Turkish-born economist Dani Rodrick is a faculty member at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He focuses on international political economy and has written a number of books and articles on "what constitutes good economic policy and why some governments are better than others in adopting it." His newest book is entitled One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions and Economic Growth which will soon be published by Princeton University Press. The publisher describes the book:

While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig themselves out of poverty, success usually requires following policies that are tailored to local economic and political realities rather than obeying the dictates of the international globalization establishment. One Economics, Many Recipes shows how successful countries craft their own unique growth strategies and what other countries can learn from them. 

Professor Rodrik is now blogging and you can read what he thinks about economic developments around the world.