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Published May 6th 2025. Everything you ever wanted to know about inflation but were far too busy to ask. Go get it now!
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For your last minute Christmas gift list. A list of damn good books, including one recommended by me:
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ps-c...
See you all in the new year!
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PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2025
PS editors ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that most influenced their thinking over the past year.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ps-commentators-best-reads-2025-by-ps-editors-2025-12?h=0MNyh3ezpz43HAN7cNLTSu%2fHA3KZYup9MS6voQfL2Xg%3d&
7 days ago
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For your weekend listening pleasure, it's me and
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
talking about his belter of a book Capitalism and its Critics:
player.captivate.fm/episode/b858...
Do it. And then get the book.
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The story of capitalism, as told by its critics
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/b85805f1-554f-4bd5-9749-dd09e03d9c9b/
11 days ago
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Did this great pod with the public policy crowd at the University of Glasgow. I was interviewed by Nicola McEwan, who went to Graeme Street tech in Dundee with me back in the 80s, and then we both went on to Strathclyde for undergrad. Great fun to reconnect:
open.spotify.com/episode/29nh...
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Trump's Second Act: Leadership, Tariffs, and Tensions
https://open.spotify.com/episode/29nhsjEYtuVl0A74IiLcPz?si=NOGpGv9SQjOxo_wU-145mQ
11 days ago
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Two substacks that have become indispensable reading for me are @cornelban on Geoeconomics:
substack.com/@GeoEconomic
and @NikKalyanpur on
thepriceofpower.substack.com
Subscribe to both and cut through the BS
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Geoeconomic | Substack
Cornel Ban, associate prof at Copenhagen Business School and fellow at Boston University's China Initiative at the Global Development Program.
https://substack.com/@GeoEconomic
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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...
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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
https://scotsnewengland.org/and-the-winner-of-the-new-england-scot-of-the-year-awards-2025-is/
22 days ago
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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...
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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
https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/009/0005598530?sid=102
26 days ago
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A very nice and long review of Inflation is up in the Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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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?
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/what-is-inflation/
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Had a good chat with the CBC folks about the cost of living and the politics of inflation:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-379-cost-of-living/clip/16184742-when-comes-inflation-personal
27 days ago
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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...
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The extraction industry powering the green transition
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/16ccbbd8-10e0-4ea4-9cb6-1674385e41ef/
about 1 month ago
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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-...
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1272022&post_id=179492574&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4NDkxNTk5LCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxNzk0OTI1NzQsImlhdCI6MTc2MzkwOTMzOCwiZXhwIjoxNzY2NTAxMzM4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTI3MjAyMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.5edlNjg8nMN2FLxYjjDM_moqZ-M3Mo5hnsYr64Oz-1c&r=5205r&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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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...
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Political Concepts Debate • Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?
YouTube video by Cogut Institute for the Humanities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKHEYjC0p_I
about 1 month ago
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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-...
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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.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-a-guide-for-users-and-losers-tickets-1851130855219?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1%252Amo3i5m%252A_up%252AMQ..%252A_ga%252AMTAxNTUxNzkzOS4xNzYxMDQxNzU1%252A_ga_TQVES5V6SH%252AczE3NjEwNDE3NTUkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjEwNDE3NTUkajYwJGwwJGgw
about 1 month ago
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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...
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Are You An American?
"They" Are Preparing You for "Hard Times"
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/are-you-an-american?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1272022&post_id=178921397&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=5205r&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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A reminder that this is up today. If you are around providence swing by. M
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about 2 months ago
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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
about 2 months ago
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Dan Driscoll and I had some thoughts:
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
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The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-economic-transition-drones-phones-solar-by-mark-blyth-and-daniel-driscoll-2025-11
about 2 months ago
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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...
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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
https://substack.com/inbox/post/177572211?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=6302426&post_id=177572211&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=5205r&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
2 months ago
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A reminder this is on tomorrow at Brown. Come along if you can.
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2 months ago
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And if you are around Providence this Friday, come hear the wonderful
@triofrancos.bsky.social
talk her new book at Watson:
2 months ago
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Typically brilliant essay by
@fotoole.bsky.social
on the Democrats and their inability to move past internal recrimination:
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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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.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/11/20/the-lingering-delusion-107-days-kamala-harris/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NYR-102825-OToole&utm_content=NYR-102825-OToole+CID_8af90e7a34bff4875b18d3b9dc60f0a2&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=The%20Lingering%20Delusion
2 months ago
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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-...
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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.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-a-guide-for-users-and-losers-tickets-1851130855219?aff=oddtdtcreator
2 months ago
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Just a reminder that I'm doing this tomorrow if you want to join in.
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2 months ago
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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
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Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli - Inflation
Podcast Episode · A Book with Legs · 10/20/2025 · 1h 23m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mark-blyth-and-nicolò-fraccaroli-inflation/id1608960458?i=1000732611746
2 months ago
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Been Away. Busy time of year. Am doing this next week. Jump on line if interested:
bettermarkets.org/newsroom/bet...
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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...
https://bettermarkets.org/newsroom/better-markets-webinar-affordability-and-inflation/
2 months ago
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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...
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Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part two)
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/76546282-67e9-429a-9d19-7ba082cbe897/
3 months ago
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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...
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Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part 1)
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/eb5e1f4f-258f-4c97-bda6-ab7a0a0ac376/
3 months ago
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Talking with an old friend 'the dissenter':
bit.ly/46DjVxg
and
youtu.be/Y7Wmtny_59U
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Spotify – Web Player
https://bit.ly/46DjVxg
3 months ago
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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...
