Nationality British Name Mark Blyth | Fields Political Economy | |
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Books Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Great transformations Similar People Rawi Abdelal, Jonathan Hopkin, Benjamin Cohen, Paul Krugman | ||
Mark blyth mackenzie lecture 2015 austerity and the politics of money
Mark Blyth (born 1967) is a British political scientist from Scotland and a professor of international political economy at Brown University.
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- Mark blyth mackenzie lecture 2015 austerity and the politics of money
- Plenary session 03 2015 10 24 keynote mark blyth fmm
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
Plenary session 03 2015 10 24 keynote mark blyth fmm
Early life and education
Blyth grew up in Dundee, Scotland and was raised by his grandmother after his mother died shortly after child birth. He received a BA in Political Science from Strathclyde University in 1990 and a PhD in political science from Columbia University in 1999.
Career
He is best known for his critique of austerity, Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, described by Salon and AlterNet as "necessary reading" and as simultaneously functioning as an economics explainer, a polemic, and a history book offering "insight into austerity’s lineage, its theories, its champions and its failures." Blyth characterized the argument advanced by austerity advocates as "a canard" and "complete horseshit."
Using the term "Trumpism", Blyth argues that there are similar anti-establishment movements in the developed world.