Neil Lee

Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t tell the landlord or they will charge you extra

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 5d

In England we call this a skylight

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 6d

Suss / Piketty

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’ on.ft.com/47TjkYV | opinion

Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’

The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality

on.ft.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’ on.ft.com/47TjkYV | opinion

Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’

The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality

on.ft.com

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 8d

Top tip: www.sandersofoxford.com

Home | Sanders of Oxford

Sanders of Oxford is one of the largest print sellers in Britain, and features a varied and wide-ranging stock of more than 30,000 items. Our shop has long been a landmark on the High Street, continui...

www.sandersofoxford.com

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10d

Please spread the word word 👇

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10d

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

epssnet.org

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 19d

well quite. The UK is the Netherlands with a bit of Norway something something

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 19d

I’m think fine to say are good returns from road investments, but it’s a one sided view of the benefits and ignores localised externalities imo

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 19d

Disagree with this - but huge respect to Tim for, as ever, making the intelligent counter to the conventional wisdom

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19d

Let’s fall in love with cars again on.ft.com/47nn6IG

Let’s fall in love with cars again

Investing more into roads will only mean higher economic returns for the UK

on.ft.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19d

Let’s fall in love with cars again on.ft.com/47nn6IG

Let’s fall in love with cars again

Investing more into roads will only mean higher economic returns for the UK

on.ft.com

Reposted by Neil Lee

Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 20d

Since 2019, large cities’ economies have decoupled from the national trend and grown faster than the rest of the country 📈

What is driving the recent growth of large cities? 👇
buff.ly/MStC5PZ

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 21d

I obviously have a horse in this race, but LSE has roughly a third the UK student intake of Cambridge so I think we are roughly level (if not totally sure I want to be)

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 22d

TOMORROW

We have Carl Benedikt Frey speaking about his brilliant new book on innovation, technology, and the fate of nations which I have *almost* finished.

Respondents Jane Gingrich (Oxford) and Michael Storper (LSE / UCLA)

21st October, 6.30 at LSE. Join us live or online:
lnkd.in/eBtRuMyp

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Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social · 24d

If there isn't an AI dating assistant called "Cyrano" by the end of the year these guys have no culture or imagination

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 24d

If your dog is on a 10 foot leash, your dog is on a tripwire

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Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social · 25d

Do you know anyone who wants to work in urban policy at the UK's leading think tank in this area?

We're #hiring a new Analyst to join the Centre for Cities Research team 💼

Apply today 👇

Analyst - Centre for Cities

We are seeking to appoint a new member to our research team to conduct authoritative analytical research on UK cities and large towns, and help shape the

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 27d

for academics, the "post you from a different era" trend is just our normal faculty profile pictures

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 28d

😬 (sorry for the emoji..)

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 28d

Not just emoji's: The sheer volume of AI slop on Linkedin is incredibly depressing now

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 28d

I have a Keir Starmer story too: LSE Labour club had booked a lecture hall for an event, but were overrunning - so I had to kick him out (he was very polite but didn't seem very pleased)

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 28d

2023: I meet Simon Johnson -> 2024: Wins Nobel
2024: I meet Philippe Aghion -> 2025: Wins Nobel
2025: Still available for lunches / drinks / dinners

Reposted by Neil Lee, Aaron Sojourner

Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 29d

Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...

Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · Oct 9

Populism was always coming for you guys. I will toast you in the Dewey as I drink alone.

Reposted by Neil Lee, Jack Stilgoe

NBER @nber.org · Oct 8

AI and digital platforms improve efficiency in processing and transmitting information but erode producer incentives, resulting in less truthful news and more misinformation, from Joseph E. Stiglitz and Maxim Ventura-Bolet https://www.nber.org/papers/w34318

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James Phipps @jphipps.bsky.social · Oct 8

A bit late posting it, but the latest round of our seed grants programmes is currently open to support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental research ideas, which could inform research, innovation and business growth policy.

www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...

Seed Grants

Browse the 2024/2025 Seed Grants Recipients Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the second round of IGL Seed Grants will support researchers in developing and piloting innovative experimental…

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