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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.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rate-cuts-right-policy-but-could-signal-loss-of-fed-independence-by-mark-blyth-and-nicolo-fraccaroli-2025-09
4 months ago
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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.
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Inflationary Tales
Jonathan Levy explains how economic shocks exposed flaws in monetarist orthodoxy and created room for intellectual innovation.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/why-we-need-a-new-inflation-playbook-by-jonathan-levy-2025-09
4 months ago
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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-...
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4 months ago
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Me and the @PitchforkEcon folks talk inflation. As usual, it went interesting places:
pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/infl...
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Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers (with Mark Blyth) - Pitchfork Economics
Political economist Mark Blyth joins Nick and Goldy to unpack the myths and realities of rising prices, from pandemic supply shocks and corporate profiteering to central-bank missteps and decades of b...
https://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/inflation-a-guide-for-users-and-losers-with-mark-blyth
4 months ago
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Did a pod with the Drilled folks on carbon dominance as what unites US domestic and foreign policy:
drilled.media/news/anti-re...
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Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
https://drilled.media/news/anti-renewables
4 months ago
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I'm in Germany this week so it's appropriate that I'm doing a talk on inflation there. You can join at this link. Weds 27th at 4pm CET, 10am EST:
e99b4d625f8a4761b92cdf7076e77595.svc.dynamics.com/t/t/nq9BxaK1...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: New Economy Short Cut | Inflation: Lessons from the Great Shock – with Mark Blyth. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...
When inflation reached new highs in 2022, sceptics predicted that inflation was here to stay. In the meantime, rates have fallen sharply again, albeit at a higher price level. So, were those who class...
https://e99b4d625f8a4761b92cdf7076e77595.svc.dynamics.com/t/t/nq9BxaK1o3I55lCcGxHnLn3Q4cdQ612Qg4jFUcxgrxEx/IqGXuu0UIRjDN8u056eCFB6ox0XSW1zm4pT1Ok4D8A8x
4 months ago
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And in today's episode of Carbon Dominance I bring you this:
www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
And this:
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
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https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/08/19/secretary-rollins-blocks-taxpayer-dollars-solar-panels-prime-farmland
4 months ago
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As Dan said, come see Carbon Dominance in action...
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4 months ago
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Brett is back in action. Check it out.
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4 months ago
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My mate Mark, who is helping me get Mark and Carrie back on line after a break, (yes, coming this Fall) has his own pod. It's about information and how to think about it. Check it out:
thecollators.com
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The Collators Podcast
The collators explore how we make sense of the information around us.
https://thecollators.com
4 months ago
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Had fun with this podcast - Biz focused - different sort of questions. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR8x...
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Political economist Mark Blyth: The old economic order is dead | Rapid Response
YouTube video by Rapid Response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR8xTmvh_Z0
4 months ago
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If there was ever a headline that described how the West came apart it's probably this one:
nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
I love the understatement of 'Alarmed.' "Asking WTUF?" might be more accurate.
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As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed
https://nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/europe/usaid-contraceptives-trump.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250812&instance_id=160403&nl=from-the-times®i_id=93613012&segment_id=203768&user_id=5319803bd75007ff3a7187d4079c47c9
5 months ago
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Did a Canadian business oriented pod last week. Got into some interesting stuff. Worth a listen:
wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
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How the U.S. Is Threatening Canada's Future | TLDR
Tariffs are only the tip of the iceberg, says political economist Mark Blyth.
https://wealthsimple-tldr-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/how-the-us-is-threatening-canadas-future
5 months ago
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And in today's episode of "If the Data Ain't there then Neither is the Problem" there is this beauty:
futurism.com/white-house-...
Wow. Carbon Dominance in action.
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White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
https://futurism.com/white-house-orders-nasa-destroy-important-satellite
5 months ago
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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...
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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."
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-orders-firing-bls-commissioner-weak-jobs-report-rcna222531
5 months ago
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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.
5 months ago
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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...
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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…
https://democracychallenged.com/2025/07/24/winner-takes-all-how-the-top-1-of-firms-capture-the-profits/
5 months ago
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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.
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Author Event! Mark Blyth's "Inflation"
Join us on July 25th at 6pm as we host Mark Blyth to discuss his latest release, "Inflation: A Guide for Losers"
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-event-mark-blyths-inflation-tickets-1458626042759?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
5 months ago
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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...
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#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.
https://convergingdialogues.substack.com/p/436-all-about-inflation-a-dialogue?r=1t78tj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
6 months ago
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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...
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Corporate Consolidation + Supply Shocks = Higher Inflation, Not Just Monetary Policy
YouTube video by WorthNet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVMV5nk3IJY
6 months ago
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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.
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Author Event! Mark Blyth's "Inflation"
Eventbrite - Symposium Books presents Author Event! Mark Blyth's "Inflation" - Friday, July 25, 2025 at Symposium Books, Providence, RI. Find event and ticket information.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-event-mark-blyths-inflation-tickets-1458626042759?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
6 months ago
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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...
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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...
https://macromusings.libsyn.com/mark-blyth-on-the-winners-and-losers-from-inflation
6 months ago
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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...
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The Key to Unlocking Development Finance
Laura Carvalho explains how national development banks can be empowered to mobilize vastly more investment.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-south-national-development-banks-can-and-should-replace-old-aid-system-by-laura-carvalho-2025-06
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