I am mainly interested in democracy, education, and the way in which the two inform and constrain each other.

 Academic Journal Articles

“A Minimal Standard of Democratic Competence” (with Daniel J. Stephens) Politics, Philosophy, & Economics Online First (show abstract | preprint | final version)

 “How Should Colleges Select Students? Justice, Toleration, and University Admissions” Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy (with Alexandru Marcoci) Forthcoming (show abstract | preprint | final version)

 “Freedom of Speech on Campus” (with Alexandru Marcoci) The Philosophical Quarterly Online First (show abstract | preprint | final version – open access)

“Moving towards the Median: Compulsory Voting and Political Polarization” American Political Science Review (with Geoff Brennan and Lucy Martin) Online First (show abstract | preprint | final version – open access)

“Manipulation in Politics and Public Policy” (with Keith Dowding) Economics & Philosophy Online First (show abstract | final version – open access)

 “Nudges, Regulations, and Liberty,” (with Keith Dowding) British Journal of Political Science 53 (2023): 204-220 (show abstract | final version – open access)

 “Adam Smith on Political Judgment: Revisiting the Political Theory of Wealth of Nations,” Journal of Politics 84.1 (January 2022): 18-32 (show abstract | preprint | final version)

 “Counterproductive Altruism: The Other Heavy-Tail” (with Daniel Kokotajlo) Philosophical Perspectives 34 (Dec 2020): 134-163 (invited contribution) (show abstract | preprint | final version)

 “Inadequate for Democracy: How (Not) to Distribute Education” Politics, Philosophy & Economics 19.4 (Nov 2020): 343-365 (show abstract | preprint | final version)

“Compassion’s More Dangerous Allies: Fear, Anxiety, and Amour-Propre” Polity 52.2 (April 2020): 189-220 (show abstract | preprint | final version)

 “Democracy as a Game of Trust: The Limits of Generality Constraints” Homo Oeconomicus 36 (Dec 2019): 227–248. (show abstract | preprint | final version)

“Pluralism and the General Will: The Roman and Spartan Models in Rousseau’s Social Contract,” Review of Politics 81.4 (Sep 2019): 573-596 (show abstract | preprint | final version)