Apart from the incredibly embarrassing correction that had to be made, thatβs literally nothing in the scheme of government.
27.09.2025 22:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@maxwellmarlow.bsky.social
Director of Policy at the YIMBY Initiative β’ Director of Public Affairs at the Adam Smith Institute β’ ποΈ Advisor to PricedOut β’ Co-Founder of Conservative YIMBY β’ views are mine β’ sapere aide
Apart from the incredibly embarrassing correction that had to be made, thatβs literally nothing in the scheme of government.
27.09.2025 22:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0How many are?
27.09.2025 22:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Not what the article argues, but glad you want improve your reading skills!
22.08.2025 21:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in publicβ¦
14.07.2025 05:09 β π 244 π 116 π¬ 4 π 14Iβve read WoN, TMS, LoJp, and THoA - what are you talking about?
24.06.2025 16:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Whatβs your problem with our economic modelling?
23.06.2025 20:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβve never had a Chief Executive, Fox Killer. Do get your facts right, advise for social media and court.
14.06.2025 15:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A favourite turn of phrase by Senior Fellow is βto solve Britainβs problems, the first step is to make the TCPA go βkablooeyββ
25.05.2025 13:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Baffling thing to say - ASI have released numerous papers over the past 3 years, launching the YIMBY Initiative and PricedOut, and have published dozens of blogs calling for the planning system to be torn down and restarted.
25.05.2025 13:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Youβre saying the Adam Smith Institute is in favour of the current planning system?
25.05.2025 12:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Who are these KCs?
16.04.2025 09:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Weβve published 32 papers YTD. One on immigration (which is where Portes is aiming) which had no connotation of racism or xenophobia. The rest has been economical and policy analysis.
I refute entirely the claims that weβve βlost our wayβ. Weβre still an economics and policy research institute.
Youβre choosing the quote a member of staffβs personal account. I run our research agenda, and I can be absolutely sure that Iβm not a xenophobic or racist, and nor are our members of staff.
12.12.2024 11:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I agree on green spaces - my concern is opening up *another* heavily regulated blockage to housing and development. Also baffled that R4, knowing that this policy concerned grey belt rather than green.
12.12.2024 11:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Did you enjoy the idea of the Wildlife Belt?
12.12.2024 11:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Okay - it doesnβt negate that weβre pretty active social liberals. We were proud to host Professor Victoria Bateman recently for a talk on feminism and free markets: www.adamsmith.org/events/enlig...
12.12.2024 11:25 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβve published 4 economics papers in the past 4 months.
Weβve published a single paper on immigration in the past year.
What are you talking about, Jonathan?
Since forever.
Weβve written numerous papers on drug legalisation, freedom of speech, opposition to a surveillance state, sex work decriminalisation, I can go on.
is this the impact of the National Insurance rise in the Budget?
"demand for staff in the UK was the weakest for 4 years in November as Budget tax increases have spread gloom over the pre-Christmas jobs market, according to a survey of UK recruiters"
www.ft.com/content/0f43...
Hereβs something Iβve written about Fantasy Football and the planning system.
capx.co/what-the-pla...
What is the Hammer and Sickle F R?
30.11.2024 13:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βShould Trump enact his tariffs, they will be paid for by American consumers through higher prices on everyday goods. Americans went to the polls with the intention of defeating inflation, not to facilitate its return through bad trade policy.β
Me in Newsweek
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
π¦ Happy Thanksgiving from the Adam Smith Institute
29.11.2024 00:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In September, I presented my thoughts to the New Directions conference in Dunboyne.
You can hear my thoughts alongside the Fortius think tank (Spain) and the Austrian Economics Center (Austria.
You can watch it below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsZD...
Great to return to my beloved LSE for an excellent lecture by Bruce Caldwell on Hayek, 50 years on from him Nobel Prize.
12.11.2024 19:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Really great to have Dr Victoria Bateman join us at Freedom Week, this year.
Speaking on why the liberation of women made the West rich. A fascinating discussion.