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Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy
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The Globalization Paradox - Democracy and the Future of the World Economy. Dani Rodrik, February 2011, Book. "Surveying three centuries of economic history, a Harvard professor argues for a leaner global system that puts national democracies front and center. From the mercantile monopolies of seventeenth-century empires to the modern-day authority of the WTO, IMF, and World Bank, the nations of the world have struggled to effectively harness globalization's promise. The economic narratives that underpinned these eras—the gold standard, the Bretton Woods regime, the "Washington Consensus"—brought great success and great failure..." May require purchase or user account. Link