The answer is yes, according to Ilene Grabel in her fascinating new book When Things Don't Fall Apart. I wrote a preface for the book, which is reproduced below. It explains why I liked the book so much. It happens...

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29.11.2022

Dani Rodrik's weblog: Economists' statement in support of Atif Mian

It is with dismay that I learned recently that Princeton's Atif Mian, one of the greatest scholars on finance and macroeconomics I know, was disinvited from Pakistan's Economic Advisory Council because of his religious beliefs. See here and here for...

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29.11.2022

Dani Rodrik's weblog: More on distinguishing ideas and interests -- an exchange with Peter Hall

My recent post on ideas versus interests elicited some comments from Peter Hall, my Harvard colleague who has done probably more thinking on this issue than any other scholar I know. With his permission, I am attaching these comments below,...

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29.11.2022

Dani Rodrik's weblog: My preface to Santiago Levy's Book: Under-Rewarded Efforts -- The Elusive Quest for Prosperity in Mexico

A few years ago as I was finishing up my book Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science (Norton 2015), I realized that the manuscript contained a serious omission. I had written at length about how and...

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Dani Rodrik's weblog: My preface to Santiago Levy's Book: Under-Rewarded Efforts -- The Elusive Quest for Prosperity in Mexico

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