Dani Rodrik

@drodrik.bsky.social

Economist

An urgent and important read on the unjust circumstances regarding the dismissal of my dear colleague and friend Sanjay Reddy. I hope our takeaway, in part, is a redoubling of our efforts to protect social inquiry and academic freedom against what's coming. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/n...

He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway. (Gift Article)

The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.

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Yes. This point is not sufficiently recognized in the global imbalances debate. If you think your CA deficit is excessive and caused by factors outside your borders, you should tax or otherwise discourage capital inflows. Tariffs are a very blunt tool at best. +

Michael Pettis@michaelpettis.bsky.social · 2w ago

8/9 I agree, and this suggests that rather than encourage capital inflows, economies that want to strengthen their manufacturing and productive sectors and to benefit workers by raising productivity and wages should consider capital controls as a far more effective tool than tariffs.

In Turkey, the regime has just and closed down a leading private university (with no explanation) and forced the opposition party to reinstate its previous leader (replacing a leader who has a significant chance of winning against Erdogan with one who has always lost).

Check out the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP) YouTube channel, including videos with Steve Durlauf, Luigi Zingales, Atif Mian, Ilyana Kuziemko, Stefanie Stantcheva, Max Kasy, Suresh Naidu, and more www.youtube.com/@efip

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Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP) is a network of academic economists from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and other leading universities who are committed to an inclusive economy and society. E...

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Many have expressed surprise (and dismay) at this. So I'm happy to have a chance to discus why I think manufacturing's promise for developing countries is fading with Oliver Hanney over at VoxDev. Bring your questions. cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thu...

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Dani Rodrik@drodrik.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My views on the role of manufacturing in promoting growth have changed significantly in recent years. This is the short version for why. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/s...

Why has @drodrik.bsky.social changed his mind on manufacturing? Really excited for this live episode of the Ideas in Development podcast, taking place next week on Wednesday May 20th (2pm UK). Dani is joining me to discuss his evolving views, the evidence that changed his mind & more.

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