Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik is the Ford Foundation Professor of International Economy. He has published widely in the areas of economic development, international economics, and political economy. His current research focuses on populism, industrialization and structural change in developing economies, and interaction of ideas and interests in policy change. He is the recipient of the inaugural Albert O. Hirschman Prize of the Social Sciences Research Council and of the Leontief Award for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. His newest book is Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy (2017). He is also the author of Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science (2015), The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy (2011), and One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth (2007). He is currently President-Elect of the International Economic Association.

Selected Publications

Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles

• Rodrik, Dani. "Is Liberal Democracy Feasible in Developing Countries?" Studies in Comparative International Development 51.1 (March 2016): 50-59.
• Rodrik, Dani. "Premature Deindustrialization." Journal of Economic Growth 21.1 (March 2016): 1-33.

Books

• Rodrik, Dani. Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science. W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
• Rodrik, Dani. The Globalization Paradox. W.W. Norton & Company, 2011.
• Rodrik, Dani. One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth. Princeton University Press, 2007.

Book Chapters

• Rodrik, Dani. "The Future of European Democracy." After the Storm: How to Save Democracy in Europe. Ed. Luuk van Middelaar and Philippe Van Parijs. Lannoo, 2015, 53-66.
• Rodrik, Dani. The New Development Economics: We Shall Experiment, but How Shall We Learn? What Works in Development? Thinking Big and Thinking Small. Ed. William Easterly and Jessica Cohen. Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 24-48.
• Rodrik, Dani. "Growth Strategies." Handbooks in Economics 22: Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1A. Ed. Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf. Elsevier North-Holland, 2005, 967-1014.

Research Papers/Reports

• Mukand, Sharun, and Dani Rodrik. "The Political Economy of Liberal Democracy." NBER Working Paper No. 21540, September 2015.
• Rodrik, Dani. "Work and Human Development In a Deindustrializing World." UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2015.