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Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik

Writing for PS since 1998
228 commentaries
1 videos & podcasts

Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School, is President of the International Economic Association and the author of Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy (Princeton University Press, 2017).

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  1. Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls
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    Why Bidenomics Did Not Deliver at the Polls

    Dec 4, 2024 Dani Rodrik thinks the Democrats were right to embrace economic populism, but neglected to update it for this century.

  2. Middle Powers Will Make a Multipolar World
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    Middle Powers Will Make a Multipolar World

    Nov 11, 2024 Dani Rodrik expects relatively large economies to emerge as a countervailing force vis-à-vis America and China.

  3. The Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Test
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    The Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Test

    Oct 10, 2024 Dani Rodrik explains how to steer international economic-policy debates toward what really matters.

  4. A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy
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    A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy

    Sep 9, 2024 Dani Rodrik weighs the trade-offs between combating climate change, global poverty, and rich countries’ middle-class decline.

  5. What the New Left Needs
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    What the New Left Needs

    Jul 10, 2024 Dani Rodrik sketches a worker-focused economic program that can take the wind out of right-wing populists' sails.

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    The Crisis that Germany Needs

    Barry Eichengreen argues that the country's economic woes reflect decades-old institutions that are no longer fit for purpose.
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    Successful Industrial Policy Requires Industry Experts

    Diane Coyle thinks governments need to rebuild capacities they abandoned decades ago.
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    China’s Fast-Changing Economic Adjustments

    Zhang Jun outlines policymakers' task as the country's growth model confronts new sources of uncertainty.
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    Why DOGE and Musk Will Fail

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify a fundamental flaw in the design of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency.”
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    Syria’s House of Cards

    Barak Barfi

    External factors surely contributed to the Syrian regime’s vulnerability in the face of a new rebel advance. But the primary cause of President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall is that he presided over a disintegrating social contract, enabling his enemies to forge new coalitions organized around meeting the everyday needs of Syria’s people.

    explains why Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed so quickly, placing most of the blame on Assad himself.
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    Will Your Encrypted Messages Remain Private in Europe?

    Markéta Gregorová worries about a proposed regulation that would undermine a fundamental right in the digital domain.
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    The Fall of the House of Assad

    Shlomo Ben-Ami

    The Middle East’s geopolitical landscape has been transformed by the swift collapse of Syria’s al-Assad dynasty. While the Iranian-led “axis of resistance” now appears hollowed out, an Islamist regime in Damascus may prove deeply unsettling not only to Israel, but also to the region’s Arab states.

    agrees with Iran’s former vice president that the Syrian regime’s collapse will transform the Middle East.
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    How Trump’s Return Could Benefit Mexico

    Guillermo Ortiz thinks the country and its new president could benefit from going back to the negotiating table with the US.
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    Choice in Dying Comes to the UK

    Peter Singer welcomes the approval of a bill that promises to empower terminally ill patients in England and Wales.

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