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 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.
(The Guardian) What the OAS Did to Bolivia
The Guardian: Bolivia has descended into a nightmare of political repression and racist state violence since the democratically elected government of Evo Morales was overthrown by the military on November 10.
Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the US Election, the Brazilian Economy, and US-Brazil Relations
(The Sacramento Bee) Labor Day under Coronavirus and Depression: What is Our Government Doing to Labor?
The Sacramento Bee: Who would want to be forcing layoffs—potentially totaling millions at the state and local level—during a depression and pandemic?
Brief Interview with Mark Weisbrot on the US Election, the Trump Presidency, and the Impact of Protests
The Instituto para Reforma das Relações entre Estado e Empresa (IREE), based in Brazil, interviewed CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot about the upcoming US elections.
The World Economy Needs a Stimulus: IMF Special Drawing Rights Are Critical to Containing the Pandemic and Boosting the World Economy
IMF Special Drawing Rights Are Critical to Containing the Pandemic and Boosting the World Economy
(The New York Times) Lives Depend on Argentina’s Debt Talks
The New York Times: In an op-ed for The New York Times, Mark Weisbrot writes on Argentina and the fact that governments won’t be able to contain the pandemic if they are forced to use scarce foreign currency to make unsustainable debt payments.
Letter on the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Policy and Research Council of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
Letter from the co-directors of the Center for Policy and Economic Research to the Policy Research Council.
The No-One-in-the-GOP CARES Act Bails Out Airlines, Does Little for Public Health or Workers’ Jobs
Again, the CARES Act demonstrates the Republican party’s complete disdain for the health or economic well-being of American workers.
Trump Stimulus Plan: Still Getting Everything Wrong
It is encouraging that the Trump administration is now taking steps to respond to the economic damage from the novel coronavirus pandemic, but from what has been disclosed, its plan is poorly designed.
