Mark Blyth

Mark McGann Blyth (born 29 September 1967) is a Scottish-American political economist. He is currently the William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown, Blyth additionally directs the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

Early life

Blyth grew up in Dundee, Scotland and was raised by his grandmother after his mother died shortly after childbirth. He played bass in rock bands and noted in an interview that "I was a musician from age 14 to 28. I've released five or six albums, but all with independent labels that never went anywhere. If they had, I wouldn't be here. I'd be lying on a beach with Heidi Klum."

Education and career

Blyth received a BA in Political Science from the University of Strathclyde in 1990. In 1991, Blyth received a Walker Bequest award from the University of Strathclyde and a Scottish International Educational Trust Award for Study in the United States. He eventually became a US citizen.He went on to complete post-graduate studies in the field, being awarded an MA in 1993, MPhil in 1995, and PhD in 1999 at Columbia University. He later joined the Faculty of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University as Assistant Professor in 1997, then Associate Professor from 2005 to 2009.

In 2009, Blyth became a Professor of International Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at Brown University. In 2014, he was appointed as the Eastman Professor of Political Economy - part of a joint appointment between Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies and Department of Political Science - and, as of 2020, has served as both Director and William R. Rhodes ‘57 Professor at the Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance.

Blyth is known for his scholarship on economic ideas having contributed to an "ideational turn" in International Political Economy by offering sociologically informed approaches to markets and politics.

Blyth is a vociferous critic of austerity, particularly in his 2013 book, '' Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea'' - described by '' Salon's'' Elias Esquith as "necessary reading," a primer in economics, and polemical history of the austerity. Esquith praised Blyth's work for its "insight into austerity's lineage, its theories, its champions and its failures... here Blythexplains the damaging consequences of austerity in Europe and the U.S." In the book, Blyth criticises the argument advanced by austerity advocates as "a canard" and "complete horseshit".

In 2016, Blyth compared "Trumpism" to similar anti-establishment movements across the developed world. In August 2020, he expressed support for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom, and currently sits on the Scottish Government's Advisory Council for the transformation of Scotland's economy, chaired by Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Kate Forbes.

Personal life

Blyth is married.

Works

Books

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Selected articles

A more complete list can be found on Mark Blyth's curriculum vitae.

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References

Further reading

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External links

Chris Hedges’ "On Contact: The Cost of Austerity", with economist Mark Blyth
''Truthdig''. 12 September 2016.

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1967 births
Living people
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Brown University faculty
Scientists from Dundee
Scottish expatriates in the United States
Scottish economists
Scottish political scientists
American political scientists
Political economists
American economists
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde