Economics Rules

Dani Rodrik ... provides an edifying discussion of these basic tools, of the economist's trade [economic models]'Ben Chu, Books of the Year 2015, Independentone of the world’s most perceptive policy analysts’Martin Wolf, Books of the Year 2015: Best Books 2015 Economics, Financial TimesRodriks central message is that economics is a collection of models with which to see the world ... The challenge is to choose which model applies to the situation at hand. This choice requires theoretical open-mindedness and empirical investigation and is, as Rodrik succinctly puts it, a craft not a science. That idea that good economics is about good craftsmanship as much as anything else is a hugely valuable contribution. Rodrik is well placed to makethese arguments because he is himself a master craftsman.'Martin Sandbu, The Financial TimesI hope open-minded critics of economics will read Economics Rules to learn how the best of economists approach the subject, and how important their work is’The Enlightened Economist, Diane Coyle`terrific’The Enlightened Economist, Diane Coyle

Dani Rodrik is the Albert O. Hirschman Professor at the School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. Previously he held professorships at Harvard and Columbia Universities. He is the author, among other works, of The Globalization Paradox (2011) and One Economics, Many Recipes (2007). He has published widely in economic development and growth, globalization, and political economy.