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Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik

Writing for PS since 1998
225 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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. From the Washington Consensus to the Berlin Declaration
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    From the Washington Consensus to the Berlin Declaration

    Jun 27, 2024 Dani Rodrik, et al. tout a new understanding by leading economists about what policymakers must do to preempt the populist threat.

  4. The Way Forward for Services-Led Economic Development
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    The Way Forward for Services-Led Economic Development

    Jun 10, 2024 Dani Rodrik & Rohan Sandhu propose strategies to boost income growth in countries where reliance on manufacturing is no longer feasible.

  5. Don’t Fret About Green Subsidies
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    Don’t Fret About Green Subsidies

    May 10, 2024 Dani Rodrik sees no good argument against industrial policies that accelerate growth in decarbonization industries.

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    Creating a “Goldilocks” Business Climate

    Indermit Gill unveils the World Bank’s new, improved approach to unlocking private-sector development.
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    Earthquakes in the Middle East

    Richard Haass

    For almost a year, many hoped that Israel's war with Hamas would not spread beyond Gaza. But attacks on northern Israel by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and now the decision by both groups' backer, Iran, to fire ballistic missiles at Israel, has made a regional conflict all but inevitable.

    explains why the fighting between Israel and Hamas has escalated into a regional conflict involving Iran.
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    Putin’s Ukraine Magic

    Slavoj Žižek examines what the Kremlin’s strategy of deception means for diplomatic efforts to end the war.
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    China’s Economy Needs a Stimulus Package

    Yu Yongding urges policymakers to prevent prolonged stagnation by implementing expansionary monetary and fiscal policies.
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    Austria’s Far Right Did Not Win

    Maciej Kisilowski rejects the notion that a plurality should confer a mandate to govern in a multiparty parliamentary system.
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    The High Cost of Excluding Chinese Technology

    Michael Spence warns that both the global economy and the sustainability agenda could be dealt a devastating blow.
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    The Lessons and Legacy of October 7

    Richard Haass argues that Israel has shown in Gaza how it is possible to win a war on the battlefield and still lose it.
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    Climate Change Is Making Us Sick

    Paul Hudson urges the health-care sector to devise strategies to address the increase in respiratory and other diseases.
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    The Russian War Economy’s Days Are Numbered

    Anders Åslund explains why – and when – the Kremlin will run out of the resources it needs to continue its war.

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