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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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Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy @harvardmwc.bsky.social · 1d
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...
inclusive-prosperity.simplecast.com

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John Alty @johnalty1.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 3d
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...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 4d
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
skywitches.net Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitches.net · 4d
The WallStreetBets subreddit has exploded tonight in the wake of the announcement of the extortion of Jerome Powell

Full on "F--- Trump voters" meltdown

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you Diane, look forward to being there.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 4d
This must be the worst ManUtd team ever -- or at least since I began watching them.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 6d
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 Dani Rodrik

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 6d
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
www.ft.com

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 6d
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

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 8d
Gets it right.

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Rohan Sandhu @rohansandhu.bsky.social · 8d
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 · 10d
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 · 10d
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 · 11d
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 · 12d
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.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 13d
Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World by Dani Rodrik: Health plan for a fractured world
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
www.irishtimes.com

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Günseli Berik @gberik.bsky.social · 18d
Just published! Kudos to Bernasek & Chester for bringing to life the Elgar Companion to Women and Heterodox Economics! @iaffe.bsky.social @feministeconomics.bsky.social

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19d
Now that the White House has seized and erased our Kennedy Center, we remember the beautiful things that once happened there.

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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 20d
Trump’s Fake Peace Deals Are Dangerous foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/22/t...
Trump’s Fake Peace Deals Are Dangerous
Potemkin peace can be a threat all its own.
foreignpolicy.com

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 22d
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis,” by Almelhem, Iyigun, Kennedy, and Rubin (@jaredcrubin): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis*
Abstract. We trace the evolution of the language of science, religion, and political economy in the centuries leading to the British Industrial Revolution.
doi.org

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 23d
"Trump boasts in ... the strategy that, at last, ‘America is strong and respected again”. The problem is that this obviously isn’t true. Countries ... treat it like an angry, incoherent drunk with a bazooka. You say whatever you hope might calm them down, but you certainly don’t respect them."
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Liberal democracies view Putin’s Russia as a bully – and Trump’s US as an angry drunk with a bazooka. The response is pure venom, say Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins
www.theguardian.com

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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 24d
Want to help drive economic transformation from theory to practice?

I'm seeking a Project Coordinator and Programme Manager to help lead a growing team and a portfolio of work with governments.

Programme Manager (Operations) ➡️ buff.ly/XvdJc7U
Project Coordinator (Policy) ➡️ buff.ly/bKHYhwQ

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Robert N. Stavins @robertstavins.bsky.social · 24d
Truly appalling, and the motivation is mainly Trump's personal antipathy toward wind power since he failed to stop a wind project off the coast of one of his golf courses in Scotland! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 28d
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.

In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.

www.iza.org/publications...

🧵 thread—>
1. Less skilled labor is abundant. 2. Skilled emigration is a brain drain. 3. Development substitutes for migration. 4. Migration substitutes for failing development, but doesn't cause development.

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Weatherhead Center for International Affairs @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social · 28d
Looking for your next winter read? Curl up with a new book written by a Weatherhead affiliate: https://loom.ly/2Pqhllw
A collage of a dozen or so colorful book covers set against a beige background.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · Dec 17
The best that can be said of Trump’s approach to the economy is that it is an experimental phase in the post-neoliberal transition, says @drodrik.bsky.social. bit.ly/4pH758b
The Post-Neoliberal Consensus Is Here
Dani Rodrik identifies three tenets of a new consensus that is uniting the left and the right in the United States.
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Arnaud Zacharie @arnaudzacharie.bsky.social · Dec 17
Les 3 piliers du consensus post-néolibéral selon @drodrik.bsky.social: la reconnaissance de la concentration excessive du pouvoir économique, la promotion des emplois de qualité pour la classe moyenne et le rôle de l’État dans les politiques industrielles. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...
Le consensus post-néolibéral est là
Project Syndicate - The World’s Opinion Page
www.project-syndicate.org

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Dec 16
Thank you Cas.