📚 My new book has a cover! 'Intelligent Democracy' will be published this July with Oxford Academic

I am very happy to announce that my post is confirmed (equivalent to tenure) as Lecturer in Economics at King's Business School after a successful probation period

Fascinating paper by Dr Sarah J. Wilford, formerly of KCL Department of Political Economy, exploring the use made by Elinor and Vincent Ostrom of the work of Alexis de Tocqueville.
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This is great work by my colleague Luis Soto from King's QPE! A must read if you're interested in nepotism in the public sector!

Immigration: what should Labour do?

My essay for Social Market Foundation argues (sharply) falling legal migration over next few years, combined with public opinion that is more positive (especially for work/study migration) offers an opportunity for a more constructive approach (1/12?)

New publication! Compares Elinor Ostrom's work to the theory of social positioning developed by the Cambridge Social Ontology Group, examining her ontological commitments and highlighting how she drew on the work of John Commons. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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In this paper Nima Paidipaty and Pedro Ramos Pinto discuss Thomas Piketty's work on historical inequality. Please do take a look! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…
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Cruelty, Injustice, and the Liberalism of Fear - Robin Douglass, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Join WPSAVirtualCommunities Thurs. 4/18, 1 pm ET to talk ~dirty hands problems~ w/ Gianni Sarra. John M. Parrish will be discussant. Details here! mailchi.mp/128cd15cde09/g…

Fine paper on Rawls, Knight, and Buchanan.
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Commerce and Community: Ecologies of Social Cooperation routledge.com/Commerce-and-C…

KingsHPE's Shaun Hargreaves Heap draws on John Stuart Mill's On Liberty to make the case for autonomy rather than preference satisfaction as the appropriate evaluative standard for welfare economics.
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Rob Simpson (UCL) joins PPE next week to talk about 'Ethical Problems in Content Moderation.'

Come hear why Rob, who is terminally & admirably offline, thinks technological tools are inherently malign!

See you 4/18 at 4:30PM @ Senate House!

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👇 Give KingsHPE a follow! They're the new account for our History and Political Economy research group, a thriving multi-disciplinary group of academics who view political economy through a historical lens.

Thanks to The Conversation for running my piece about democratizing the bureaucracy! It’s topical due to 3 SCOTUS cases challenging the legitimacy of bureaucratic decision-making. And it highlights some practical implications of my arguments in the book. theconversation.com/would-you-sit-…

🚨publication alert!🚨

In a new study, Mehmet Ismail offers fresh insights into the theoretical boundaries of Artificial General Intelligence #AGI 🤖🧠

Read more ⬇️

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Very excited that we will be hosting the first PPE Society London Annual meeting

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This Friday (5 April) King’s is hosting the 2nd workshop in Comparative Politics and Political Economy. We have an excellent line-up of speakers: Marie Beigelman, Anna Getmansky, Melanie Meng Xue, Michele Rosenberg, Cédric Chambru, Sascha Riaz, Gloria Gennaro. Come if you're around!