Geoff’s Substack

February 2026

Prediction markets and holding governments to account

The case for a public priorities prediction market

Feb 12 • Geoff Mulgan

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January 2026

Discount rates: why one size doesn’t fit all

The social construction of discount rates and the implications for policy

Jan 14 • Geoff Mulgan

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The City as Mesh

Reimagining the institutions of city governance

Jan 8 • Geoff Mulgan

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Can Government be a Companion?

Digital personal services, agents and making government useful

Jan 5 • Geoff Mulgan

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December 2025

Welfare innovation

Why it's needed and how it can be organised

Dec 5, 2025 • Geoff Mulgan

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November 2025

Learning for Long Lives in the age of AI

(and why this should be a strategic imperative for many countries)

Nov 24, 2025 • Geoff Mulgan

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Hollowed out

Can the centre hold and resist the far right?

Nov 2, 2025 • Geoff Mulgan

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October 2025

Eric Morecambe and the challenge of good government

Some of the right people, not necessarily in the right roles

Oct 9, 2025 • Geoff Mulgan

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September 2025

An ARIA for social issues?

The case for exploratory social science

Sep 2, 2025 • Geoff Mulgan

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