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| Dani Rodrik
May 11, 2021, Opinion: "US President Joe Biden's administration has embarked on a bold and long-overdue departure from the economic policy orthodoxy that has prevailed in the US and much of the West since the 1980s. But those who are seeking a new economic paradigm should be careful what they wish for."
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| Stefanie Stantcheva | Dani Rodrik
April 2021, Paper: "One of the biggest challenges that countries face today is the very unequal distributions of opportunities, resources, income and wealth across people. Inclusive prosperity – whereby many people from different backgrounds can benefit from economic growth, new technologies, and the fruits of globalization – remains elusive. To address these issues, societies face choices among many different policies and institutional…
| Dani Rodrik
April 9, 2021, Opinion: "The US administration's proposed $2 trillion infrastructure package could transform the US and set an important example for other developed countries to follow. But to achieve its potential, the plan must avoid misleading state-versus-market dichotomies and outdated Cold War tropes."
| Dani Rodrik
April 1, 2020, Opinion: "Thoughtful economists have long been concerned by their profession’s hubristic tendencies, collective attachment to questionable models, and lack of openness to new and different voices. Will the combined effect of the global financial crisis, the anti-globalization backlash, and now COVID-19 finally prompt the discipline to demonstrate greater humility and embrace genuine diversity?"…
| Dani Rodrik
March 18, 2021, Video: "The online seminar series aims to encourage the exchange and discussion of empirical research on trade and investment and its effects on developing and emerging countries. The seminar differs from a traditional academic seminar, which focuses on methodology and academic exchange, and instead aims to promote the translation of academic findings into policy. As such, the seminar series provides the opportunity for mutual…
| Dani Rodrik
March 7, 2021, Opinion: "Understanding the advantages and limitations of economists’ methods clarifies the value they can add to analysis of non-economic questions. Equally important, it underscores how economists’ approach can complement but never replace alternative, often qualitative methods used in other scholarly disciplines."…
| Dani Rodrik
February 23, 2021, Video: "Video interview series presented by Rajk College for Advanced Studies for its 50th birthday. The series covers interviews made by selected awardees of the John von Neumann and Herbert Simon Awards established by Rajk College, Budapest, Hungary. This interview was made with Dani Rodrik at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge Massachusetts at January 28, 2020 before any COVID-19 restrictions."…
| Dani Rodrik
February 17, 2021, Video: "China and the United States have had frosty diplomatic relations in the last few years that have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this talk, Professor Rodrik analyzes the ongoing tensions between the world’s largest economies, and discusses their significant implications on the future of global economic cooperation. This event is co-sponsored by the Political Science and Economics Departments."
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| Dani Rodrik
February 8, 2021, Opinion: "Recent patterns of technological change in the rich world have made it more difficult for low-income countries to develop and converge with income levels in the developed world. These changes have contributed to deepening economic and technological dualism even within the more advanced segments of developing countries’ economies." …
| Dani Rodrik
February 5, 2021, Video; "Starting soon in the virtual JFK Jr. Forum — Join Tharman Shanmugaratnam, HKS alumnus and Senior Minister of Singapore, and Harvard Kennedy School professor Dani Rodrik for the 2021 Albert H. Gordon Lecture, "Cooperative Internationalism and Domestic Inclusivity: Making Them Work Together."