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22 September 2022
A number of pseudo-academic tendencies in Russian social science helped prepare the Ukraine War. In addition to propaganda and disinformation campaigns by the Kremlin, an…
21 September 2022
Duncan Green on an issue all too common yet often undiscussed.   Imposter Syndrome – doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud. (Almost) everyone has it, even old lags like…
14 September 2022
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan. London: WH Allen 2021. 480 pp., £14.99 paperback 9780753559017, £9.99 e-book 9780753559031 Discussions of…
13 September 2022
Deborah Barros Leal Farias explains why Brazil and Peru are among the next likely members of the OECD. This past June, the Organization Economic Co-Operation and…
09 September 2022
Conflict, War, and Revolution: The Problem of Politics in International Political Thought. Paul Kelly. LSE Press. 2022. In Conflict, War, and Revolution: The Problem of Politics…
08 September 2022
Just been skimming an interesting new paper by Caroline Dommen, with an ambitious purpose – to brand and describe a new branch of economics – Human Rights Economics (HRE). Her…
07 September 2022
Understanding the human mind and behaviour lies at the core of the discipline of psychology. But to characterise how people’s behaviour changes over time, I believe psychology…
06 September 2022
Our global economic system is failing. We need a fresh start to address the inequities of the past 80 years. In 1944, with the Second World War still raging, US president Franklin…
05 September 2022
On 18 July, the EU signed a new agreement with Azerbaijan aimed at increasing the country’s gas exports to Europe. Gubad Ibadoghlu assesses what the deal means for…
02 September 2022
This blog by Maitland Murray was written as part of the LSE's DV455 MA module which GP's Online Editor co-teaches with Duncan Green. It is reposted here as its a great bit of…