Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy. He has published widely in the areas of economic development, international economics, and political economy. His current research focuses on the political economy of liberal democracy and economic growth in developing countries. He is the recipient of the inaugural Albert O. Hirschman Prize of the Social Sciences Research Council and of the Leontief Award for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. His most recent book is Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science (Norton, forthcoming). He is also the author of The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy (2011) and One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth (2007). He teaches courses on economic development and political economy. Author of the blog “Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization”.

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Structural reforms: lessons from other lands

02.10.2015, Athens, Greece

Structural reform has become a major issue in Greece, as a critical component of what the country needs to do to get out of the crisis and stimulate economic growth. The discussion of structural reform in the euro zone revolves largely around textbook ideas and simple economic principles. Latin American, Asian, and advanced countries themselves have a rich history of experience with structural reform. This empirical background rarely figures prominently in the discussions, even though it holds important lessons. In this talk Prof. Dani Rodrik will distill some of the principles that emerge from this experience and that can serve as a guide to structural reform in countries such as Greece. Key points relate to contextual specificity (desirable reforms vary), prioritization (tackling more binding constraints before others), economics of the second-best (some reforms may well backfire), and function versus form (it’s what institutions do and not how they look that matters).

Video from the lecture available here.

When: 2nd October 2015 at 6:00 pm EEST / 3:00 pm GMT (check time around the world).

Where: Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall, Vass. Sophias & Kokkali, Athens

You can join the lecture by:

coming to the event in Athens (more information here).
following livestreaming from the event at kapuscinskilectures.eu
asking your questions to Dani Rodrik via Twitter using #KAPTalks hashtag

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