Dani Rodrik

@drodrik.bsky.social

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Economist

Dani Rodrik is a Turkish economist and Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was formerly the Albert O. Hirschman Professor of the Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He has published widely in the areas of international economics, economic development, and political economy. The question of what constitutes good economic policy and why some governments are more successful than others at adopting it is at the center of his research. His works include Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science and The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy. He is also joint editor-in-chief of the academic journal Global Policy. .. more

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 3d

For those who care about democracy, human rights, and social justice, a viable alternative to the US and Chinese models has become more important than ever, argues @drodrik.bsky.social. bit.ly/4ky6q7v

The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast

Dani Rodrik argues that an attractive alternative to the US and Chinese models has become more important than ever.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 4d

Stefanie Stantcheva is EfIP's (@econfip.bsky.social) guest this week

Economics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 4d

Our latest podcast episode is live! Harvard economist Stefanie Stantcheva joins to explore her groundbreaking research on zero-sum thinking and its profound effects on politics, policy, and the economy.

Listen on Apple Podcasts: lnkd.in/er-3iYSQ

Stefanie on Bluesky: @s-stantcheva.bsky.social

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Economics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 4d

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 5d

My quick take on what Europe needs to do to provide the leadership the world needs from it. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...

The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast

Dani Rodrik argues that an attractive alternative to the US and Chinese models has become more important than ever.

www.project-syndicate.org

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 5d

Martin Sandbu is right. But to make progress, EU has to invert its founding logic. It must prioritize unity in national defense and geopolitics while encouraging countries to experiment freely in economics (on their own or in groups of their choice) www.ft.com/content/52d2...

Europe is not as weak as it acts

A new vision of EU integration is slowly but surely taking shape

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 9d

Hope you like it.

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 12d

On Feb 17, our @inetoxford.bsky.social team will launch the INET Oxford Inequality Working Group, an online seminar series that invites discussion on inequality and public policy. Our first speaker: @drodrik.bsky.social presents his new book. Details & registration: www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/share...

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World

Dani Rodrik of Harvard University will present his new book, "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global…

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Economics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 12d

Interested in a new vision for economics that puts inclusive prosperity front and center? Start with this podcast episode featuring Dani Rodrik (Harvard) and Suresh Naidu (Columbia) explaining the origins and aspirations of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity. #EfIP podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Welcome to Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

Podcast Episode · Economics for Inclusive Prosperity · 01/14/2026 · 42m

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Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 16d

When Dani Rodrik was a guest on my old podcast (PolicyCast), he said "neoliberalism is just bad economics." I got to circle back to that in depth with Princeton U economist Atif Mian in the latest episode of Economics for Inclusive Prosperity. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Distribution matters: Why record inequality is a big macroeconomic problem

Podcast Episode · Economics for Inclusive Prosperity · 01/28/2026 · 48m

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Economics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 17d

Episode 2 of the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity podcast with Princeton University economist Atif Mian is live! Mian says record inequality is pushing US and world economies dangerously out of balance. "Distribution really matters," he says. Listen now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Distribution matters: Why record inequality is a big macroeconomic problem

Podcast Episode · Economics for Inclusive Prosperity · 01/28/2026 · 48m

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UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE) @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · 22d

Join us on Feb 11:

@drodrik.bsky.social, Michael Reich, Jennifer Harris, & Paul Pierson @besiberkeley.bsky.social discuss the unraveling of neoliberal economic policy, emerging agendas to address Americans’ unmet needs, and the politics that could make them real.

irle.berkeley.edu/events/econo...

Economic Policy Agendas to Rebuild America, with Dani Rodrik (Harvard), Michael Reich (Berkeley), Jennifer Harris (Hewlett), and Paul Pierson (berkeley. Sponsored by IRLE and BESI

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 24d

I talk to Bethany McLean and Luigi Zingales at UChicago's Stigler Center on how to build a middle class that will have to be necessarily anchored in services instead of manufacturing. capitalisnt.com/episodes/can...

Can We Build a Middle Class Without Factories? - ft. Dani Rodrik | Capitalisn't

Is the era of manufacturing-led growth officially over? For decades, the path to a stable middle class was paved through industrialization, but today, even manufacturing giants like China are losing m...

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Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Matthew Bunn, Juan Cole , and 2 more Dani Rodrik, Matthew Bunn, Juan Cole, Robert Wolfe, Tom van der Meer

Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social · 26d

Canadian PM Carney’s speech at Davos is a must-read. Nice illustration of Balance of Threat theory—he’s saying medium powers must band together to deal with the threat of a rogue US. He’s right: it’s just more evidence of #Trump’s grand-strategic incompetence. globalnews.ca/news/1162087....

Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.

globalnews.ca

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Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy @harvardmwc.bsky.social · Jan 14

Listen to the inaugural episode of the @econfip.bsky.social podcast featuring @harvardkennedy.bsky.social and @harvardrte.bsky.social's @drodrik.bsky.social with @columbiauniversity.bsky.social's Suresh Naidu, released today: inclusive-prosperity.simplecast.com/episodes/wel...

Welcome to Economics for Inclusive Prosperity | Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

Neoliberalism and economic nationalism are the two dominant meta-models for the global economy today. Proponents call them pathways to prosperity, but both have been blamed for exacerbating ongoing cl...

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John Alty @johnalty1.bsky.social · Jan 14

Great to hear @drodrik.bsky.social speak at #LSEevents this evening on “shared prosperity in a fractured world”. Lots to ponder on raising living standards, tackling climate change and relieving global poverty. Much rests on an industrial policy for services NOT manufacturing.

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Simon Wren-Lewis @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social · Jan 13

New post: A Post Neoliberal Consensus
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-po...
Dani Rodrik, Tim Besley and others argue that there is a now a post neoliberal consenus on economic policy.

A Post Neoliberal Consensus

. Dani Rodrik recently wrote an article entitled “The Post-Neoliberal Consensus is here”. He argues that it comprises th...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Jan 12

Ousting Powell is like invading Greenland: pointless self-harm for the US, unless you consider that Trump's job is to destroy everything that makes America powerful enough to constrain the global warlord ambitions of Putin & Xi.

crush the US$ & US fin services-->crush the power of US sanctions

Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitches.net · Jan 12

The WallStreetBets subreddit has exploded tonight in the wake of the announcement of the extortion of Jerome Powell

Full on "F--- Trump voters" meltdown

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 11

Thank you Diane, look forward to being there.

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 11

This must be the worst ManUtd team ever -- or at least since I began watching them.

Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Francesco Saraceno, Paul Nightingale

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Jan 10

Next week, 14 Jan at 6:30pm GMT, the London School of Economics and Political Science welcomes @drodrik.bsky.social for a discussion of his book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, and his bold approach to addressing today's most daunting issues.

Register for this hybrid event: buff.ly/IOPuw2c

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 10

Argentina pays US swap back, but apparently no-one knows where the country obtained the dollars www.ft.com/content/b721...

Argentina repays US financial lifeline as Milei emerges from market crisis

Buenos Aires hands back $2.5bn it drew under swap line ahead of pivotal election in October

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 9

It's not innovation per se (on which the US is very good), but its dissemination through the economy and society that determines the success of nations. Europe take note. A good essay by Angela Zhang on the Chinese angle on this. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...

Overcapacity Is China’s Biggest AI Advantage

Angela Huyue Zhang explains why technological dominance hinges less on models and chips than on economy-wide dissemination.

www.project-syndicate.org

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 8

Gets it right.

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Rohan Sandhu @rohansandhu.bsky.social · Jan 7

New from @drodrik.bsky.social, Gordon Hanson, and myself: "While global cooperation and national resource mobilization will be necessary to address the challenges we now face, it is local action that offers the most promising path forward."

www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...

The Global Economic Transformation Will Be Local

Gordon Hanson, Dani Rodrik and Rohan Sandhu observe that the types of challenges that developed and developing economies face are converging.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Jan 5

We are looking for a project manager for our new Global Economic Transformation initiative at Harvard. Please spread the word. Details here. careers.harvard.edu/job/project-...

Project Manager, Reimagining the Economy

careers.harvard.edu

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Jan 5

In my first book, I distinguished btwn non-transformative interventions (removing the leader, not the regime) & transformative interventions that tries to change domestic institutions. Both are hard and have long-term negative consequences. 9/ www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801...

Leaders at War by Elizabeth N. Saunders | Paperback | Cornell University Press

Examining the the role played by the threat perceptions of heads of state in national foreign and military policies.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu

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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · Jan 5

The global share of employment in agriculture had been falling steadily for decades.

But this movement out of agriculture seems to have paused, or even reversed, in low-income countries over the past five years.

Ishan Nath explores in our first article of 2026 ⤵️

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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · Jan 3

International law is not about rewarding virtue or punishing vice.
It exists to restrain power and protect the weak from the strong.
When force replaces rules, sovereignty and legitimacy erode.
2/2

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Jan 3

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World by Dani Rodrik: Health plan for a fractured world

Ireland is a poster child for the very economic model Rodrik argues has run its course

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