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
(Miami Herald) A Widening War in the Middle East Could Alter US Election Results
Miami Herald: For months now, there have been news reports that the Biden administration has been trying to prevent the war in Gaza from expanding into a wider war in the region.
In Memory of Robert Solow
In Memory of Robert Solow
(Counterspin) Mark Weisbrot’s Interview on Argentina’s Election
Counterspin: Janine Jackson, author, program director, and producer/host of FAIR’s syndicated weekly radio show Counterspin, interviewed Mark Weisbrot, economist and CEPR co-director, on Javier and the Argentine presidential election.
(Albuquerque Journal) Menendez Should Resign and Take His Extremist Foreign Policies with Him
Albuquerque Journal: Extremist foreign policy is both a product of our corrupt political system, and a powerful force in its perpetuation.
(Common Dreams) Ecuador’s Election Could Have Lasting Consequences
Common Dreams: Ecuador’s presidential candidates represent opposing sides of the policy choices, goals, values, and interests that brought about the sharply contrasting results of the two preceding episodes.
(San Jose Mercury News) Labor Faces a Partisan Divide on Most Important Issues Going Forward
San Jose Mercury News: The 2024 election could determine how much we can fix problems, or whether we move backward toward increasing inequality of income, wealth, and access to education.
(Chicago Tribune) Will Trump Cry “Stop the Steal” if DeSantis Wins the Primary?
Chicago Tribune: What would happen if anyone other than Trump were to win the Republican primary? Would Trump accept the result, or would we see a repeat of “stop the steal?”
(The Nation) Immediate Help for Developing Countries Is Available, But the US Treasury Department Is Blocking It
The Nation: It makes no sense for Treasury to block aid, which can save hundreds of thousands of lives in the world, as well as jobs in the US– all at zero cost to the US budget.
(The Guardian) Debt Ceiling Has Become a Weapon Against Democracy in the United States
The Guardian: The debt ceiling fight was never really about debt reduction. It’s part of a vicious cycle in which political power is abused in order to consolidate a system that is increasingly undemocratic.
The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary
On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading experts in the study of economic sanctions to help to answer a critical, but often-ignored, question: What are the human consequences of US economic sanctions?
