Lauren Gilbert on migration, progress, innovation, growth and development. Lauren Policy is pronounced to rhyme with foreign policy.

Short posts on political-economic and other contemporary societal issues with an emphasis on data, quantitative reasoning, and causal inference.

Good Authority’s mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. Here, political scientists draw on their expertise and the discipline’s research to provide in-depth analysis, illuminate the news, and inform the political conver

Looking to the future with respect for the preciousness and fragility of a free, open, and advanced society.

Thoughts on immigration, economics, social science, public policy, and more

I am a researcher, working on topics such as political representation, immigration and populism.

Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.