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Framing the economy (policy report) 81, 94, 95 Free banking 129 Free market 2, 11, 62, 87, 107, 108, 112, 115, 121, 123–126, 129–131, 133, 136–138, 192, 194, 201–203, 223, 234, 244 Friedman, Milton 100, 108, 126 Funding 55 core 24, 52, 74, 80, 92, 98, 101, 118, 119, 149, 160, 161, 170, 238 from trusts/individuals/corporations/government ix, 43, 76, 91, 149, 154, 161, 171, 178, 239, 243 research-contract 238 restricted 74, 76, 80 unrestricted 74, 78–80

G

Garbage can (Policy) 10, 87, 98, 128, 194 Garnett, Mark 9, 10, 35, 53, 108, 147, 150, 158, 161, 182, 192, 237 Gilt yields 175 Global go-to think tank ranking 19, 150, 194 Goodhart, David 176, 224 Gove, Michael 193, 197, 219 Government department 110, 128, 148, 149, 151, 153–155, 171, 173, 178, 219, 238, 239, 243 Gramsci, Antonio 10–12, 49, 100, 249 Great Transition 72, 84, 88, 89, 99, 221 Greece

Greek crisis 60, 216 Greenham, Tony 91, 93, 97, 99 Green New Deal (GND) 83, 87–91, 242, 245

Green New Deal Group 87, 88, 91, 93 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 24, 86, 94, 96, 148, 153, 163, 166, 169, 173, 174, 178, 211 forecast 153, 166, 178 Guardian, Te 87, 88, 99, 113, 124, 128, 235

H

Happy Planet Index (HPI) 71–73, 79, 83, 84, 93, 96, 160 Hay, Colin 46 Health/Healthcare 6, 25, 74, 128, 151, 195, 205, 209, 210, 214, 221 Heterodox economics 24, 70, 93 21-Hour week 83 Housing 25, 124, 127, 164, 195, 202, 208, 215, 217 Human Rights Watch 19 Hysteresis 12, 17, 26, 33, 41, 42, 60, 62, 63, 138, 163, 179, 206, 221, 233, 241 hysteresis hypothesis 12, 17, 26, 33, 59, 62, 63, 163, 179, 221, 233, 241

I

Immigration 21, 76, 81, 131, 153, 176–178, 195, 197, 219, 224, 250

immigration policy 132 Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) 91, 93, 97, 129, 170, 177 Inequality 25, 73, 215 Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) 51, 62, 73, 85, 153, 158, 160, 211, 215 Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) 9, 11, 62, 73, 74, 76, 159, 192, 207, 247 Institute of Economic Afairs (IEA) 9, 21, 37, 55, 62, 108, 111, 112, 118, 122, 131, 176, 192, 203, 208, 211, 217, 220, 221 Intellectual change 6, 12, 43, 54, 60, 95, 99–101, 120, 132–136, 138, 162, 234, 242, 244, 255 Intellectuals, Sociology of 8, 44, 84, 257, 258 specifc intellectual 160, 172, 179 Interest rate 127, 150, 159, 175, 210, 212 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 19, 152, 154, 155, 158, 168, 175 Interviews (Methodology) 33, 78, 159

K

Keynes, John Maynard 3, 70, 84, 129, 148, 180, 244

Keynesianism/Keynesian 100, 148, 180, 242 Kingdon, John 47, 100, 205, 221, 239 Kirby, Simon 162, 164, 169 Knowledge, Sociology of 4, 6, 59 Koselleck, Reinhart 248 Kurosawa, Akira 17, 258

L

Labour Party 74, 198, 204

New Labour 60, 113, 191 Ladi, Stella 48, 52, 182, 222, 237, 239, 249 Lehman Brothers, bankruptcy 1, 61, 152 Liberal-Democrat Party 113 Liberalism (Classical) 110, 120 Lilico, Andrew 173, 176, 210, 211, 213–215, 244 Local banks 96 Localism, Local government, Local communities 192 London 89, 152, 176, 192, 208, 216

