Be a fly on the wall as GDI’s Executive Director, Prof David Hulme, interviews Prof Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, about globalisation, inequality and trade, as well as the sociology of economists, how the decay of norms in liberal democracies might impact the rest of the world, what to be concerned about for India, and why China is always a surprise. They also discuss how Prof Rodrik’s research has led to an examination of populism, how populism differs in the developed and developing worlds, and how in most of the latter, populism is not “true” populism in its historical sense or definition.

For more on Prof Dani Rodrik:

• Harvard University profile
• Straight Talk on Trade
• Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
• Global citizens, national shirkers comment piece on Theresa May’s remark: “If you believe you’re a citizen of the world, you’re a citizen of nowhere.”

For more on globalisation research at GDI:

• Prof David Hulme
• 21st century globalisation and development research theme

Recommended reading:

• The Space Between Us: Social Geography and Politics by Ryan Enos

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