Mark Weisbrot
Senior Economist and Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
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Mark is a Senior Economist and Co-Director of CEPR. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. He is author of the book Failed: What the “Experts” Got Wrong About the Global Economy (Oxford University Press); is coauthor with Dean Baker of Social Security: The Phony Crisis (University of Chicago Press); and has written numerous research papers on economic policy.
His opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and almost every major US newspaper as well as in Brazil’s largest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo. He appears regularly on national and local television and radio programs.
All from Mark Weisbrot
Honduras: US Officials Should Not Intervene in Other Countries’ Elections
There is concerted effort by the US government to influence the outcome of the election in Honduras. President Trump has piled on with a ringing endorsement of the National Party candidate, and strong denunciations of the other two leading candidates.
(Los Angeles Times) The Real Fight Behind the Shutdown: Health Care, and Now Hunger
LA Times: The government shutdown is the same fight that the two major parties have had for the past 15 years: A fight over access to health care and health insurance.
(The Nation) Can Trump’s War Be Prevented?
The Nation: A congressional war powers resolution could bring pressure and is the best hope for averting another disastrous war.
(Newsweek) US Bailout Won’t Fix Argentina’s Economy or Government
Newsweek: Javier Milei’s record borrowing and market interventions have deepened Argentina’s crisis, exposing the failures of his anti-state economic strategy.
The United States, The IMF, and Special Drawing Rights
A new CEPR report projects that up to over a hundred-thousand US jobs could be saved were the International Monetary Fund to make a new major allocation of Special Drawing Rights, like it did in 2021.
The United States, The IMF, and Special Drawing Rights
A new CEPR report projects that up to over a hundred-thousand US jobs could be saved were the International Monetary Fund to make a new major allocation of Special Drawing Rights, like it did in 2021.
(Newsweek) Trump Military Attack on Venezuelan Boat Intends To Redefine War
Newsweek: President Trump’s escalating use of military force—abroad without war and at home against legal norms—marks a troubling move toward authoritarian rule.
(Miami Herald) Trump Administration’s Extreme Anti-Labor Policies Could Determine the Impact of AI on Labor
Miami Herald: AI will likely boost productivity, but what will be the impact on workers and their incomes? The fact that we are facing a regime that is so much more anti-labor than those who went before is not a good sign for the distribution of gains from AI productivity going forward.
(The Hill) How Foreign Policy Could Crash Republican Midterm Prospects
The Hill: Another Israeli attack on Iran in the near future remains quite possible. Should Trump decide to join such an operation before the next election, it could significantly undermine Republican chances of retaining Congress.
(Los Angeles Times) Rethink Sanctions. They’re Killing as Many People as War Does
Los Angeles Times: Broad economic sanctions, most of which are imposed by the US government, kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people each year — disproportionately children.
