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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I would add that monoculture markets are unhealthy and public interventions can improve how competition operates www.ft.com/content/24dd... How state control of companies can drive innovation (by @raviguru.bsky.social )

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How state control of companies can drive innovation

India and China show that if done correctly, the UK’s plans to intervene in some industries could deliver benefits

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

With Burnham winning, the focus now should be on what a new PM must do to drive economic growth. My essay in @prospectmagazine.co.uk sets out an approach which combines muscular collective action by the state and more dynamic markets. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/737...

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A plan for Britain

Labour lacks a philosophy or a plan for government. A few simple changes could transform the country’s fortunes

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Sam Alvis @samalvis.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

There’s a lot of these around at the moment but I think @raviguru.bsky.social is one of if not the best I’ve read so far. Worry though it’s (in this framing) difficult to match with Burnham’s stated objectives on the role of the state

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Friendship's quiet power to boost social mobility - great piece from @raviguru.bsky.social at Nesta - also relevant to cohesion, combatting loneliness, a whole host of issues we face - with some proven solutions we actually understand www.ft.com/content/2978...

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The quiet power of friendship

Mixing with people of different backgrounds is an ingredient for success

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

How do friendships affect social mobility. I wrote in @financialtimes.com about research from BIT colleagues replicating Raj Chetty's US work analysing facebook data. Perhaps the department with communities in its name can run trials on cross-class interaction, and reducing 'friending bias'.

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Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Journalists - want to write something sensible about what might happen in the budget? Use the @nestauk.bsky.social & IFS "Be the Chancellor" tool and see what might be needed...

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

What do social democrats do when there's no money? Clearly this is the primary challenge facing the current government. I've written here about Labour's constraints - and sketched out what an escape hatch (or even a few!) might look like ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/labours-co...

Graph from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which shows a long term drop in defence spending versus higher health spending

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Well worth reading @jo3hill.bsky.social on the perils of everythingism reform.uk/publications... I've made a case for the defence here: ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/in-defence... TLDR I think it's often a necessary part of governing well - not bat tunnels though.

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In defence of everythingism

Why it's a necessary part of governing well

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Duncan Exley @duncanexley.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

2 of the people I interviewed for my book on #SocialMobility used the same phrase about what influenced their journey (“I had a posh friend”) Others said similar things Now there's data to quantify the opportunity-boosting effect of socially-mixed schools, neighbourhoods, sports & hobby groups⬇️

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Fascinating findings on friendship and social mobility from BIT colleagues. It builds on Chetty's work in the US which found that economic connectedness is a powerful motor of social mobility. With found some similar (and some quite different) patterns: ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/what-we-fo...

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What we found from studying 6 billion friendships

Dogs, social capital, and how we can become more upwardly mobile

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

How can we halve obesity, without putting food bills up or lecturing people on what to eat. Check out my latest substack on the maths of obesity and what policies will drive radical change without stoking a culture war. open.substack.com/pub/raviguru...

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How to halve obesity

And why we shouldn't fear the politics

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Food for thought this weekend from @raviguru.bsky.social on how to deal with one of those long-term policy problems all govts duck (and with loads of win/wins around). Come on Wes...(and Rachel) How to halve obesity open.substack.com/pub/raviguru...

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How to halve obesity

And why we shouldn't fear the politics

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BIT @bitglobal.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🚀 How to design effective economic policies Join us on 4 Feb for a breakfast event with @timleunig.bsky.social, architect of the UK furlough scheme, & our CEO @raviguru.bsky.social to discover how effective policy design & robust data targeting protected 3.25 million jobs. Register: bit.ly/4alDn1Y

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What can we learn from the UK furlough scheme? Insights from inventor Tim Leunig

As a new government gets to work, we’re looking at successful past policies from across the globe and what UK policymakers can learn from them as part of our event series: how to make good things happ...

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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A new substack by Nesta CEO @raviguru.bsky.social is out today 🗞️ In this edition, Ravi writes about coherence in government and policy-making - and how to do strategy well. There's also a bit about Donald Trump, the Ministry of Defence and golf courses in Cyprus. Free to subscribe ⬇️

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Better strategies in government

Plus - why we should be golfing with Donald Trump

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Today’s substack is on strategy - with 7 tips on how the government can create compelling strategies. Plus a suggestion on what the MoD should do with its 19 golf courses (Yes, 19!) ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/better-str...

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Better strategies in government

Plus - why we should be golfing with Donald Trump

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

If you're looking for new reading in 2025, check out my substack Policy Fix. I'll be writing every other Friday. This week: overconfidence (including a calibration quiz that will tell you where you stand), and what started out as a laughable idea on heat pumps....https://ravigurumurthy.substack.com/

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Paul Skidmore @paulskidmore.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Great opening salvo from @raviguru.bsky.social. Love the idea about installers. Kevin @mulagostarr.bsky.social and his team like to ask their orgs "exactly who needs to do exactly what differently". This is a great example of how asking that question creatively gets you to interesting answers...

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Get your Policy Fix! I'll be writing fortnightly on policy and innovation. First up is how to check whether you are overconfident, and why we should offer free heat pumps to 150,000 installers. Please share, subscribe, and tell me what you think. ravigurumurthy.substack.com/p/the-overco...

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The overconfidence trap

Plus - why we should give installers free heat pumps

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

What are the different paths to halving obesity? Check out our ‘Blueprint’ project blueprint.nesta.org.uk, where we’ve reviewed thousands of papers with an expert group of academics, and rated interventions based on their cost, benefits, impact, and strength of the evidence.

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A blueprint to halve obesity in the UK

A tool to support the design, implementation and scaling of dietary health policies that are most likely to work.

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Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Democracy: doing it for ourselves Join a Nesta conversation with Nicholas Gruen (Kings College London), Martin Wolf (Financial times), Claire Mellier (GlobalAssembly / ISWE) and @raviguru.bsky.social (Nesta) on 15 November in London or via live stream. #CitizensAssembly

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Democracy: doing it for ourselves

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Ravi Gurumurthy @raviguru.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Not sure I wanted my first post on here to be about #strictly. And so far, can't see any such chat on here. But...vote for a suitably monstrous Krish tonight

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