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Mark Weisbrot

Co-Director

Center for Economic and Policy Research

1611 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20009 UNITED STATES Phone: (202) 293-5380 ext. 228 Fax: 202-588-1356 weisbrot@cepr.net

Mark Weisbrot received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan, with specialization in international economics and political economy. He is co-author, with Dean Baker, of Social Security: The Phony Crisis (University of Chicago Press, 2000), and has written numerous research papers on economic policy.

He is currently Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, D.C. He writes a weekly column on economic and policy issues that is distributed to over 550 newspapers by Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services. His opinion pieces have appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, and most other U.S. newspapers. He appears regularly on national and local television and radio programs, and has been a guest on ABC World News Tonight; CNN, C-SPAN Washington Journal; Fox News; NPR's Morning Edition, Diane Rehm Show and Kojo Nnamdi Show; Newshour with Jim Lehrer; BBC-TV World News and other programs.

Focus: Economy, Governance, Jobs, Trade, Global, Americas

Link: http://www.cepr.org/default_static.htm

Related Resources:

• Are Shorter Work Hours Good for the Environment? (Policy Library)
• The Relative Impact of Trade Liberalization on Developing Countries (Policy Library)
• Applying Economics to Economists (Policy Library)

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Last Updated: Sep 22, 2006