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| '''Mark Weisbrot''' is an ] ] |
'''Mark Weisbrot''' is an ] ] and co-director of the ] in ] He received his ] in ] from the ]. He has written numerous research papers on ], and is co-author, with ], of ''Social Security: The Phony Crisis'' (], 2000), a refutation of prevailing wisdom on reform of the ] in the United States. He has written extensively about the economies of ], with special attention to ]. | ||
| He earned a ] in economics from the ].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/about/board/weisbrot |publisher=Just Foreign Policy |title=Mark Weisbrot| accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> He is co-author, with Baker, of ''Social Security: The Phony Crisis'' (], 2000),<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrot/ |title= Mark Weisbrot |publisher= Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) | accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> a refutation of prevailing wisdom on reform of the ] in the United States. He has written on ] and the economies of ], with special attention to Latin America; CEPR has published a number of papers on them.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) |url=http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrots-publications/ |title= Mark Weisbrot: CEPR Reports and Policy Papers | Books and Book Chapters | |||
| |accessdate = January 27, 2010}}</ref> At times, ]n President ] himself has consulted Weisbrot,<ref name=Clave/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2006anarchist_wsf|author= Lane, Walker| title= An Anarchist At the World Social Forum|date= April 10, 2006 |publisher=infoshop.news |work = Fifth Estate| accessdate= January 24, 2010| quote = Economist Mark Weisbrot, an American adviser to Chavez, told me as we spoke in his room at the Hilton overlooking the hotel swimming pool, that the government's policies are 'gradualist reform.' }}</ref> who is described as supporting Chavez's policies.<ref>{{cite news|author=Romero, Simon|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/world/americas/18venez.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print|title=Chávez Seizes Greater Economic Power|work=]|date=May 18, 2008|accessdate=January 23, 2010|quote=Mark Weisbrot, a Washington-based economist who is broadly supportive of Mr. Chávez’s economic policies, ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-18-chavez-venezuela_N.htm |work=USA Today|title=Polls: Support for Chavez government falling |date= March 18, 2008 | accessdate = January 26, 2010|quote= ... Weisbrot, who has supported Chavez's policies.}}<br />* {{es icon}} {{cite web| url= http://www.lineacapital.com.ar/?noticia=24826 |title= Critican que Miceli exponga en una reunión contra el FMI|publisher= Grupo Capital SA | accessdate= January 24, 2010|quote = ... Mark Weisbrot, un conocidísimo defensor -o apologista, según sus críticos-, del presidente Hugo Chávez.}}<br />* {{cite web|url=http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2710 |title= Chicago Turns Down Discounted Venezuelan Oil| author= Pupovac, Jessica | date= December 28, 2005 | publisher = The New Standard | accessdate= January 24, 2010|quote= Weisbrot is a staunch supporter of the Chavez administration.}} <br />* {{cite web | url= http://www.miamiherald.com/news/columnists/andres-oppenheimer/story/1424144.html | title = What's behind Hugo Chávez's devaluation? Politics | date = January 14, 2010 | author = Oppenheimer, Andres | publisher= The Miami Herald | work = Columnists: Andres Oppenheimer| accessdate= January 24, 2010 |quote= Mark Weisbrot, an economist with the left-of-center Washington, D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research who generally supports Chávez's policies, told me that ...}}<br />* {{cite web| url= http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2005/09/thinking_about_chavez.html |title= Thinking About Chavez| date= September 28, 2005 | author= Morley, Jefferson | publisher= The Washington Post| work= World Opinion Roundup | accessdate = January 24, 2010 |quote = Marc Weisbrot, a Washington economist and supporter of Chavez, ...}}<br />* {{cite web | url=http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=7226 |title= Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) |publisher = DiscovertheNetwork.org | accessdate = January 24, 2010 |quote = A longtime supporter of Chavez, Weisbrot, in a December 2002 article titled 'U.S. Intervening Against Democracy in Venezuela,' impugned the U.S. for sponsoring democratic opposition groups in Venezuela, organizations he dismissed as 'mostly managers and executives' who 'are trying to cripple the economy … in order to overthrow the government.' | |||
