The Watson Institute presents Mark Blyth on Austerity

The Watson Institute presents Mark Blyth on Austerity from The Global Conversation on Vimeo.

A video on the global trend toward Austerity budgets featuring Mark Blyth.
Directed by Joe Posner.

Produced by
Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies (watsoninstitute.org) in association with the Global Conversation (globalconversation.org) and Global Media Project (globalmediaproject.net).

Mark Blyth is a professor of International Political Economy at Brown University and is writing "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea," forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2011.

Citations & More Information:

2 Trillion Dollar Hole
ft.com/​cms/​s/​0/​ be8041b6-34fa-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html

5-50% of GDP
imf.org/​external/​pubs/​ft/​spn/​2009/​ spn0925.pdf

Wage Stagnation
workinglife.org/​wiki/​ Wages+and+Benefits:+Real+Wages+(1964-2004)

More on balance sheets and recessions
amazon.com/​ Holy-Grail-Macroeconomics-Lessons-Recession/​dp/​0470823879

Credits:

Featuring Professor Mark Blyth
Directed by Joe Posner
Photography by Ian McAlpin
Co-Producer: Lindsay Richardson
Asst Camera: Phil Gara
Asst Animator: Emily Roberts
Music: Joe Posner