Straight Talk on Trade
Ideas for a Sane World Economy

Rodriks most interesting insights were the following, by topic... On trade agreements: Free trades greatest cheerleaders often talk with both sides of their mouthes. They quip that gains accrue from specialized imports (comparative advantage), and that exports are good because they create jobs (mercan......more

This book serves as a good introduction/overview to The Globalisation Paradox and Economics Rules, adding Rodrik’s views on recent developments (Trump, Brexit, right-wing extremism in EU). For those who’ve followed Rodrik’s body of work, the book isn’t a breath-taking discovery but more of a nice su......more

Jeden z mojich obľúbených ekonómov. Kniha ok, ak chcete intro do kritickejšieho zmýšlania o globlalizácii a obchode. Je to súbor publikovaných textov inde, takže nemá to nejaký veľký celistvý príbeh, čo je kúsok škoda.......more

Okay so I maybe didn’t fully appreciate his arguments. I liked a lot of it but it also seemed like a cop out sometimes like with just ideals but not real solutions. Very smart guy though......more

This is not a book. Is a collection of op-eds force into a book. Very disappointing as Rodrik could have written something much more coherent with a central message on how to assess the trade-offs behind trade.......more