| }}<br />* {{cite web| url= http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=610 |title= 'Socialism or Death' in Venezuela | author = Laksin, Jacob |publisher = FrontPageMagazine.com |date = January 16, 2007 |accessdate = January 24, 2010 |quote = Predictably, Chavez still has his defenders. In the United States, the task of condoning every new attempt to consolidate power as an affirmation of people’s democracy in action has been taken up most prominently by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. The center’s co-director, Mark Weisbrot, has reliably praised Chavez’s Venezuela as a 'democratic' country and hailed the alleged success of the government's economic policies. }}</ref> More recently, Weisbrot and others at CEPR have criticized the policies of the ] (IMF), claiming that they "exacerbate the world economic downturn]]".<ref name="cepr-IMF-recession">{{cite web|url=http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/empowering-the-imf:-should-reform-be-a-requirement-for-increasing-the-funds-resources/|title=Empowering the IMF: Should Reform be a Requirement for Increasing the Fund’s Resources?|last=Weisbrot|first=M.|coauthors=Cordero, J., and Sandoval, L.|date=April 2009|publisher=Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR)|accessdate=1 February 2010}}</ref> | |||
| Weisbrot was one of the first economists to document and call attention to the long-term economic growth failure in the vast majority of developing countries since 1980, as well as the consequent decline in progress on such social indicators as life expectancy and infant and child mortality. This challenged the conventional wisdom that neoliberal reforms since 1980 has at least contributed to increasing economic growth, even if other problems (e.g. inequality) had remained or in some cases worsened. He has also been one of the most widely cited critics of IMF-supported policies in developing countries. | |||
| == Center for Economic and Policy Research == | |||
| Weisbrot has been a critic of IMF-supported policies in developing countries,<ref>{{cite web| publisher= Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)|date= October 2009 |url = http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/imf-supported-macroeconomic-policies-and-the-world-recession/|title=IMF-Supported Macroeconomic Policies and the World Recession: A Look at Forty-One Borrowing Countries | author= Weisbrot, Mark; Ray, Rebecca; Johnston, Jake; et al |accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=NPR |work= Marketplace |url= http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/04/24/am_imf/|title=The Scrutinizing the role of the IMF |author=Keith, Tamara |date= April 24, 2009 |accessdate= January 24, 2010|quote= Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a critic of the IMF.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work= Inter-Press Service |author= Penderis, Marina |url= http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49052|title= WORLD: IMF Has Long Way to Go – Even After 'Istanbul Decisions; |date= October 29, 2009 |accessdate= January 24, 2010}}</ref> as well as IMF policy with respect to the late-2000s recession.<ref name="cepr-IMF-recession" /> | |||
| He has also been a critic of globalization. According to CEPR, Weisbrot documented in a 2001 paper long-term economic growth failure in the vast majority of developing countries since 1980, as well as the consequent decline in progress on such social indicators as life expectancy and infant and child mortality. The evidence did not indicate a broad decline in the indicators measured, nor that these declines were the result of policy changes, but CEPR says that there is "certainly no evidence in these data that the policies associated with globalization have improved outcomes for most low to middle-income countries".<ref>{{cite web|publisher= Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) |date= July 11, 2001 |author = Weisbrot, Mark; Baker, Dean; Kraev, Egor; Chen, Judy |url= http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/globalization_2001_07_11.pdf| format = PDF|title=The Scorecard on Globalization 1980-2000: 20 Years of Diminished Progress |accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> In a 2005 followup, CEPR said that, "contrary to popular belief, the past 25 years (1980–2005) have seen a sharply slower rate of economic growth and reduced progress on social indicators for the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries", and that, "'It is generally difficult to show a clear relationship between any particular policy change and economic | |||
| outcomes, especially across countries. There are many changes that take place at the same time, and causality is difficult to establish. It is certainly possible that the decline in economic and social progress that has taken place over the last 25 years would have been even worse in the absence of the policy changes that were adopted."<ref>{{cite web | publisher = CEPR |date= September 2005 | author =Weisbrot, Mark; Baker, Dean; Rosnick, David |url = http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/development_2005_09.pdf| format = PDF | title=The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress |accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| == Columnist and author == | == Columnist and author == | ||
