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Dani Rodrik

Mint columnist

Dani Rodrik is a professor of international political economy at Harvard Kennedy School, and the author of ‘Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a Sane World Economy’.

ARTICLES BY DANI RODRIK

Local action offers the most promising path forward. (istockphoto)

Local will go global: Why economic strategies will have to be crafted locally

4 min read . 11 Jan 2026

Significant segments of the left and the right in America have come to agree on the broad outlines of economic policy. (AP)

Dani Rodrik: A post-neoliberal economic consensus has taken shape

4 min read . 22 Dec 2025

Policymakers must begin by asking why China’s exports are a problem in the first place. (AFP)

Dani Rodrik: What’s the ideal policy response to China’s tidal wave of exports?

4 min read . 01 Dec 2025

$Dani Rodrik: The world needs a new economic playbook to tackle its biggest challenges in a fractured world$ Premium

Dani Rodrik: The world needs a new policy approach to tackle its big challenges

3 min read . 09 Nov 2025

Unlike their predecessors, Cyril Ramaphosa in South Africa and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil have solid democratic credentials:

Dani Rodrik: The world has suddenly fallen short of role models for democracy

4 min read . 11 Sept 2025

America has held the reins of the world economy for a very long time. (REUTERS)

Dani Rodrik: Where’s the global resistance to an imperialist America?

4 min read . 13 Aug 2025

Narratives can be as important as interest-group politics in gaining popular traction for a party’s agenda. (REUTERS)

Dani Rodrik: How ideology sometimes trumps material interests

4 min read . 14 Jul 2025

The rise of far-right populists in the US and Europe has been linked to the job losses associated with trade shocks, automation and fiscal austerity.

Dani Rodrik: Abundance for consumers could still mean misery for workers

4 min read . 22 Jun 2025

The fundamental difference between the Smithian and mercantilist approaches derives from how consumption and production are treated. (Scottish National Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Dani Rodrik: Mercantilism isn’t always bad but Trump’s trade policy is

4 min read . 12 May 2025

Trump’s assault on America’s democratic institutions has been breathtaking in its speed and brazenness. (AP)

Dani Rodrik: Will America Inc and US academia protest Trump policies?

4 min read . 20 Mar 2025

The sharpest lines of conflict are between economic nationalists and the techno-right. (REUTERS)

Dani Rodrik: Trump’s coalition could collapse under its own contradictions

4 min read . 10 Mar 2025

In the language of game theory, retaliation through import tariffs is not a ‘best response.’

America’s trade partners should resist magnifying the irrationality on display

4 min read . 10 Feb 2025

Even where tariffs boost profits, there is no guarantee this will lead to more investment in new technologies or job creation. (AFP)

Will Trump’s trade tariffs help or harm America?

4 min read . 19 Jan 2025

Beggar-thy-neighbour policies are generally negative-sum for the world overall.

The world needs clarity on beggar-thy-neighbour policies to ease trade tensions

4 min read . 14 Oct 2024

The EU’s carbon-pricing mechanism will soon require ‘dirty’ exporters from developing countries to pay additional tariffs.

Dani Rodrik: The world is haunted by a whole new trilemma

4 min read . 19 Sept 2024

Unionized workers in manufacturing formed the core of support for leftist parties. (AFP)

Leftist political parties everywhere need to wrack their brains

4 min read . 29 Jul 2024

The Washington Consensus has been wobbly for some time, challenged by abundant research documenting rising income and wealth inequality and its causes. (REUTERS)

The Washington Consensus is dead: Long live the new Berlin Declaration

4 min read . 01 Jul 2024

Green technologies are crucial in the fight against climate change, making them a global public good.

China’s clean-tech subsidies are good for the planet we inhabit

4 min read . 14 May 2024

Labour productivity in US manufacturing has grown nearly sixfold since 1950, compared to a mere doubling in the rest of the economy.

Gone are the days when a manufacturing boom would create good jobs

4 min read . 22 Apr 2024

During the early part of the 20th century, many socialists viewed free trade, supported by supranational regulation, as the antidote to militarism, wealth gaps and monopolies. (AFP)

Free trade has two faces and the one offering harmony must prevail

4 min read . 15 Mar 2024