
It’s not easy to have an idea or an economic concept named after you. Think of Keynesian, Ricardian, or Malthusian theories. The — much debated — Laffer Curve or the Phillips Curve. Nash equilibrium. And then there is Rodrik’s trilemma, named after the Harvard professor, regular contender — every October — for the Nobel Prize, author of the unforgettable The Globalization Paradox and, ultimately, one of the great economists of our time.

