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Dani Rodrik: ‘We are in a chronic state of shortage of good jobs’
Dani Rodrik: ‘We are in a chronic state of shortage of good jobs’
The Harvard economist warns that looming disruptions from technology could overshadow those of globalisation and further strengthen far-right politics
World Economy News
15 Feb 2021
• 9 min read
This is part of a monthly series, “Economists Exchange”, featuring conversations between top FT commentators and leading economists about the coronavirus economic recovery
In 1997, Harvard economist Dani Rodrik published a slim volume called Has Globalisation Gone Too Far?, and went a long way in answering the question in the affirmative. That made him one of only a few top establishment economists challenging the prevailing wisdom on trade and financial liberalisation.