Mark Thoma is a professor of economics at the University of Oregon and the author of the Economist’s View blog, which has been praised by New York Times' Paul Krugman as a must-read. He joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1987 and served as head of the economics department for five years. His research involves the effects of monetary policy on inflation, output, unemployment, interest rates, and other macroeconomic variables. He has conducted research in other areas, such as the relationship between the political party in power and macroeconomic outcomes. He received a PhD from Washington State University.
Blog of the Century Posts by Mark Thoma
- An Investment That Could Reduce Long-Term Debt
- January 29, 2013
- Mint the Platinum Coin?
- January 7, 2013
- Lessons from the Great Recession: Best and Worst Monetary Policy of 2012
- December 21, 2012
- A Look Ahead at Obama’s Second Term
- November 7, 2011
Items Featuring Mark Thoma
- What can Washington do to boost the U.S. economy?
- January 9, 2013
- Fellow Mark Thoma Looks Ahead at President Obama’s Second Term
- November 7, 2012
By Mark Thoma
- 7 Important Examples of How Markets Can Fail
- June 18, 2013
- How a College Education Can Close the Income Gap
- June 4, 2013
- The Unemployed Need Bold, Creative Moves from the Fed
- May 21, 2013
- Seven Myths About Keynesian Economics
- May 7, 2013
- Fed stands pat—what next?
- May 2, 2013
- Mark Thoma at Economic Bloggers Forum 2013
- April 26, 2013
- Why Politics and Economics Are a Toxic Cocktail
- April 23, 2013
- How Much Should We Trust Economics?
- April 22, 2013
- Let the Punishment Fit the Crime of the Recession
- April 9, 2013
- Why Don’t Politicians Care about the Working Class?
- March 27, 2013
- Can the Fed Burst the Next Bubble Before It’s Too Late?
- March 13, 2013
- What does the Dow’s record say about the economy?
- March 7, 2013
- Sequester Will Mean Lost Jobs and Less Growth
- March 1, 2013
- Our Real Worry Isn’t the Debt, It’s Our Politicians
- February 26, 2013
- Does raising the minimum wage really help workers?
- February 15, 2013
- For Obama, State of the Union Means State of the People
- February 12, 2013
- TCF Fellow Mark Thoma: Will Online Higher Ed Widen the Income Gap?
- January 16, 2013
- What can Washington do to boost the U.S. economy?
- January 9, 2013
