Areas of Interest:

• International Economics
• Economic Development
• Political Economy

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University
• M.P.A., Economics, Princeton University
• A.B., (summa cum laude), Harvard College

Experience:

• Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, July 2015 - Present
• Albert O. Hirschman Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, 2013-2015
• Professor of International Political Economy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1996-2013
• Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Columbia University, 1992-1996

Latest Publications:

• Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science, W.W. Norton, 2015.
• “The Political Economy of Liberal Democracy” (with S. Mukand), NBER Discussion Paper, 2015.
• “Is Liberal Democracy Feasible in Developing Countries?” Studies in Comparative International Development, 50th Anniversary Issue, forthcoming.
• “The Future of Democracy in Europe,” in Luuk van Middelaar and Philippe Van Parijs, eds., What is the Future of Democracy in Europe and How Can the Union be a Part of It?, Lannoo, Brussels, 2015.
• “Work and Human Development in a Deindustrializing World,” U.N. Human Development Report Office, 2015.
• “When Ideas Trump Interests: Preferences, World Views, and Policy Innovations,” The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 2014.