| Weisbrot writes a column for '']'',<ref name=ceproped/> and an opinion column on economic and policy issues that is distributed nationwide by ]-Tribune Information Services.<ref name=ceproped>{{cite web| publisher=Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) | url= http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrots-op-eds/ |title= Mark Weisbrot: Op-Eds and Columns| accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> His opinion pieces have appeared in '']'', the '']'', '']/International Herald Tribune'', '']'' and '']''. He has written for and been interviewed by online magazines such as |
Weisbrot writes a column for '']'',<ref name=ceproped/> and an opinion column on economic and policy issues that is distributed nationwide by ]-Tribune Information Services.<ref name=ceproped>{{cite web| publisher=Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) | url= http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrots-op-eds/ |title= Mark Weisbrot: Op-Eds and Columns| accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> His opinion pieces have appeared in '']'', the '']'', '']/International Herald Tribune'', '']'' and '']''. He has written for and been interviewed by online magazines such as ],<ref name=ceproped/> '']'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/#blogger_bio |title=Mark Weisbrot | work = The Huffington Post | accessdate = January 24, 2010}}</ref> and ],<ref>{{Cite web|author=Weisbrot, Mark |url=http://www.alternet.org/story/16678/labor_day_2003%3A_nothing_to_celebrate/|title=Labor Day 2003: Nothing to celebrate|publisher=alternet.org|date= August 28, 2003|accessdate= January 24, 2010}}</ref> both as original work and as republication of syndicated columns. He has appeared on national and local television and radio programs, including ], the ], ], the ], ] and ]. | ||
| == Latin America == | == Latin America == | ||
| Weisbrot has contributed testimony to ] |
Weisbrot has several times contributed testimony to ]. Weisbrot is also the President of ], a ] dedicated to reforming ].<ref>Just Foreign Policy, , accessed 13 March 2009</ref> Weisbrot advised ] on ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32723247/ns/entertainment-movies/ |title=Chavez gets red-carpet treatment in Venice | date= September 7, 2009 |publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=January 23, 2010}} Also </ref> a 2009 film about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. | ||
| Weisbrot has been described as the "intellectual architect" of the ],<ref name=Clave>{{es icon}} {{cite web|url=http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/MW_LaClave_elmodeloamericano.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=CEPR|date=September 2007|work=La Clave|title=Mark Weisbrot entrevista: El modelo americano no es mejor que el europeo| author=Pino, Soledad|accessdate=January 23, 2010|quote = ...se le considera el artifice intelectual del Banco del Sur, un proyecto impulsado por el presidente venezolano ... Segun fuentes cercanas, el propio Chavez consulta con cierta frecuencia a Weisbrot, aunque no siempre seguiría sus consejos. (According to close sources, Chavez himself consults with Weisbrot with certain frequency, although he may not always follow his advice.) ... Yo no soy el padre, porque no tiene nada de original tampoco, es simplemente establecer prestamos con filosofias diferentes. Yo estoy muy involucrado en las discusiones y de asesoria especifica a los Gobiernos cuando me solicitan. (I am not the 'father', because (the idea) is nothing original, it's simply establishing loans with different philosophies. I'm very involved in the discussions and specific advisement to the Governments when they ask.}}</ref><ref>{{es icon}} {{Cite news|url=http://politica.eluniversal.com/2007/09/19/eco_ava_promocionan-banco-de_19A1041119.shtml|title=Promocionan Banco del Sur en Madrid|work=]|date=September 19, 2007|accessdate=January 23, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Chavez and allies challenge IMF, World Bank">{{Cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22171566/|title=Chavez and allies challenge IMF, World Bank|accessdate=January 24, 2010|date = December 9, 2007|publisher=MSNBC}}</ref> first proposed by Venezuela's Chavez in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7068124.stm|author=Heredia, Lourdes|date=December 10, 2007|title= Why South America wants a new bank |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=January 26, 2010}}</ref><ref name=GEMCE>{{Verify credibility|date=January 2010}} {{cite web|author=McElhinny, Vince |work=Global Exchange | publisher= Bank Information Center |url=http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/venezuela/BankoftheSouth.pdf|format=PDF| title= Bank of the South |date = November 2007 |accessdate = January 25, 2010}}</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=January 2010}} Weisbrot says that the idea cannot be attributed to him because there was nothing original about it, though he was involved in the discussions and provided specific consultancy to the governments involved.