M

Macroeconomics 2, 57, 71, 92, 121, 123, 157, 168, 175, 177, 180, 208, 239 Marks, Nick 86, 96, 97, 154 Marx, Karl 3 Maude, Francis 191, 203, 204, 219 May, Teresa 219 McGann, James 18–20, 22, 109, 150, 194 McLennan, Gregor 6, 52, 54, 102, 204 Meadway, James 92, 93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 181, 238 Medvetz, Tomas 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 33–37, 40, 41, 46, 52, 53, 85, 111, 135, 159, 161, 172, 238, 246, 250, 256

Membership 43, 73, 74, 80, 153, 177, 200, 241 Minsky, Hyman 39 Mirowski, Philip 81, 122, 136, 137, 148 Moderation 224, 225, 245–250 Monetarism 11, 110, 203 Monetary policy 3, 126–130, 136, 159, 207, 212, 216 Mont-Pèlerin Society 107, 119, 210 Mythbusters 94, 95

N

Narrative of narratives 47, 63, 64, 136 National Economic Research Bureau (NBER) 148, 149, 159 National Institute Economic Review (NIER) 56, 147, 154, 155, 157–159, 164, 170, 176, 177 National Institute Global Econometric Model (NiGEM) 154–156, 164, 168 National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) 9, 25, 51, 56, 62, 147–182, 193, 195, 201, 212, 215, 224, 234–236, 238–240, 243–245, 247, 250, 256 Neoclassical economics 80 Neoinstitutionalism 41, 45, 46 Neoliberalism 8, 12, 45, 100, 119, 137 New Economics Foundation (NEF) 5, 24, 51, 62, 69–102, 112, 118, 121, 122, 129, 139, 160, 161, 179, 181, 195, 201, 215, 221, 224, 235, 238, 240–242, 244, 245, 247

NEF-Consulting 78, 79 New Economy Organisers Network (NEON) 72, 96, 102, 242 Te Next Generation (TNG) 111, 134, 135 Norman, Jesse 152, 176, 181, 191, 193, 194, 204 Northern Rock 20, 125, 164, 165

O

O’Brien, Neil 192, 194, 202, 211, 213, 215, 219 Occupy 97, 117, 181

Occupy London Stock Exchange 96, 97, 181 Ofce for Budget Responsibility (OBR) 158, 170, 175, 210 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 19, 149, 152, 154, 158, 175 Osborne, George 169, 174, 210, 214, 222

P

Parliamentary hearing 7, 48, 237 Path-dependency 45 Pautz, Hartwig 6, 7, 11, 25, 113, 193, 194, 221, 242, 246, 249 Pettifor, Ann 73, 85–87, 99 Pirie, Madsen 89, 107, 108, 111, 112, 115, 117, 120–123, 125, 126, 128, 131, 133, 136, 137

Plehwe, Dieter 11 Pluralist theorists 8 Policy area 6, 16, 22, 24, 41, 44, 45, 53, 55, 57, 72, 74, 77, 80, 83, 86, 97, 119, 121, 122, 128, 135, 158, 195, 203, 204, 223 Policy Exchange (PX) 5, 25, 57, 77, 130, 159, 176, 181, 191, 193–195, 201, 206, 208, 217, 220, 250 Policy impact/Infuence 6, 8–10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 39, 40, 46, 47, 53, 77, 89, 90, 92, 111, 114, 130, 134, 157, 158, 163, 166, 173, 178, 180, 182, 198, 205, 218, 220–222, 234, 235, 237, 246, 250 Policy paradigm 45, 108, 139 Policy report 7, 19, 20, 34, 35, 43, 48, 55–57, 69, 77, 83, 113, 127, 163, 195, 197, 204, 235, 237 Policy shop 206, 220 Portes, Jonathan 150, 158, 161, 162, 171–178, 180, 181, 224, 244 Portillo, Michael 113, 191 Positioning theory 43 Post-truth politics 21, 122 Premises (think tank) 71, 110, 113, 151, 192, 194 Private organisations/Private sector 154, 198, 204, 239 Prize 1, 37, 111, 194, 209, 210, 216 Productivity 25, 83, 84, 148, 151, 153, 159, 164, 173, 176, 177 Prospect’s think tank awards 194 Public Choice theory 110, 123, 126 Public intervention 4, 5, 7, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 33, 42–44, 49–56, 58–60, 62, 63, 74, 83, 86, 87, 91, 96–99, 102, 113, 118–121, 123, 129, 132, 133, 136, 138, 139, 151, 153, 158–164, 172, 173, 177–179, 181, 182, 203–205, 210, 213, 221, 223, 233–235, 237–240, 242, 244, 255–257 Public spending cuts 60, 94, 128, 213, 221, 222, 234, 244

