Mark Blyth

Applications are open for the Finance Summer School 2026. Last two have been at Brown. This one is at LSE thanks to LSE European Institute and Huth Initiative, plus the Berkeley Program on Finance and Democracy. Stellar Line up. Apps open: forms.gle/WsEVk4Yy52Dn...

A global history of capitalism Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!

Actually, not final for today. New Rhodes center Podcast is out. Seth Rockman interviews Sven Beckett about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. Enjoy: player.captivate.fm/episode/76bb...

The Collators Podcast

And finally for today a Pod I did with two British friends who used to work police intel and have seen the collapse of state capacity up close and personal: thecollators.com/s2e1

YouTube video by UC Berkeley Events Can a Liberal Polity Survive the Politics of Grievance? - Jefferson Memorial Lecture - Mark Blyth

Also, my Berkeley talk on Citizenship and the Politics of Grievance from December is up. Its long. Lots of slides. Trying to think through how to talk about the nation without becoming an ethnic nationalist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLWh...

YouTube video by DW News Will Trump's Greenland obsession result in a tariff meltdown? | The Dip Podcast

Did the Dip (not the Dig) podcast with Deutsche Welle (in English). If you want to know my thinking about the current moment this is a good place to get it in less than 15 mins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL1...

While Trump thinks that the non-existence of windmills in China shows the obviousness of the big green scam, the UK intel community still thinks climate change is real and a massive security risk: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...

Who would you believe? Really...

Two views of the present. If you can get past the FT paywall, Howard Lutnick on the American present: www.ft.com/content/a675...

And now Cornel Ban on America's actual present and likely future: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Thanks. I think I get once a year so that was it :-)

You can constantly under or over bill, settle in cash, underreport hours or jobs. There is no way to monitor. Then there's the structures around them. Scottish partnerships, LLC rackets. It's a tax sinkhole.

Trump's War on the Fed, Explained. Plus, How One School Teacher Stood Up to Putin. | On the Media | WNYC Studios The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation against the Federal Reserve and its chairman. On this week’s On the Media, hear how the Trump administration’s pressure ca...

Something a bit more fun (kinda). What's behind the attack on the Fed, and central banks/technocratic governance, in general? Regime Shift, Power Play, or the Politics of Distraction? Probably all of the above. Me of @onthemedia.bsky.social this weekend: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

The Thermodynamic Margin Call Why Wall Street is Long the Wrong Singularity

Mike Green is at it again. His ability to recast what I think I know into something else entirely is incredible. Here he does it again. This time on what full Ai automation (or even partial) would actually mean. It's not what you think: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/the-thermo...

When Capitalism Reboots and Crashes Again ft. Mark Blyth Mark Blyth dissects the end of neoliberalism, rising power blocs, deficits, migration, and why the global order is sliding into a harsher phase.

For your weekend listening pleasure. I did the Top Traders podcast. These folks ask the best questions. Got into loads of interesting stuff. Enjoy: www.toptradersunplugged.com/podcast/when...

PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2025 PS editors ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that most influenced their thinking over the past year.

For your last minute Christmas gift list. A list of damn good books, including one recommended by me: www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ps-c...

See you all in the new year!

The story of capitalism, as told by its critics Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!

For your weekend listening pleasure, it's me and @johncassidysays.bsky.social talking about his belter of a book Capitalism and its Critics: player.captivate.fm/episode/b858...

Do it. And then get the book.

Trump's Second Act: Leadership, Tariffs, and Tensions

Did this great pod with the public policy crowd at the University of Glasgow. I was interviewed by Nicola McEwan, who went to Graeme Street tech in Dundee with me back in the 80s, and then we both went on to Strathclyde for undergrad. Great fun to reconnect: open.spotify.com/episode/29nh...

Geoeconomic | Substack Cornel Ban, associate prof at Copenhagen Business School and fellow at Boston University's China Initiative at the Global Development Program.

Two substacks that have become indispensable reading for me are @cornelban on Geoeconomics: substack.com/@GeoEconomic

and @NikKalyanpur on thepriceofpower.substack.com

Subscribe to both and cut through the BS

And the Winner of the New England Scot of The Year Awards 2025 is... On December 4th, we celebrated the incredible contributions of individuals who have made a lasting impact on Scottish communities across New England. The New En

The best thing about winning this award is that you can only accept it wearing a Kilt. Many thanks to the Scots in New England for this lovely, and very meaningful, award: scotsnewengland.org/and-the-winn...

I'm old and need reminders. we are having you down to brown though.

You could have given me a heads up :-)

전세계 물가상승, '금리'만으론 못잡아 '인플레이션의 습격' 저자 마크 블라이스 브라운대 교수 경기침체에 통화정책 안먹혀 고령화·기후변화 식량위기에 포퓰리즘 신국가주의 고착화 인플레 영구화할 우려 커져 韓, 수출 막히는 뉴노멀 대비 해외 생산·내수 활성화

Interview in a Korean Financial Daily, for those of you who can finally get me an invite to South Korea (never been): n.news.naver.com/mnews/articl...

Making Sense of Inflation The economic force is often seen as a barometer for a nation's mood and health. But have we misunderstood it all along?

A very nice and long review of Inflation is up in the Nation: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Had a good chat with the CBC folks about the cost of living and the politics of inflation: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The extraction industry powering the green transition Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!

And now..in our regular discussion of how climate change is really geopolitics...I give you @triofrancos.bsky.social and her fabby new book: player.captivate.fm/episode/16cc...

In other words - The new Rhodes Center Podcast is up...

Part 1: My Life Is a Lie How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America

Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...

YouTube video by Cogut Institute for the Humanities Political Concepts Debate • Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?

If you want a long form philosophical exploration of the current moment, Sam Moyn provides a good one here, despite my interventions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKHE...

Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers Inflation came and went, and yet prices are higher than ever and everyone expect the very top are feeling the pinch.

Next Weds evening (11/26) Nic and I are doing a talk on Inflation at Kings in London. Details are here. Hope to see some of you there: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-...

Are You An American? "They" Are Preparing You for "Hard Times"

Tremendous piece by Mike Green that manages to combine the cost of living crisis, why the Dems donor class are awful, technofeudalism, and Orwell all in one piece. Quite Brilliant: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/are-you-an...

A reminder that this is up today. If you are around providence swing by. M

If you are around Providence on Friday come listen to @johncassidysays.bsky.social talk his wonderful book Capitalism and Its Critics. Its the one stop shop for anything worth saying about capitalism that anyone useful ever said...well worth the read

The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.

Dan Driscoll and I had some thoughts: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...