Dani Rodrik

Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy; President of the International Economic Association and co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Program, Harvard Kennedy School

Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has published widely in the areas of economic development, international economics, and political economy. His current research focuses on employment and economic growth, in both developing and advanced economies. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural Albert O. Hirschman Prize of the SSRC and the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences. Professor Rodrik is currently President of the International Economic Association and co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. His newest books are Combating Inequality: Rethinking Government’s Role (2021, edited with Oliver Blanchard) and 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).