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@mkblyth.bsky.social
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Published May 6th 2025. Everything you ever wanted to know about inflation but were far too busy to ask.
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Go get it now!
If you want a long form philosophical exploration of the current moment, Sam Moyn provides a good one here, despite my interventions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKHE...
Political Concepts Debate • Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?
YouTube video by Cogut Institute for the Humanities
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November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If you want a long form philosophical exploration of the current moment, Sam Moyn provides a good one here, despite my interventions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKHE...
Next Weds evening (11/26) Nic and I are doing a talk on Inflation at Kings in London. Details are here. Hope to see some of you there: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-...
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers
Inflation came and went, and yet prices are higher than ever and everyone expect the very top are feeling the pinch.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Next Weds evening (11/26) Nic and I are doing a talk on Inflation at Kings in London. Details are here. Hope to see some of you there: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-...
Tremendous piece by Mike Green that manages to combine the cost of living crisis, why the Dems donor class are awful, technofeudalism, and Orwell all in one piece. Quite Brilliant: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/are-you-an...
Are You An American?
"They" Are Preparing You for "Hard Times"
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Tremendous piece by Mike Green that manages to combine the cost of living crisis, why the Dems donor class are awful, technofeudalism, and Orwell all in one piece. Quite Brilliant: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/are-you-an...
A reminder that this is up today. If you are around providence swing by. M
If you are around Providence on Friday come listen to @johncassidysays.bsky.social talk his wonderful book Capitalism and Its Critics. Its the one stop shop for anything worth saying about capitalism that anyone useful ever said...well worth the read
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A reminder that this is up today. If you are around providence swing by. M
If you are around Providence on Friday come listen to @johncassidysays.bsky.social talk his wonderful book Capitalism and Its Critics. Its the one stop shop for anything worth saying about capitalism that anyone useful ever said...well worth the read
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If you are around Providence on Friday come listen to @johncassidysays.bsky.social talk his wonderful book Capitalism and Its Critics. Its the one stop shop for anything worth saying about capitalism that anyone useful ever said...well worth the read
Dan Driscoll and I had some thoughts: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
The Three Technologies Disrupting the Global Order
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll examine the geopolitical implications of inexpensive drones, phones, and solar panels.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Dan Driscoll and I had some thoughts: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
If you care about geopolitics, decarbonization, and why Europe seems lost, you can do a lot worse than subscribing to this blog. It's brilliant: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Smelter and the Sovereign
The critical minerals story is another way in which Europe’s green transition is a loser in the geoeconomic turn
substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you care about geopolitics, decarbonization, and why Europe seems lost, you can do a lot worse than subscribing to this blog. It's brilliant: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
A reminder this is on tomorrow at Brown. Come along if you can.
And if you are around Providence this Friday, come hear the wonderful @triofrancos.bsky.social talk her new book at Watson:
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A reminder this is on tomorrow at Brown. Come along if you can.
And if you are around Providence this Friday, come hear the wonderful @triofrancos.bsky.social talk her new book at Watson:
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And if you are around Providence this Friday, come hear the wonderful @triofrancos.bsky.social talk her new book at Watson:
Typically brilliant essay by @fotoole.bsky.social on the Democrats and their inability to move past internal recrimination: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Lingering Delusion | Fintan O’Toole
Kamala Harris’s memoir 107 Days succeeds at least in distilling the evasions and weaknesses of the modern Democratic Party.
www.nybooks.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Typically brilliant essay by @fotoole.bsky.social on the Democrats and their inability to move past internal recrimination: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
And if you happen to be in London end of November, you can see Nic and I live at Kings, Weds 26th at 5pm. Tickets are here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-...
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers
Inflation came and went, and yet prices are higher than ever and everyone expect the very top are feeling the pinch.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And if you happen to be in London end of November, you can see Nic and I live at Kings, Weds 26th at 5pm. Tickets are here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inflation-...
Just a reminder that I'm doing this tomorrow if you want to join in.
Been Away. Busy time of year. Am doing this next week. Jump on line if interested: bettermarkets.org/newsroom/bet...
Webinar: Affordability & Inflation: What if we’re thinking about this all wrong? | Better Markets
Everything costs more, and prices keep rising – what’s the Federal Reserve going to do about inflation? Well, sure, but maybe there’s more to it, as political economist Brown University Professor Mark...
bettermarkets.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just a reminder that I'm doing this tomorrow if you want to join in.
Did a longer pod with the folks at Smead Capital in their series a Book with Legs. Here's it on Apple Pods: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
And here's the YouTube: youtu.be/RZHHfXRX2js
And here's the YouTube: youtu.be/RZHHfXRX2js
Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli - Inflation
Podcast Episode · A Book with Legs · 10/20/2025 · 1h 23m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mark-blyth-and-nicolò-fraccaroli-inflation/id1608960458?i=1000732611746
October 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Did a longer pod with the folks at Smead Capital in their series a Book with Legs. Here's it on Apple Pods: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
And here's the YouTube: youtu.be/RZHHfXRX2js
And here's the YouTube: youtu.be/RZHHfXRX2js
Been Away. Busy time of year. Am doing this next week. Jump on line if interested: bettermarkets.org/newsroom/bet...
