About this presentation
After years on the periphery in economics, industrial policy is now the subject of an emerging strand of research. In this seminar, Professor Dani Rodrik will provide a productive overview of how this complex policy works.
Our guest speaker will evaluate the standard rationales and critiques of industrial policy against the new empirical approaches to measurement, as presented in the recent paper The New Economics of Industrial Policy he co-authored with R. Juhasz and N. J. Lane.
Dani will conclude by reviewing how industrial policy is being reshaped by a new understanding of governance, a richer set of policy instruments beyond subsidies, and the reality of deindustrialisation.
About the presenter
Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
He has published widely in the areas of economic development, international economics, and political economy. His current research focuses on employment and economic growth, in both developing and advanced economies.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the inaugural Albert O. Hirschman Prize of the Social Science Research Council and the Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences.
Professor Rodrik is co-director of the Reimagining the Economy Program at the Kennedy School and of the Economics for Inclusive Prosperity network. He was President of the International Economic Association during 2021-23 and helped found the IEA's Women in Leadership in Economics initiative.
About this seminar series
New ideas, cutting-edge thinking, research evidence and expert advice are all critical for stimulating and provoking our thinking here at the Treasury. Our current guest lectures theme - Productivity in a Changing World - recognises that lifting our productivity performance continues to be central to improving New Zealanders’ wellbeing and that we are facing this challenge in the context of significant economic, social and environmental shifts. These shifts will require major changes in our economy if we are to sustain and improve our economic and productivity performance.
16 окт 2024