Q

Quantitative Easing (QE) 133, 136, 138

R

Rand, Ayn 131, 133, 138, 244

Annual lecture 133 Rashomon efect 17 Recession (Economic) 1, 88, 91, 95, 164–166, 169, 173, 174, 212, 239, 250 Redwood, John 113, 127, 130, 131 Regulation 14, 18, 24, 87, 125, 166, 234 regulatory failure 169 Russell, Bertrand 16

S

Sapiro, Giséle 120 Schmidt, Vivianne 7, 23, 48, 124, 137, 173, 182, 237 Schumacher, Ernst Friedrich 70, 74

Scottish independence referendum 177 Selgin, George 129 Simms, Andrew 85–87, 94, 99 Smith, Adam 3 Social media 3, 7, 24, 52, 90, 98, 109, 110, 132, 153, 158, 173, 176, 179, 180, 234, 237 Social Return on Investment (SROI) 73, 79, 83, 90, 93 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) 149, 161 Sociology 4, 6, 8, 33, 34, 39, 40, 43, 59, 63, 132, 179, 245, 255–258 of intellectuals 8, 258 of knowledge 4, 6, 59 Special Advisor 211 Spectator, Te 113, 176, 178, 192, 193, 196 Te spirit level 215 Stone, Diane 6, 7, 10, 22, 46, 48, 87, 128, 179, 194, 246 Subprime mortgage market 2, 20, 210

T

Taxation 24, 121, 210 tax havens 91, 122 tax revenue 130, 166, 169, 207 TaxPayers’ Alliance 112 Tatcher, Margaret 9, 25, 108, 129, 150, 161, 179, 182, 193, 223 premiership 9, 108

Tatcherism 130, 192 Tink tank(s) defnition 16, 20, 22, 33, 34, 42, 102, 119, 172, 201, 237, 246, 247

generalist 24, 72, 77, 80, 113, 115, 119, 195 independence 6, 8, 18, 118, 149, 161 scholarship on 6, 33, 124 waves 9 Times, Te 113, 161, 179, 196, 235 Transparency (Funding) 64, 117, 198 Treasury, HM 152, 154 Trope 52, 63, 64, 81, 99, 119, 122, 128, 157, 158, 179, 201, 204, 205 Trustee (Tink tank Governance) 21, 50, 73, 111, 152, 196, 197 Twitter 3, 153, 173

U

Upenn Global Go to think tank ranking 150

V

Valuing What Matters 72, 73, 76, 83, 85 Viveiros de Castro, Eduardo 63, 64 Vockins, Daniel 81, 94–96, 98, 244 von Hayek, Friedrich 3, 9, 107, 111, 123, 126, 129, 133, 135

W

Wallis, Stewart 71, 72, 82, 88, 99 Weale, Martin 150, 161, 164, 165, 169, 171 Welfare 23, 24, 73, 84, 91, 108, 123, 128, 130–132, 136, 151, 157, 198, 202, 207, 208, 213–217, 219

welfare reform 73, 108, 128, 130, 198, 213–215, 219 Wellbeing 24, 71–73, 76, 79, 81–84, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 96, 151 Westminster 110, 114, 151, 152, 195, 246 Worstall, Tim 112, 121, 122, 132

Y

YouTube 3, 90, 120, 177, 245