The Future of Globalization: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We are entering a new era for the world economy, as the pandemic, geopolitics, climate change, and the demands of domestic social and political agendas have overwhelmed the hyper-globalization “consensus” that prevailed until recently. In this year's Tore Browaldh Lecture, Dani Rodrik, Professor at Harvard University, will sketch out possible futures for globalization. Welcome to Tore Browaldh Lecture 2023!
We are entering a new era for the world economy, as the pandemic, geopolitics, climate change, and the demands of domestic social and political agendas have overwhelmed the hyper-globalization “consensus” that prevailed until recently. In this presentation I will sketch out possible futures for globalization, emphasizing that a reconfiguration that balances all these objectives is possible (though not necessarily the most likely outcome).
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).
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