundational ideas of investment is diversification.Turns out its really hard to do that when profits in the US are now driven by tech and are more concentrated than ever in the top 1% of firms. New Data from Aidan Regan show how extreme it is: democracychallenged.com/2025/07/24/win…

MkBlyth's tweet card. The US corporate landscape has morphed into a winner-takes-all economy, where a handful of multinational firms control the lion’s share of profits and market power. The data is stark. Across all US…

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 24

Just a reminder for anyone in or around Providence that I am doing this tomorrow at 6pm at Symposium books. Do come along if you can.

MMark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 8

In case any of you are in or around Providence RI 7/25 you can hear me talk the book live: eventbrite.com/e/author-event… Do come along. Should be fun.

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 24

Just when you think it couldn’t get any more absurd. It does.Trump’s EPA now says greenhouse gases don’t endanger people - NPR. apple.news/ANyRHipoYSNOTc…

MkBlyth's tweet card. The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States’ climate change regulations.

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 16

Great interview with me and Nic on the inflation book. Especially good on the broader lessons we learned while doing the research: convergingdialogues.substack.com/p/436-all-abou…

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 9

Great interview with the NetWorth folks on all things inflation. Short and to the point. And this time with video: youtube.com/watch?v=gVMV5n…

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 8

In case any of you are in or around Providence RI 7/25 you can hear me talk the book live: eventbrite.com/e/author-event… Do come along. Should be fun.

MkBlyth's tweet card. Join us on July 25th at 6pm as we host Mark Blyth to discuss his latest release, "Inflation: A Guide for Losers"

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jul 1

Super happy this came out, Always loved @Macro_Musings #podcast. Had a great conversation with David about inflation, the book, and how we should think about this problem outside of the all too dominant 1970s frame.

WWatson School at Brown@Watson_School · Jul 1

In an interview with the@Macro_Musings #podcast, @MkBlyth discusses his new book, Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, the concept of angrynomics, and new ways to look at price controls and demographic decline. ow.ly/JivJ50WiwKP

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 30

For those interested in what comes next after the failure of 'billions to trillions' in development finance, here's an interesting and quite possible alternate view from Laura Carvalho that foregrounds development banks: project-syndicate.org/commentary/glo…

MkBlyth's tweet card. Laura Carvalho explains how national development banks can be empowered to mobilize vastly more investment.

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 28

For your weekend reading pleasure... My first piece for @TheAtlantic is up. It's my take on what is going on at a macro level across the world. I hope you enjoy it, or they will not ask me to do another one: theatlantic.com/economy/archiv…

MkBlyth's tweet card. Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 25

The inflation book in 30 mins on Trending Globally: player.captivate.fm/episode/7ea365… Do it...

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 21

Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers makes the FT Best Summer Books List: ft.com/content/025b75… Just sayin...if you have beach day coming up...

MkBlyth's tweet card. FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 15

Had a great chat with David Runciman on his new podcast on bad ideas. Revisiting Austerity with all the new updates: ppfideas.com/episodes/the-h…

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 9

Here's a cool one. @NextBigIdeaClub took an interest in the inflation book. Asked me to record its big ideas in 2 min segments, which I did. The result is here. Do give a listen and then decide that yes, you must buy the book: nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/infla…

MkBlyth's tweet card. Co-authors Mark Blyth and Nicolo Fraccaroli share 5 key insights from their new book, Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers.

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 10

And here's a truly different pod from any I have been on. It's the Sex Death and Money pod. Me, a witch, and a finance coach respond to folks money questions...I know, right? slate.com/podcasts/death…

MkBlyth's tweet card. Featuring a witch, an economist, and a finance coach.

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 8

Me and @SamSeder on his show talking inflation and many other things. Seems folks liked it: youtube.com/watch?v=ArAva4…

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 6

For those who care about such things, I finally joined the other platform. You can find me there at: mkblyth.bsky.social

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · Jun 5

New Interview with KPFA on the West Coast that started out being about the inflation book and then went almost everywhere else. Good convo though: kpfa.org/episode/letter…

MkBlyth's tweet card. Guest: Mark Blyth is a political economist and professor at Brown University. He is an expert on Global Finance & Banking and the author of several books including Austerity: The History of a...

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · May 30

Someone at UCD paid a king's ransom to an academic publisher so you can get this without paying for it. I hope its worth it to you: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-ar…

MkBlyth's tweet card. Abstract. This article argues that the Growth Model (GM) research programme in comparative political economy has an ontological and methodological bias tow

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Mark Blyth@MkBlyth · May 27

Special issue just out with Leah Downey on decarbonization and state strategies to deal either capital. Great content. Great people. Opening essay here. Enjoy: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

MkBlyth's tweet card. How should states secure funding to support the green transformation, where the state is an actor that is both public and dependent upon private interests? This pressing issue in international poli...

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