Mark Blyth

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report The president called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the data "for political purposes."

Sound of Klaxon going off!

Warning! We have entered full BS Authoritarian territory:
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

When the stats don't support the narrative, change the person doing the stats...

Yeah. That'll work...

Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who showed up of the inflation book talk at Symposium books in Providence. It was fun. A special shout-out for Konrad who I think travelled a heck of a long distance. I'm honored.

Winner Takes All: How the Top 1% of Firms Capture the Profits 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…

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/w...

Just did so. Many thanks for that

I'm doing an Inflation book talk at Symposium Books in Providence tomorrow at 6pm. Here's the invite: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...

Hope to see some of you there and then.

#436 - All About Inflation: A Dialogue with Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli Listen now | In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli on inflation.

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-ab...

YouTube video by WorthNet Corporate Consolidation + Supply Shocks = Higher Inflation, Not Just Monetary Policy

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

In case any of you are in or around Providence RI 7/25 you can hear me talk the book live: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...

Do come along. Should be fun.

Macro Musings with David Beckworth: Mark Blyth on the Winners and Losers from Inflation Mark Blyth is a professor of international economics at Brown University. In Mark’s first appearance on the show, he discusses his new book Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, the concept of angr...

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: macromusings.libsyn.com/mark-blyth-o...

Oh yes. Late July?

The Key to Unlocking Development Finance Laura Carvalho explains how national development banks can be empowered to mobilize vastly more investment.

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: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...

100% I call it a strategy of Carbon Dominance

The World Economy Is on the Brink of Epochal Change Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

For your weekend reading pleasure...

My first piece for The Atlantic is up. Its 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: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

Inflation’s winners and losers, with Mark Blyth Quickly and easily listen to Trending Globally: Politics and Policy for free!

The inflation book in 30 mins on Trending Globally: player.captivate.fm/episode/7ea3...
Midweek commute listening...

There's still time...

Best summer books of 2025: Roula Khalaf, Stephen Bush and other FT journalists pick their favourites FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them

Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, makes the FT Best Summer Books List: ft.com/content/025b...

Just sayin...if you have beach day coming up...

The History of Bad Ideas: Austerity 194

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

This went "live" today. So if you haven't checked it out yet...Just sayin...

Published May 6th 2025. Everything you ever wanted to know about inflation but were far too busy to ask.

Go get it now!

Money Advice For This Weird Moment Featuring a witch, an economist, and a finance coach.

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/dea...

Inflation Explained: Why Most People Lose, and Some Win Big Co-authors Mark Blyth and Nicolo Fraccaroli share 5 key insights from their new book, Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers.

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/inf...

Interesting...

Thank you

I take my time sometimes...

Yeah. Great chat with @samseder.bsky.social about this...
Folks seemed to like it...

I shall immediately dash them :-)
I've been enjoying your writing too much

Then spread the word.

Fair. I've been busy

OK, I finally gave in. I'm here. Now to migrate a bunch of users.