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Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik, professor of international political economy at Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government, is president of the International Economic Association and author of Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy (Princeton University Press).

The Perils Of Economic Consensus

Dani Rodrik

The Initiative on Global Markets, based at the University of Chicago, periodically surveys a group of leading academic economists, of varying political persuasions, on the

Why The Super-Rich Need Governments

Dani Rodrik

The very rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, “are different from you and me.” Their wealth makes them “cynical where we are trustful,” and makes

Rethinking Democracy

Dani Rodrik

By many measures, the world has never been more democratic. Virtually every government at least pays lip service to democracy and human rights. Though elections

Piketty And The Zeitgeist

Dani Rodrik

I get the same question these days wherever I go and from whomever I meet: What do you think of Thomas Piketty? It’s really two