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 Los Angeles Times) Trump Started a War on Journalism. Biden has Yet to End it
The Los Angeles Times: Advocates for human rights and press freedom, as well as members of Congress, all need to raise their voices in this case before it is too late.
(MarketWatch) “Stop the Steal” Campaign by Losing Candidate in Peru Must Come to an End
MarketWatch: The OAS’ Electoral Observation Mission in Peru for this election has so far agreed with the Peruvian electoral authorities that the election was clean. Let’s keep it that way.
Republican Senate Leadership on IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): A Fact Check
Despite the fact that SDRs were successfully issued and used during the world recession of 2009, they are still not a well-known policy tool among US legislators. This can lead to misconceptions regarding the nature of SDRs.
Bolivia After the 2019 Coup: Economic Policy
This paper looks at the economy of Bolivia during the de facto government that took power following a military coup in November of 2019 and that ruled for one year.
(MarketWatch) Ecuador: Democracy Should Not Be Derailed by False Claims of Fraud
MarketWatch: When “stop the steal” becomes the rallying cry of election losers in other countries
(MarketWatch) Why Partisanship Will Increase in the Post-Trump Era
MarketWatch: Many are hoping that when Trump leaves office, the historically elevated levels of partisanship in US politics will at least begin to subside. But the opposite is vastly more likely.
(RawStory) A Tale of Two Elections
RawStory: The OAS and its leadership must be held accountable, or these crimes will keep happening.
(The Nation) Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy
The Nation: The overwhelming MAS election victory is a repudiation of the racist coup regime as well as the Trump administration and the OAS, which helped install it.
(MarketWatch) Republican Attempts to Suppress the Vote Must be Stopped
MarketWatch: Between now and the election, Trump and his party must be held accountable for what they have already done, and the mass death and suffering that their decisions have caused.
(The Hill) If You Could Save a Million Lives, Would You Do It?
The Hill: That is what members of Congress should be asking themselves before they leave for recess in October.
