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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 14/07/2026

Join us for our next Enlightenment Evening on 22 July, from 18:00–20:00! 🎓️ We will be joined by Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell, who will present his new book, Ten Years On: The Untold Story of Brexit. This is an evening you will not want to miss! Sign up below. 👇️

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 13/07/2026

We are delighted to welcome Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK and one of Britain’s leading voices on behavioural science, as a Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute. Rory will help us make the case for human ingenuity, consumer capitalism and economic freedom.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 07/07/2026

A reminder to join us for our next Next Generation drinks this evening! We are thrilled to welcome Denys Demko, Economic Secretary at the Embassy of Ukraine in the UK. Denys will unpack how competition can help both the UK and Ukraine strengthen their defence capabilities. 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 06/07/2026

We are hiring a new Development Manager! 💼 The Adam Smith Institute is looking for someone who is motivated, proactive and has a bias towards action. Interested? Apply using the link below. Application submissions are recommended before July 13. 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 03/07/2026

We are hiring a new Communications and Digital Manager! 💼 The Adam Smith Institute is looking for someone who is motivated, proactive and has a bias towards action. Interested? Apply using the link below. Application submissions are recommended before July 9. 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 16/04/2026

🇬🇧 Great to host Timbro at the ASI today. 🇸🇪 They are a brilliant think-tank doing vital work to champion free-market ideas in Sweden. We had a fantastic discussion regarding the challenges facing the UK and what we can learn from the current Swedish government.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 17/03/2026

The American Declaration of Independence was the first and greatest use of the woke playbook. Rory Sutherland talks all things 1776! 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 23/02/2026

Are you a student or teacher of history? 🏛️ Our two-part documentary offers a definitive exploration of global communist regimes. We’ve transformed this footage into GCSE and A-level History modules, providing students with the primary evidence needed for their exams. 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 15/12/2025

1776 turns 250 in 2026. To celebrate the Declaration of Independence & Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, we're challenging you to an essay competition with a total prize pool of £10,000! 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 10/12/2025

We visited the incredible Michaela School, led by Katharine Birbalsingh. With a Progress 8 score that makes it the best in the country, Michaela proves that school choice drives social mobility. It's a tragedy that new policies are making it harder for schools like this to thrive.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 06/11/2025

The Adam Smith Institute responds to the Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 05/11/2025

This month, we’re delighted to be joined by Hugo Gye, Political Editor of The i Paper. A veritable heavyweight of the Westminster journalism scene, his muckraking has taken him through institutions like the MailOnline, the Sun, and now The i. 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 05/11/2025

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 03/11/2025

Applications for our 2026/2027 Gap Year cycle are OPEN! We are looking for a student aged 18-20 taking a Gap Year between A-Levels and university to come and spend the year with us! 🔗 👇 www.adamsmith.org/gap-year-at-...

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 03/11/2025

The Adam Smith Institute responds to Nigel Farage's Speech on the Economy.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 31/10/2025

For this month's TNG, we’re thrilled to be joined by Rachel Gilmour MP Rachel is the Lib Dem MP for Tiverton and Minehead and is Vice-Chair of the Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse APPG. She's here to bang the liberal drum against authoritarianism! 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 30/10/2025

Applications for our 2026/2027 Gap Year cycle are OPEN! We are looking for a student aged 18-20 taking a Gap Year between A-Levels and university to come and spend the year with us! 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 30/10/2025

Join us today for a discussion with Professor Carl-Benedikt Frey on the implementation of technology, innovation and progress studies. We’ll be discussing his new book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation and the Fate of Nations. 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 29/10/2025

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 28/10/2025

Some 📸 from our Annual Ayn Rand Lecture with Lance Forman! If you missed the lecture, it will be available to watch on our YouTube channel shortly.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 28/10/2025

Join us on Thursday, 30th October for a discussion with Professor Carl-Benedikt Frey on the implementation of technology, innovation and progress studies. We’ll be discussing his new book, How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation and the Fate of Nations. 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 27/10/2025

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 22/10/2025

🚨 Today is our Annual Ayn Rand Lecture! 🚨 From taking on the EU to leading one of Britain’s most iconic salmon businesses, Lance Forman perfectly embodies the Randian spirit of independence. 🎟️ 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 20/10/2025

Don't forget to sign up for our Annual Ayn Rand Lecture! From challenging the EU as an MEP to building an iconic salmon business, this year’s speaker, Lance Forman, is unafraid to stand up to state overreach. You can get your tickets below! 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 17/10/2025

🗣️ Lance Forman will be speaking about the dangers of government overreach at this year’s Ayn Rand Lecture 🗓️ 22nd October, Drapers’ Hall ✉️ www.adamsmith.org/events/ayn-r...

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 14/10/2025

As an MEP, he fought Brussels. As a businessman, he fought against compulsory purchase of his family business. Now, as the speaker in our annual Ayn Rand lecture, @LanceForman will tell us about how we can fight against the overreach of the British state. 🎟️ 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 14/10/2025

For this month's TNG, we’re thrilled to be joined by @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social. Rachel is the Lib Dem MP for Tiverton and Minehead and is Vice-Chair of the Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse APPG. She's here to bang the liberal drum against authoritarianism! 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 13/10/2025

Today is our October TNG, and we’re thrilled to be joined by @ClaireCoutinho, the Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. Claire is coming to talk about energy, and how we can reduce the UK's pounds-per-megawatt-hour to help our spluttering economy. 🔗👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 13/10/2025

Our annual Ayn Rand lecture celebrates self-reliance, personal excellence and individualism. No one better embodies these values than Forman who has been fighting for British businesses from the very beginning. Click the link below to sign up! 👇 luma.com/45gscukf

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 06/10/2025

We are often fixated on how to create growth, but this lecture gives us the rare opportunity to hear from someone who has actually delivered it. As a 4th-gen CEO of one of the country's leading smokeries, @LanceForman is a crucial voice speaking out against overregulation today. 🎟️ 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 04/10/2025

“Treating people like adults, allowing them to make their own choices.” Join us and Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Andrew Griffith, at our Rally for Liberty at the Conservative Party Conference. 🔗 👇 luma.com/t6jecykb

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 03/10/2025

From surveillance laws to speech restrictions, the state is creeping further into private life. Liberty is not eroded by one act, but by thousands of small encroachments. Join us at our Rally for Liberty at the Conservative Party Conference to draw the line.👇 luma.com/t6jecykb

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 02/10/2025

Giving people access to wheelchair-adapted vehicles makes sense. But, the vast majority of Motability cars are standard models. 🚗 Providing these cars at the average age of UK vehicles would immediately save £3.4 billion annually without undermining the purpose of the scheme.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 30/09/2025

The government has empowered police to dictate when, where and how you protest. Under the Crime & Policing Sentencing Bill, vague definitions of intimidation are being used to stifle dissent. Join us at our Rally for Liberty at the Conservative Party Conference to defend our liberties. 🔗 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 29/09/2025

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 25/09/2025

At Labour Conference, Maxwell Marlow will be joined by Chris Curtis MP, Clementine Cowton of Octopus Energy and Ed Hezlet of British Progress to discuss how Britain can produce cheap, abundant and clean energy. Click the link below to sign up.👇 buff.ly/evnqJHx

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 25/09/2025

Are you a politician looking to save money in the upcoming budget? Then, why not scrap the VAT and Insurance Premium Tax reliefs on brand-new Motability vehicles? The subsidies cost us an eye-watering £1.2 billion per year!

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 23/09/2025

With the Online Safety Act and the ban on smoking, civil liberties matter now more than ever. Stand with Katie Lam MP, Jack Rankin MP, Chris Philp MP and Andrew Griffith MP make the case for freedom. Click the link to sign up. 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 20/09/2025

And that's before bonuses! (When we factor in all the costs, the CEO of Motability is paid a total pay package of £748,000! 💸 )

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 19/09/2025

New government guidance prevents civil servants from speaking openly at public events. Silencing discourse erodes accountability. Stand with Katie Lam MP, Jack Rankin MP, Chris Philp MP and Andrew Griffith MP to make the case for freedom. Click the link below to join us there! 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 16/09/2025

Did you know you can get an Alfa Romeo Tonale on Motability?

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 03/07/2025

Are conservatism and liberalism really two ends of a spectrum? @Katie_Lam_MP spoke to us about the history of English Liberalism. Click the link below to watch the full talk! 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 02/07/2025

'What we now call classical liberalism isn't a set of ideas, it's a way of life.' We were delighted to host Katie Lam MP, who delivered an excellent talk on the history of English Liberalism.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 24/06/2025

Come discuss this and more with Professor Alain Bertaud on Monday, 7th July! buff.ly/LZdLtsk

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 24/06/2025

In 1995, rent controls were introduced in San Francisco. This is what happened 👇

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 20/06/2025

Everyone knows we need new houses. But how we build those houses is of equal importance. Join us on Monday, 7th July to discuss the economics of decentralised urban planning and housing policy with Professor Alain Bertaud.

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 19/06/2025

Join us for another TNG event on Tuesday, 1st July! We're delighted to be talking with Katie Lam MP. Katie is coming to talk about the storied history that England has with liberalism. What can we draw from the past, and what does that tell us about the future?

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 31/01/2025

The government is pursuing a radical new policy: a Generational Smoking Ban. This means that anyone born after 2009 will never be able to buy cigarettes legally. Supporters claim it’s a bold step toward a smoke-free future—but is it really that simple?

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 24/01/2025

Why can’t we just print more money? Rupert Lowe MP and Sam Bidwell explain the harsh realities of money printing by central banks - and the devastating consequences it can bring. Click the link below for the full video! 👇 youtu.be/XBrgpYtwIeo

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Adam Smith Institute @adamsmith.org · 24/01/2025

In 2024, 10,800 liquid millionaires left the UK. This means the Exchequer is now facing a shortfall equivalent to the income tax taken from over 528,000 average taxpayers. That’s roughly the same number of people who live in ...

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