Mark Blyth

Mark Blyth is a professor of International Economics at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and the Director of the Rhodes Centre for International Economics and Finance. He is the author many award-winning books including, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Angrynomics, Diminishing Returns: The New Politics of Growth and Stagnation, and Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, which was a ‘best book of the summer 2025’ from the Financial Times. He writes about the politics of growth, distribution, and decarbonization and why people continue to believe dubious economic ideas despite buckets of evidence to the contrary.