Mark Blyth
| Mark Blyth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1967 Dundee, Scotland |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Fields | political economy |
Mark Blyth (born in 1967) is a Scottish political scientist, and a professor of international political economy at Brown University. He is best known for his critique of austerity, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, described by Salon.com and AlterNet as "necessary reading" and as simultaneously functioning as an economics explainer, a polemic, and a history book offering "insight into austerity’s lineage, its theories, its champions and its failures." Blyth characterized the argument advanced by austerity advocates as "a canard" and "complete horsesh*t."[1][2]
Publications
- (2002) Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- (2012), Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
References
- ↑ Blyth's Faculty Page at Brown University
- ↑ Austerity Is 'Complete Horsesh*t': Ivy League Prof Dismantles the Conservative Lie (Feb. 2015), Salon.com and AlterNet. "Mark Blyth's new book explains the damaging consequences of austerity in Europe and the U.S."