Марк Тома

Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Oregon whose decade-long Economist's View blog became one of the most widely-read economics blogs in the academic community. The blog, active from 2005 onwards, served as a daily aggregator of academic working papers, policy commentary, and journalism on economics — filling a gap between specialist journals and general-interest media. Particularly influential during the 2008 financial crisis when economists and policymakers needed quick synthesis of rapidly evolving research on fiscal multipliers, monetary policy at the zero lower bound, and bank regulation. His own research focuses on monetary policy transmission mechanisms — how changes in Federal Reserve policy propagate through the financial system to real output and prices — and on the effectiveness of fiscal multipliers under different economic conditions. He has been a persistent advocate of more activist macroeconomic policy during downturns. Active on Bluesky as a platform for economic commentary and linking to new research.