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A new Trilemma haunts the world economy
By Dani Rodrik - Sep 10,2024
CAMBRIDGE — I wrote a speculative article in 2000 on what I called “the political trilemma of the world economy”.My claim was that advanced forms of globalisation, the nation-state, and mass politics could not coexist.
America’s emulation of China calls for new rules
By Dani Rodrik - Apr 25,2024
CAMBRIDGE — It is common to think of US-China tensions as the inevitable result of stark differences between the two countries. The United States has a fully capitalist market economy, whereas the Chinese government keeps a strong hand on the economic tiller.
Confronting our four biggest economic challenges
By Dani Rodrik - Jan 11,2024
CAMBRIDGE — Another tumultuous year has confirmed that the global economy is at a turning point. We face four big challenges: the climate transition, the good-jobs problem, an economic-development crisis, and the search for a newer, healthier form of globalization.
Better jobs mean better development
By Dani Rodrik - Dec 12,2023
CAMBRIDGE — Conventional economics has always had a blind spot when it comes to jobs. The problem goes back to Adam Smith, who placed consumers, rather than workers, on the throne of economic life.
Doing economic nationalism the right way
By Dani Rodrik - Nov 27,2023
 CAMBRIDGE — With the United States leading the way, the world seems to be entering a new era of economic nationalism, as many countries prioritise their domestic social, economic and environmental agendas over free trade and multilateralism.
On protectionism, development and redistribution
By Dani Rodrik - Oct 23,2023
Dani Rodrik Says More… Project Syndicate (PS): “What some decry as protectionism and mercantilism,” you wrote last month, “is really a rebalancing toward addressing important national issues”.
The global economy's real enemy is geopolitics, not protectionism
By Dani Rodrik - Sep 07,2023
CAMBRIDGE — “The era of free trade seems to be over. How will the world economy fare under protectionism?”This is one of the most common questions I hear nowadays.
Focus on productivity, not technology
By Dani Rodrik - Jul 08,2023
CAMBRIDGE — Economists have long argued that productivity is the foundation of prosperity. The only way a country can increase its standard of living sustainably is to produce more goods and services with fewer resources.
National sovereignty’s silver lining
By Dani Rodrik - Jun 10,2023
CAMBRIDGE — Commentary on the world economy has never been short of exhortations for greater global cooperation.
Washington's new narrative for the global economy
By Dani Rodrik - May 07,2023
CAMBRIDGE — Two competing agendas are currently vying to shape the United States’ domestic and foreign economic policies. One agenda is inward-looking, focusing on the creation of an inclusive, resilient, prosperous, and sustainable American economy.

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