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Director of Policy at the YIMBY Initiative β€’ Director of Public Affairs at the Adam Smith Institute β€’ πŸ—οΈ Advisor to PricedOut β€’ Co-Founder of Conservative YIMBY β€’ views are mine β€’ sapere aide

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Apart from the incredibly embarrassing correction that had to be made, that’s literally nothing in the scheme of government.

27.09.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How many are?

27.09.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not what the article argues, but glad you want improve your reading skills!

22.08.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We 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 public…

14.07.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 14

I’ve read WoN, TMS, LoJp, and THoA - what are you talking about?

24.06.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s your problem with our economic modelling?

23.06.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve never had a Chief Executive, Fox Killer. Do get your facts right, advise for social media and court.

14.06.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A favourite turn of phrase by Senior Fellow is β€œto solve Britain’s problems, the first step is to make the TCPA go β€˜kablooey’”

25.05.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Baffling 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re saying the Adam Smith Institute is in favour of the current planning system?

25.05.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Who are these KCs?

16.04.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve 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 we’ve ’lost our way’. We’re still an economics and policy research institute.

12.12.2024 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

You’re choosing the quote a member of staff’s personal account. I run our research agenda, and I can be absolutely sure that I’m not a xenophobic or racist, and nor are our members of staff.

12.12.2024 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I 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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you enjoy the idea of the Wildlife Belt?

12.12.2024 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enlightenment Evening: Can Free Markets be Feminist? β€” Adam Smith Institute ​Economics weighs heavily on feminist minds. Labour rights, maternity leave, workplace discrimination, black-market healthcare, global supply chains; the relationship between women and capital reveals...

Okay - it doesn’t negate that we’re 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€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve published 4 economics papers in the past 4 months.

We’ve published a single paper on immigration in the past year.

What are you talking about, Jonathan?

12.12.2024 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Since forever.

We’ve written numerous papers on drug legalisation, freedom of speech, opposition to a surveillance state, sex work decriminalisation, I can go on.

12.12.2024 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Demand for staff sinks to four-year low in UK, survey shows Tax rises spread gloom over pre-Xmas jobs market, recruiters report in November

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...

09.12.2024 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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What the planning system can learn from fantasy football The appeal of the Premier League’s Fantasy Football game lies in its simplicity. There are just a few basic rules – a maximum squad value and limits on the number of players from any one team and in e...

Here’s something I’ve written about Fantasy Football and the planning system.

capx.co/what-the-pla...

30.11.2024 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

What is the Hammer and Sickle F R?

30.11.2024 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump's tariff threat could devastate Texas One economist told Newsweek that "a tariff war with Mexico will severely impact Texas."

β€œShould 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.”

Me in Newsweek

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

30.11.2024 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ¦ƒ Happy Thanksgiving from the Adam Smith Institute

29.11.2024 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The New Virtue Economics. With Maxwell Marlow, Martin Gundinger and Juan A. Soto
YouTube video by Fortius The New Virtue Economics. With Maxwell Marlow, Martin Gundinger and Juan A. Soto

In 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...

25.11.2024 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really 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.

20.08.2024 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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