Webinar: Affordability & Inflation: What if we’re thinking about this all wrong? | Better Markets
Everything costs more, and prices keep rising – what’s the Federal Reserve going to do about inflation? Well, sure, but maybe there’s more to it, as political economist Brown University Professor Mark...
bettermarkets.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Been Away. Busy time of year. Am doing this next week. Jump on line if interested: bettermarkets.org/newsroom/bet...
Start the week with Part Two of of my chat with Leah Downey on her book, Our Money: Monetary Policy As If Democracy Matters, and all the stuff that has gone on since the summer...
player.captivate.fm/episode/7654...
player.captivate.fm/episode/7654...
Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part two)
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
player.captivate.fm
September 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Start the week with Part Two of of my chat with Leah Downey on her book, Our Money: Monetary Policy As If Democracy Matters, and all the stuff that has gone on since the summer...
player.captivate.fm/episode/7654...
player.captivate.fm/episode/7654...
The Rhodes Center Podcast is back. Me and Leah Downey on her wonderful book Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters. This is part one of two. In part two we discuss what happens when democracy starts to get the upper hand. Coming soon: player.captivate.fm/episode/eb5e...
Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part 1)
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
player.captivate.fm
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Rhodes Center Podcast is back. Me and Leah Downey on her wonderful book Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters. This is part one of two. In part two we discuss what happens when democracy starts to get the upper hand. Coming soon: player.captivate.fm/episode/eb5e...
New up on Project Syndicate with @NicFraccaroli (this one is mainly Nic - credit where its due) on there is a case for lower rates, but its not the one that's doing the rounds: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/r...
Lower Interest Rates Are the Right Policy for the Wrong Reasons
Mark Blyth & Nicolò Fraccaroli worry that monetary policy loosening is warranted but also politically treacherous.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New up on Project Syndicate with @NicFraccaroli (this one is mainly Nic - credit where its due) on there is a case for lower rates, but its not the one that's doing the rounds: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/r...
After getting an absolute monetarist pounding in the WSJ, its nice to see a more balanced review of our Inflation book in Project Syndicate: www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/why-...
A long read, and a good one.
A long read, and a good one.
Inflationary Tales
Jonathan Levy explains how economic shocks exposed flaws in monetarist orthodoxy and created room for intellectual innovation.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
After getting an absolute monetarist pounding in the WSJ, its nice to see a more balanced review of our Inflation book in Project Syndicate: www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/why-...
A long read, and a good one.
A long read, and a good one.
The wonderful Catherine DeVries has a substack about writing and how all sorts of things are at work to destroy it. She interviews writers about what and how they write. I'm up this week: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
September 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The wonderful Catherine DeVries has a substack about writing and how all sorts of things are at work to destroy it. She interviews writers about what and how they write. I'm up this week: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
Me and the @PitchforkEcon folks talk inflation. As usual, it went interesting places: pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/infl...
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers (with Mark Blyth) - Pitchfork Economics
Political economist Mark Blyth joins Nick and Goldy to unpack the myths and realities of rising prices, from pandemic supply shocks and corporate profiteering to central-bank missteps and decades of b...
pitchforkeconomics.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Me and the @PitchforkEcon folks talk inflation. As usual, it went interesting places: pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/infl...
Did a pod with the Drilled folks on carbon dominance as what unites US domestic and foreign policy: drilled.media/news/anti-re...
Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
drilled.media
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Did a pod with the Drilled folks on carbon dominance as what unites US domestic and foreign policy: drilled.media/news/anti-re...
I'm in Germany this week so it's appropriate that I'm doing a talk on inflation there. You can join at this link. Weds 27th at 4pm CET, 10am EST: e99b4d625f8a4761b92cdf7076e77595.svc.dynamics.com/t/t/nq9BxaK1...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: New Economy Short Cut | Inflation: Lessons from the Great Shock – with Mark Blyth. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...
When inflation reached new highs in 2022, sceptics predicted that inflation was here to stay. In the meantime, rates have fallen sharply again, albeit at a higher price level. So, were those who class...
e99b4d625f8a4761b92cdf7076e77595.svc.dynamics.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm in Germany this week so it's appropriate that I'm doing a talk on inflation there. You can join at this link. Weds 27th at 4pm CET, 10am EST: e99b4d625f8a4761b92cdf7076e77595.svc.dynamics.com/t/t/nq9BxaK1...
And in today's episode of Carbon Dominance I bring you this: www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
And this: www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
And this: www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
And in today's episode of Carbon Dominance I bring you this: www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-H...
And this: www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
And this: www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
As Dan said, come see Carbon Dominance in action...
Check out a new piece by @mkblyth.bsky.social and me: 'Trump’s Global War on Decarbonization'. The Strategy? BLOCK Chinese green tech, PUSH US fossil fuels. @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/RE8I5Ix
Trump’s Global War on Decarbonization
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll conclude that the US is intentionally undercutting the global demand for green technologies.
prosyn.org
August 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As Dan said, come see Carbon Dominance in action...