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Previously he was the rafiq hariri professor of international political economy at the john f. Dani rodriks latest book is a collection of articles written between 2000 and. Political cycles and the macroeconomy by alberto alesina. Hirschman professor o the social sciences at the institute for advanced study in princeton, new jersey. Preferences, world views, and policy innovations dani rodrik school of social science institute for advanced study princeton, nj 08540 revised, november 20 abstract the contemporary approach to political economy is built around vested interests elites. Income distribution, political instability, and investment. Alesina, alberto, sule ozler, nouriel roubini and philip swagel, 1996, political instability and economic growth, journal of economic growth, forthcoming. It is useful to distinguish between leftwing and rightwing variants of populism, which differ with respect to the societal cleavages that populist politicians highlight and render salient. Distributive politics and economic growth harvard dash. Hirschman professor in the school of social science at the institute. In this view, what matters are the rules of the game in a society, as defined. Dani rodrik economist world news, politics, economics. Economic fluctuations and growth this paper studies the relationship between political conflict and economic growth in a simple model of endogenous growth with distributive conflicts.
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