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alasdairmsmith.bsky.social
Trade economist at Sussex (UKTPO and CITP); ex-VC University of Sussex; member of Competition Appeal Tribunal. So I have views on trade, and higher education (also fiscal sustainability, and pensions), but no views on anything to do with competition.
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Someone should write a thesis on the use of ‘Australian-style’ to sell political proposals in UK

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Resisting the protection racketeers as well as the Russian aggressors.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Surely Ukraine’s real allies need to support it against this protection racketeering?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Powerful pessimism from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social; especially the final sentence.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

A good one-sentence summary of why universities’ response to the 2012 fee rise was a disaster.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Good article, but is this true of Victorian Britain? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

“unclear”; really?

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

What could possibly go wrong?

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Since the EU proposals on youth mobility are consistent with the red lines, the government should be happy to look at them too.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

This paper by the late, great Nick Crafts, on competition and productivity in the UK, well worth a read: cepr.org/voxeu/column...

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments