Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🔬 Eamonn Ives on why patience pays off 📦 @philip_salter on friction-free trade 🌐 Anastasia Bektimirova on shattering silos Link to read and subscribe below.

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📩 New Digest! Read for takes on the latest net migration figures, the Sentencing Review, stagnating growth, leaky tax memos and more. Incl: Sam Coates Sky Sam Bowman David Gauke Ryan Bourne Tim Leunig Robert Colvile Robert D. Atkinson Magatte Wade

Oh so only about the same amount of time it took to build the Empire State Building then

Imagine just enjoying AI, single-use plastics, Ozempic, social media, ultra-processed food, smartphones, air fryers, Uber, seed oils, artificial sweeteners, cars, air conditioning, Tiktok, vaccines and MSG without freaking out. You can live like a king if you want to.

I wouldn’t necessarily frame this as a way to boost the birth rate (financial incentives only seem to make a difference if they are massive) but I do think it is good tax policy... 🧵(1/8)

One principle makes nuclear power unaffordable. That’s Linear No Threshold: the theory that there is no safe level of radiation. It's wrong. But on Friday, the US President signed an executive order to reconsider it. 🧵 worksinprogress.co/issue/the-bad-…

Always a joy to sit back and listen to Dr Anton Howes. I particularly enjoyed the part about Britain welcoming in foreign talent to get out of an economic pickle… now there’s an idea!

A civil servant once told me that the wind industry successfully lobbied the Government to stop using this graphic in official comms. You can see why!

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🔄 Eamonn Ives on easier exits 🤖 @philip_salter on reprogramming policymaking ⛱️ Jessie May Green on the Costa del Hove Link to read and subscribe below.

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📩 New Digest! Read on for views on why liberal democracies win total wars, the future of the NHS, and grasping the nettle of the trickiest policy questions. Incl: Oliver Shah Tom Harwood Duncan Weldon Helen Miller Institute of Economic Affairs Chris Giles

Robert Jenrick caught me jumping the barriers fml 😭

Starmer is correct. We can't tax our way to growth. But we can *tax reform* our way to growth. Some ideas:

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: ⚡ Eamonn Ives on power struggles 🌀 Anastasia Bektimirova on the pivot penalty 🇬🇧 Eamonn Ives (again) on being bullish on Britain Link to read and subscribe below.

📩 New Digest! Read for takes on doing DOGE better, pensions protectionism, simplifying corporate taxation and more. Incl: Sam Ashworth-Hayes Alex Chalmers Jeremy Driver Connor O’Brien Centre for British Progress Freethink

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"Almost half of the murders in the United States go unsolved (42.5% in 2023)..." ‼️‼️ "...So how about devoting some of the $167 billion extra in the BBB bill to say expand the COPS program and hire more police, deter more crime and to use Conor Friedersdorf’s slogan, solve all