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Mark Weisbrot

Mark Weisbrot

Mark Weisbrot is codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. and president of Just Foreign Policy. He is also the author of Failed: What the ‘Experts’ Got Wrong About the Global Economy (2015, Oxford University Press). You can subscribe to his columns here.

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Mark Weisbrot
People queue to vote during general elections, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 7, 2018.
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Presidential Election Is a Fight for Democracy in Brazil

The threat of a military dictatorship is surfacing.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Folha De S.Paulo
October 7, 2018
Truthout
News
Economy & Labor

Venezuela’s Economic Crisis: Does It Mean That the Left Has Failed?

Venezuela can turn its economy around without a prolonged recession. The hardest adjustments have already happened.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Truthout
October 23, 2016
Truthout
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Brazilian Prosecutor Finds No Crime Committed by Dilma: Will the Law Count for Anything in Brazil?

Dilma Rousseff’s impeachers have criminal violation to even allege.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
July 22, 2016
Truthout
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

The Brazilian Coup and Washington’s “Rollback” in Latin America

Washington’s Cold War never ended in Latin America.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
May 29, 2016
Truthout
Op-Ed

Political Judiciary in Argentina

Argentina’s former president was indicted as a political act on charges of manipulating the nation’s central bank.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
May 23, 2016
Truthout
Op-Ed

Economic Policy Could Determine the Political Results in Venezuela

The government clearly needs to fix the economy if it is to regain popularity.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
May 6, 2016
Truthout
News Analysis

Attempted Coup in Brazil Seeks to Reverse Election Results

Brazil’s anti-democratic, corrupt elite is trying to take the country back to its pre-democratic past.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
The Hill
April 8, 2016
Truthout
News Analysis
Economy & Labor

The Political Economy of Argentina’s Settlement With the Vulture Funds

The lesson from this is the importance of national economic sovereignty for middle-income countries.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
March 21, 2016
Truthout
Op-Ed

Four Measures for Venezuela’s Economic Recovery

The country is not broke yet. There is still at least another year to turn the economy around, depending on oil prices.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Center for Economic and Policy Research
March 1, 2016
Truthout
Op-Ed

Obama Should Quickly Forge Strong Diplomatic Ties With Venezuela

Obama has no intention of reining in the hard-liners within his own government on Venezuela.
by
Mark Weisbrot,
Tribune News Service
January 24, 2016
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