Mark Blyth

Podcaster at The Rhodes Center Podcast

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

Articles

Inflation Explained: Why Most People Lose, and Some Win Big

1 month ago | nextbigideaclub.com | Mark Blyth |Nicolo Fraccaroli

Mark Blyth and Nicolo Fraccaroli are colleagues at Brown University. Mark is a Professor of International Economics and of International and Public Affairs, as well as Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance. Nicolo is a visiting scholar and, beyond Brown, he is an economist at the World Bank. Inflation does not affect everyone equally. Some people get hit very hard by inflation, whereas others may even stand to benefit from such periods of time.
Inflation Isn’t Just About Too Much Money Supply. The Fed Alone Can’t Fix It.

1 month ago | barrons.com | Mark Blyth

We’ve Been Wrong About Inflation for Years. Fixing It Now Requires New Thinking.
We’ve Been Wrong About Inflation for Years. Fixing It Now Requires New Thinking.

1 month ago | finance.yahoo.com | Mark Blyth

Deflation, not inflation, was the euro zone’s main problem, and central bank researchers wondered where all the inflation had gone. Hopes that the Federal Reserve and other central banks can quash the problem by simply raising interest rates are likely to be dashed. There is good reason to believe that the old inflation regime won’t quickly return.
Inflation Isn’t Just About Too Much Money Supply. The Fed Alone Can’t Fix It.

1 month ago | barrons.com | Mark Blyth

About the author: Mark Blyth is the William R. Rhodes professor of international economics and professor of international and public affairs at Brown University. He is the author, with Nicolò Fraccaroli, of Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers. Ten years ago, trillions of dollars of advanced-economy government debt traded at a negative real interest rate. Deflation, not inflation, was the euro zone’s main problem, and central bank researchers wondered where all the inflation had gone.
Trump, los aranceles y el destino del dólar

2 months ago | eleconomista.com.mx | Mark Blyth

PROVIDENCE – Con la imposición de aranceles “demenciales” al resto del mundo por parte de la administración Trump, a muchos analistas les preocupa el problema del “lavado cuerdo”: imputar razones convincentes a políticas que no las tienen. Argumentan que este análisis ingenuo distrae la atención de la estafa que se está desarrollando ante nuestros ojos.
Decarbonising national growth models: derisking, ‘hobbled states’, and the decarbonisation possibility frontier

2 months ago | tandfonline.com | Daniel Driscoll |Mark Blyth

AbstractThis article brings together Growth Model Theory and climate change under the assumption that economic growth will remain a policy priority during the green transition. The relevant research question from a Growth Model perspective thus becomes ‘how easy or difficult is it for specific Growth Models to switch from carbon-based growth to green growth?’ In answering this question, the article makes two main contributions.
Macrofinance and the green transformation: nudging, attracting, and coercing capital towards decarbonization

2 months ago | tandfonline.com | Leah B. Downey |Mark Blyth

AbstractHow 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 political economy (IPE) has so far generated different and dissonant scholarly discussion. This special issue brings analytic and empirical specificity to these conversations in order to map out the possible macrofinancial strategies that states have open to them.
Tariffs will raise prices. But the climate crisis is the real inflation risk

2 months ago | msn.com | Mark Blyth |Nicolo Fraccaroli

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Tariffs will raise prices. But the climate crisis is the real inflation risk | Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Mark Blyth

Inflation is, at base, a tax on consumption – and it hits the poor the hardest, since they consume more of their incomes and the rich consume less. That’s one reason for concern over Donald Trump’s tariffs, which will disproportionately affect the poor. When the 90-day pause on the tariffs expires, it is reasonable to expect prices to rise, and by a lot.
Trump, Tariffs, and the Dollar's Fate

2 months ago | addisfortune.news | Mark Blyth

With the Trump Administration imposing "insane" tariffs on the rest of the world, many commentators are worried about the problem of “sane-washing”: imputing cogent rationales to policies that have none. Such naive punditry, they argue, distracts from the grift that is unfolding before our eyes. The Trump family’s moves into the crypto sphere, where its meme coins serve as an open invitation for bribes, certainly supports this interpretation.