Mark Blyth

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

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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...

The Smelter and the Sovereign The critical minerals story is another way in which Europe’s green transition is a loser in the geoeconomic turn

If you care about geopolitics, decarbonization, and why Europe seems lost, you can do a lot worse than subscribing to this blog. It's brilliant: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

A reminder this is on tomorrow at Brown. Come along if you can.

And if you are around Providence this Friday, come hear the wonderful @triofrancos.bsky.social talk her new book at Watson:

The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.

Typically brilliant essay by @fotoole.bsky.social on the Democrats and their inability to move past internal recrimination: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

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.

And if you happen to be in London end of November, you can see Nic and I live at Kings, Weds 26th at 5pm. Tickets are here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-...

Just a reminder that I'm doing this tomorrow if you want to join in.

Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli - Inflation Podcast Episode · A Book with Legs · 10/20/2025 · 1h 23m

Did a longer pod with the folks at Smead Capital in their series a Book with Legs. Here's it on Apple Pods: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

And here's the YouTube: youtu.be/RZHHfXRX2js

Webinar: Affordability & Inflation: What if we’re thinking about this all wrong? | Better Markets Everything costs more, and prices keep rising – what’s the Federal Reserve going to do about inflation? Well, sure, but maybe there’s more to it, as political economist Brown University Professor Mark...

Been Away. Busy time of year. Am doing this next week. Jump on line if interested: bettermarkets.org/newsroom/bet...

Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part two) Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!

Start the week with Part Two of of my chat with Leah Downey on her book, Our Money: Monetary Policy As If Democracy Matters, and all the stuff that has gone on since the summer...
player.captivate.fm/episode/7654...

Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part 1) Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!

The Rhodes Center Podcast is back. Me and Leah Downey on her wonderful book Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters. This is part one of two. In part two we discuss what happens when democracy starts to get the upper hand. Coming soon: player.captivate.fm/episode/eb5e...

Talking with an old friend 'the dissenter': bit.ly/46DjVxg

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Lower Interest Rates Are the Right Policy for the Wrong Reasons Mark Blyth & Nicolò Fraccaroli worry that monetary policy loosening is warranted but also politically treacherous.

New up on Project Syndicate with @NicFraccaroli (this one is mainly Nic - credit where its due) on there is a case for lower rates, but its not the one that's doing the rounds: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/r...

Inflationary Tales Jonathan Levy explains how economic shocks exposed flaws in monetarist orthodoxy and created room for intellectual innovation.

After getting an absolute monetarist pounding in the WSJ, its nice to see a more balanced review of our Inflation book in Project Syndicate: www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/why-...

A long read, and a good one.

Indeed. Thanks Cas!

The wonderful Catherine DeVries has a substack about writing and how all sorts of things are at work to destroy it. She interviews writers about what and how they write. I'm up this week: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...