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
(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.
(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.
Effects of International Sanctions on Age-Specific Mortality: A Cross-National Panel Data Analysis
This study, published in The Lancet Global Health, estimates that unilateral sanctions were associated with an annual toll of 564,258 deaths, similar to the global mortality burden associated with armed conflict.
(Foreign Policy) IMF Latest Loan to Argentina Is Part of its Decades-Long Failure There, and Is Widely Seen as Politically Driven
Foreign Policy: Mark Weisbrot writes for Foreign Policy about the IMF’s decision to loan tens of billions more to Milei’s government in Argentina, despite that half of the IMF board reportedly opposed the new loan.
(Miami Herald) Ecuador Votes Sunday Amid Corruption Scandals, Surging Violence and Eroding Rule of Law
Miami Herald – Ecuador’s elections on Sunday unfold against a backdrop of escalating violence, including by state security forces, rising poverty, power outages and widespread public discontent.
