The incredibly industrious Mark Thoma sends us to Dani Rodrik: When Ideas Trump Interests: Preferences, Worldviews, and Policy Innovations: “Ideas are strangely absent from modern models of political economy. In most prevailing theories of policy choice, the dominant role is instead played by ‘vested interests’—elites, lobbies, and rent-seeking groups which get their way at the … Continue reading Morning Must-Read: Dani Rodrik: Ideas and Interests Are Dangerous for Good and Ill