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Dani Rodrik

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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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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 6h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 1d

Harvard (and all universities) must take a stand against Trump's extorionary "compact". Enos and Levitsky.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Must Take a Stand Against Trump’s Compact | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard, rather than quietly pursuing its own appeasement strategy, should lead the way to preserve academic freedom and democracy.

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HarvardCID @harvardcid.bsky.social · 1d

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Meet Our 2025-2026 PhD Job Market Candidates: Pioneering Research in Global Development, Governance, and Social Inclusion

This year's cohort of PhD candidates on the academic job market bring cutting-edge insights to the field of international development research. Their work explores how social networks, governance syst...

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to send you my latest book, out in a couple of weeks, if you send me an address.

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 1d

Second, there's a general theorem that says as long as you continue to produce at home goods similar to what's imported, some people will be left worse off from trade, regardless of what they consume. Furthermore, the larger the net gains, the larger the redistributive effects in general.

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 1d

Actually, the basic economics of it is even more ambiguous than that. First, opening up to trade results in a *rise* in the relative price of exportables. So it was not a good deal, even on prices, for consumers of food, say, or airplanes in the U.S. +

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

June

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 2d

"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity with Mark ✊

Far-right harassment of academics has long been a problem across countries. Many legacy media ignore, minimize, or even facilitate it. #NoPaseran

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 3d

In Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, @drodrik.bsky.social presents new, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

Publishing November 4. Learn more and preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik. New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

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Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social · 5d

Joey Fishkin on the compact balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, shared prosperity is really possible. In these dark times I hope this book will provide readers a glimpse of a brighter future and ideas on how to get there. (And a big thank you to some of my favorite scholars who offered the words of praise on the back cover.)

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Eric Weinberger @ericweinberger.bsky.social · 7d

A great American university bending over in delight to receive the headmaster's caning

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you David.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 8d

New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

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Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 8d

Kirkus Reviews praises @drodrik.bsky.social’s Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: “A thoughtful consideration of how to promote democracy, sustainability, and prosperity in a world riven by dislocation . . . A closely reasoned—and pragmatic—call for remaking the world’s economy.” buff.ly/rN9RmbE

SHARED PROSPERITY IN A FRACTURED WORLD | Kirkus Reviews

A thoughtful consideration of how to promote democracy, sustainability, and prosperity in a world riven by dislocation and conflict.

www.kirkusreviews.com

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · 8d

I'm truly honored to receive this year's Kershaw Award. I came into the policy research world almost by accident after a failed stint in the Australian Baseball League. To have my work recognized like this is a testament to the wonderful mentors and colleagues I've learned from these past 10 years.

APPAM @appam.bsky.social · 8d

Along with our partner, Mathmatica, we are pleased to announce Zachary Parolin as the 2025 David N. Kershaw Award winner. We look forward to recognizing Zach at #2025APPAM. Read more: https://ow.ly/izM550X57Bv

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 9d

Coming this spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Against Money

A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev. Money is unavoidably fundamental to our daily lives. It lurks behind ...

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Rohan Sandhu @rohansandhu.bsky.social · 10d

In a new case study, Sebastian Buck and I unpack the origins & functioning of a €3 billion investment instrument established by the German state of Saarland. Since 2022, the fund has made investments with the twin aims of stabilizing existing industries and enabling long-term transformation⬇️

Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 11d

How one German state (Saarland) combined institutional vision with an override of fiscal rules to set the stage for the transformation of its economic base away from old, dirty industries. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

Regional Economic Transformation in Germany: The Origins and Evolution of the Saarland Transformation Fund

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 11d

Regional Economic Transformation in Germany: The Origins and Evolution of the Saarland Transformation Fund

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 14d

The Trump administration plans to issue a code that colleges will need to comply with.

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 15d

A new report by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center looks at how to better combine the national and international dimensions of green structural transformation (GST) in the Global South. By Richard Kozul-Wright, Kevin Gallagher & others.

www.bu.edu/gdp/files/20...

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David J. Lynch @davidjlynch.bsky.social · 16d

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Wall Street bets against Trump on tariff refunds, while importers suffer

Wall Street investors are buying up claims to potential tariff refunds, betting that the Supreme Court will strike down President Donald Trump’s signature economic policy.

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 16d

I very much enjoyed my conversation with @michaelpettis.bsky.social, and so, I have no doubt, will you. www.ft.com/content/8ee5...

China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis

Will China’s trade imbalance throw the world off-kilter?

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Maximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 18d

Looking forward to this week’s booktalks and discussions!

Sep 23: MIT Knight Science Journalism program
ksj.mit.edu/events/

Sep 24: Harvard Kennedy School (including discussion with Dani Rodrik)
www.hks.harvard.edu/events/book-...

Sep 25: Yale Law School
law.yale.edu/centers-work...

Law, Economics & Organization Workshop

Discover your passion

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 21d

That is also the example given in the VoxDev piece I cited. India is also a good example. I was thinking of Mexico, which went the other way after NAFTA: relative gains in the North, but worse performance overall.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23d

Nice framework. And the normative complement would be that it is OK for majorities in power to delegate to technocratic bodies when they fear their future selves (the usual time inconsistency argument), but not OK when they want to lock in policy because the opposition might rule in the future.

Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in a take that situates the Cook saga -- and concerns about the erosion of Fed independence -- in a broader theoretical framework? Then, check out the updated version of this working paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and myself. gratton.org/papers/Techn...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 23d

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