Dani Rodrik

In a recent piece, Dani Rodrik argues that current global trading rules interfere too much with domestic regulation and that "the world economy desperately needs a clear normative framework to determine the rules of the road." In this regard, he distinguishes between two options: (1) "policies with

For almost as long as I've been working in trade policy, Dani Rodrik has been pushing for more protectionism and industrial policy, less trade and globalization, and weaker international trade institutions. He calls his latest argument for this approach "productivism," and he recently wrote a short

Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp are working on a book about "narratives" in international economic law, and Nicolas has written about this on his own already, so I've been thinking a bit about the role and value of narratives. Generally speaking, I'm suspicious of

Dani Rodrik has a new paper up at NBER, entitled "Putting Global Governance In Its Place." Two things jumped out at me. First, it surprised me that in discussing when regulatory standards are protectionist, he seems unaware of the national treatment principle: Unlike in the case of tariffs

This is from Dani Rodrik in the FT: How will the world trade regime handle a large, increasingly powerful country such as China that apparently plays globalisation by different rules? This is the question that keeps US and European policymakers awake at night. The fever runs highest in the US,

Sometimes I write things longer than a blog post.  I've talked about Dani Rodrik's views on trade a number of times (see, e.g., here, here, here and here).  Now I've gone a little further, and written a book review of his latest book,

The Economist has been debating industrial policy.  Well, sort of.  They were debating the proposition, "This house believes that industrial policy always fails."  I'm not sure that's how opponents of industrial policy would put it.  It would be something more like, "On balance,

I am often left wondering what Dani Rodrik thinks of trade.  I try to parse his various criticisms of the current trade regime, but I still can't figure out where exactly he stands on core issues such as, "Is protectionism a good policy?"  Most likely, his

In the context of writing about what is needed in the field of financial regulation, Dani Rodrik says: In short, global financial regulation is neither feasible, nor prudent, nor desirable. What finance needs instead are some sensible traffic rules that will allow nations (and in some cases regions) to implement