Minor life update: I'll be spending next academic year as a visiting fellow at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University, working on my next book. Grateful to Purdue's leadership for the leave. If you find yourself in NOLA, reach out!

My review of Hélène Landemore's newest book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule. www.independent.org/tir/2026-spr...

Anyone interested in doing a panel on populism at the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics annual meeting in London this summer?

Should we scrap elections and pick legislators at random? Some philosophers say yes. In my latest paper, I argue there are strong reasons to doubt that ordinary citizens are smart enough for the job. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Did we kidnap Maduro for economic policy advice? www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/f...

Had a great time presenting my paper, “Paying Off Populists,” at the first annual PPEL in the Global South conference in Bangalore, India. Already excited for next year!

I just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.