Mark Blyth

Mark Blyth
Born 1967
Dundee, Scotland
Nationality British
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 horseshit."[1][2]

Publications

References

  1. Blyth's Faculty Page at Brown University
  2. 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."
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