Fantastic to welcome the London Business Experience from Utrecht University to the Adam Smith Institute (@ASI).

I was very happy to share my experience working for the think tank, and on our ideas, work, and educational programmes.

📕 On this day in 1759, Adam Smith published The Theory of Moral Sentiments

✍️ Read our Eamonn Butler’s piece on Smith’s groundbreaking approach to ethics in our blog 👇

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important new report from American Edge Project on the role that venture capital is playing in fueling America's innovation economy + the public policy vision that is needed to remain at forefront of AI revolution. 👉

As I was saying:

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“I’m almost tempted to say that those who object should be sent to the Tower, though they would no doubt complain that it was an eyesore that detracted from the view of the river. We should follow His Majesty’s example, and build for…

🏠Your reminder that the average house price in the 80s was 3x the average salary.

Today it is 9x the average salary.

Young people do work hard- but our economy and planning system are stifling their ability to get on in life

London can accommodate an additional 900,000 homes 🤯

That's according to a fantastic new report from Russell Curtis, which demonstrates just how much opportunity there is to build in the capital 👇

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As the SNP is exceedingly unlikely to backtrack, the ball is in Westminster's court to do something about this unfolding disaster.

As we at the Adam Smith Institute called for years ago, it's time for the UK to get on board the freedom train and protect free speech.
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Even as a % of GDP, taxes on salaries are being lifted to a record high - and significantly above level attempted in the late 1970s. data.spectator.co.uk

For reference, on day 1 the Adam Smith Institute warned the Scottish hate speech law would be used to mass-report Scots speakers on an industrial scale.

8,000 separate hate speech reports is the equivalent of 1/10th of one percent of Scotland's entire population.

This is after only one week.

🗣 Libertarian thinker, legal specialist and Milton Friedman's son, David Friedman, joins us for a special lecture: Arguments Libertarians Shouldn't Make

📅 25th April

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From Berlin to Stockholm, rent controls have never worked - this won't fix our housing crisis.

Short-term, stop-gap solutions are why we're in this mess. We deserve politicians who address structural issues at their root.

Time for more supply - build, build, build! 🏡

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Until 50 years ago, CO₂ emissions developed in lockstep with economic growth in France.

Since the early 1970s, the opposite has been true: emissions declined as people in France got richer.

We're delighted to welcome Charlie White-Thomson as our new Senior Fellow!

Charles brings 30 years of financial experience to the Adam Smith Institute, which will prove invaluable as the UK seeks to grapple with the profound economic challenges it faces

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Boomers: 'young people don't spend enough!'

Also boomers: 'young people spend too much!'

As I wrote in The Critic, London nightlife is struggling due to soaring rents and restrictive regulations 👇

Crazy to blame young people for policy failures!

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