Tom Kirk

Tom is GP's Online Editor and researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 

Post Archive

08 May 2018
Islamic radical groups, such as the Islamic State, seem to have become the substitute for a failed regional order and failing domestic conditions. The Middle East and North Africa…
07 May 2018
International Workers' Day grew out of 19th century working-class struggles in the United States for better working conditions and the establishment of an eight-hour workday. May…
03 May 2018
The two hundredth anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth is giving rise to many conferences dedicated to numerous (and God knows there were many) aspects of Marx’s work and  …
02 May 2018
Why We Lie about Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change by Pablo Yanguas. Zed Books: London. 2018. Every so often you read something that brilliantly articulates an…
02 May 2018
Formulating effective policy in our technologically advanced and globalised world has its challenges. It is within this context that the 2018 Horasis Global Meeting is taking…
01 May 2018
As the world becomes increasingly politically polarized and some governments abandon sustainable initiatives, like US President Donald Trump’s announcementto pull out of the Paris…
30 April 2018
The meeting between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in is certainly one of the most dramatic and momentous events in the recent history of East Asia. Beyond…
30 April 2018
Before the election, presidential candidate Donald Trump promised voters across the country that he would turn the tables on foreign competitors to reverse US trade deficits. Last…
27 April 2018
We need to practice economic disobedience so that radical alternatives can flourish.  It’s not easy to get in touch with Enric Duran. Dubbed the ‘Robin Hood of the Banks’ by the…
26 April 2018
Just how bad are things with Donald Trump in the White House? And what does having a racist, misogynist, xenophobic and erratic president who continues to enjoy unquestionable…
25 April 2018
Illiberal democracy – or populism – is not the only political menace confronting Western countries. Liberal democracy is also being undermined by a tendency to emphasize “liberal…
24 April 2018
As the US, Russia and China test each other’s patience and strategic focus, speculation about the chances of a world war has hit a new high. But many of the people seriously…
24 April 2018
To mark last month's International Women's Day, Professor Naila Kabeer looks back over the history of feminist economics and outlines her reasons why it matters for the future. 1…