<ref name=Clave/> In a reference to freedom of speech and the press, and human rights in Venezuela when journalists denounced alleged government aggression, according to ], Weisbrot said that Venezuela was one of the least repressive countries in the Western hemisphere.<ref>{{es icon}} {{cite news|author=Matheus, Maria Elena|url= http://www.eluniversal.com/2003/10/17/pol_art_17106D.shtml |title=Periodistas denuncian agresiones promovidas por el gobierno |work= El Universal |date= October 17, 2003 |accessdate=January 23, 2010}}</ref> Weisbrot advised ] on ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32723247/ns/entertainment-movies/ |title=Chavez gets red-carpet treatment in Venice | date= September 7, 2009 |publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=January 23, 2010}} Also </ref> a 2009 film about Chavez. | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| * {{cite web|url=http:// |
* {{cite web|url=http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/latvias-recession-cost-of-adjustment-internal-devaluation/|title=Latvia’s Recession: The Cost of Adjustment With An “Internal Devaluation”|date=February 2010|accessdate=February 9, 2010}} | ||
| * {{cite web|url=http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/bolivian-economy-during-morales-administration/|title=Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration | |||
| * ''Financial Times'', January 30, 2007 dialogue between Weisbrot and Francisco Rodríguez, former chief economist of the Venezuelan National Assembly during the Chavez administration and assistant professor of economics and Latin American studies at Wesleyan University. Rodriguez's In October 2006, Rodriguez paper (also ) and DePaul had a | |||
| |date=December 2009|accessdate=February 9, 2010}} | |||
| * ''New York Times'', August 11, 2009 article titled More of the Same in Latin America. | |||
| * ''Los Angeles Times'', July 23, 2009 article titled The high-powered hidden support for Honduras' coup. | |||
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Mark Weisbrot is an American economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He has written numerous research papers on economic policy, and is co-author, with Dean Baker, of Social Security: The Phony Crisis (University of Chicago Press, 2000), a refutation of prevailing wisdom on reform of the Social Security system in the United States. He has written extensively about the economies of developing countries, with special attention to Latin America.
Weisbrot was one of the first economists to document and call attention to the long-term economic growth failure in the vast majority of developing countries since 1980, as well as the consequent decline in progress on such social indicators as life expectancy and infant and child mortality. This challenged the conventional wisdom that neoliberal reforms since 1980 has at least contributed to increasing economic growth, even if other problems (e.g. inequality) had remained or in some cases worsened. He has also been one of the most widely cited critics of IMF-supported policies in developing countries.
Columnist and author
Weisbrot writes a column for The Guardian, and an opinion column on economic and policy issues that is distributed nationwide by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. His opinion pieces have appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe and The Nation. He has written for and been interviewed by online magazines such as Common Dreams NewsCenter, The Huffington Post, and Alternet, both as original work and as republication of syndicated columns. He has appeared on national and local television and radio programs, including CBS, the PBS Newshour, CNN, the BBC, National Public Radio and Fox News.
Latin America
Weisbrot has several times contributed testimony to Congressional hearings. Weisbrot is also the President of Just Foreign Policy, a non-governmental organization dedicated to reforming United States foreign policy. Weisbrot advised Oliver Stone on South of the Border, a 2009 film about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
References
- ^ "Mark Weisbrot: Op-Eds and Columns". Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- "Mark Weisbrot". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- Weisbrot, Mark (August 28, 2003). "Labor Day 2003: Nothing to celebrate". alternet.org. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- Just Foreign Policy, Board, accessed 13 March 2009
- "Chavez gets red-carpet treatment in Venice". MSNBC. September 7, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2010. Also here.
External links
- "Latvia's Recession: The Cost of Adjustment With An "Internal Devaluation"". February 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- "Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration". December 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- New York Times, August 11, 2009 article titled More of the Same in Latin America.
- Los Angeles Times, July 23, 2009 article titled The high-powered hidden support for Honduras' coup.