Tom Kirk

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

Post Archive

30 November 2017
Activist Duncan Green explores the thorny Uber issue. OK, I’m probably going to regret this but… should I use Uber taxis? I got into a big argument about this in…
30 November 2017
Philipp Ager and Casper Worm Hansen explore the economic effects of restricting immigration. The issue of immigration – and whether or not to restrict it – is hotly…
29 November 2017
In order to stop democracy drying up, it is necessary to understand what democratic backsliding looks like and how it takes shape. Illiberalism is rising and democratic norms are…
28 November 2017
Why are there still such major variations between the increasingly optimistic EU official statements on the refugee situation in Greece and the more dismal media and first-hand…
28 November 2017
Dave Anderson calls for realism over North Korea. President Trump essentially congratulated the Chinese several weeks ago when he said that he did not blame them for taking…
27 November 2017
Transactional sex is a widespread reality in humanitarian crises, and one of the strategies that many people use to secure their livelihoods. Dorothea Hilhorst, professor of…
27 November 2017
Alice Evans earns Duncan Green's undying admiration (and ubergeek status) by casually revealing that she has read the last 5 WDRs on the day of their publication. Here she…
24 November 2017
Dan Banik and Jason Miklian show how and why the private sector's role in sustainable development has become a $2 trillion shadow industry, and ask what this change means for…
24 November 2017
The future of the European Union is surely in doubt. Brexit and Catalonia are the most glaring recent examples of the irrepressibly dynamic forces of nationalism that continue to…
22 November 2017
The United Nations climate conference in Bonn, Germany, is an enormous event with a complex agenda. But here, on the ground, we see that it is much more than just a meeting of the…
22 November 2017
Are May and Cameron's welfare reforms a violation of human rights law? The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has just released a major analysis of the effects of tax…
21 November 2017
Zac Tate outlines the basis for a new deal. The financial crisis has led many to question the legitimacy of capitalism. The verdict, 10 years on, has not been favourable. In…
21 November 2017
Why gamers' scores can reveal more than just thier dedication to thier hobby. Gamers won’t be surprised. We and our colleagues have discovered a link between people…