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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

Director of Public Policy and Communications, @iealondon. Columnist, @CityAM. Adjunct Fellow, @TheIPA. Fellow, @ASI & @theRSAorg. Author, https://t.co/r9rMd4nOy1. matthewlesh.com.au London / Melbourne Joined July 2008
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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

4 days ago

"This month the opposition highlighted a decree, bearing Mr Milei’s signature, that among other things gave him a 48% pay rise... "He said the pay rise was the result of a past president’s decree, rapidly reversed it and fired his labour secretary." economist.com/the-americas/2…

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

4 years ago

Rent control is a utterly disgraceful policy: ❗️up to 35 year waiting periods for homes, like Stockholm ❗️less return ➡️ less house building ➡️ fewer places to live ❗️ becomes about ‘who you know’ ➕ bribes and patronage ➡️ poor, immigrants & minorities lose out

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Nick Eardley @nickeardleybbc

4 years ago

Rent control is a utterly disgraceful policy: ❗️up to 35 year waiting periods for homes, like Stockholm ❗️less return ➡️ less house building ➡️ fewer places to live ❗️ becomes about ‘who you know’ ➕ bribes and patronage ➡️ poor, immigrants & minorities lose out

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Kristian Niemietz @K_Niemietz

5 days ago

"As part of this eclecticism, Frank Field was one of the relatively few Labour MPs willing to visit Lord North Street and talk with IEA people. He also occasionally contributed to our publications" iea.org.uk/rip-frank-fiel…

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IEA @iealondon

5 days ago

🗣️ "They're promising...to get rid of bureaucracy but what they're actually doing is creating massive new bureaucracies!" 📺 @matthewlesh highlights some of the apparent contradictions in Labour's plan to renationalise the railways with @CarverEmily and @tomhfh on @GBNEWS 👇

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone

5 days ago

I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar

6 days ago

I think it's a tough call to claim privatisation didn't boost ridership. Sure, it increased costs and it might have increased fragmentation in certain areas too, but I'm dead sure it boosted passenger numbers. Here's why 👇🧵

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IEA @iealondon

5 days ago

🗣️ "[A] bureaucratic, top-down, centrally controlled system is going to be a complete disaster." 🚉 Our @matthewlesh on the Labour Party's latest plan to renationalise the railways 👇 📺 @Iromg | @TalkTV

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Sam Bowman @s8mb

6 days ago

Good article. I think the CMA has bad incentives – here, the desire for professional prestige that comes from being the first to intervene in a hot new industry. That is increasingly at odds with the need for the UK, as a small open economy, to attract investment from overseas.

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Ryan Bourne @MrRBourne

6 days ago

Good article. I think the CMA has bad incentives – here, the desire for professional prestige that comes from being the first to intervene in a hot new industry. That is increasingly at odds with the need for the UK, as a small open economy, to attract investment from overseas.

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

6 days ago

Labour's rail nationalisation plans are a disaster waiting to happen... The railways were last nationalised postwar. The result was a dive in passenger numbers, a lack of investment and the Beeching cuts, which diminished the network. Between 1948 and 1995, journeys went from…

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

6 days ago

Is Labour’s version of being “pro-business” to give subsidies to favoured companies? A recipe for cronyism and picking losers, with taxpayers on the hook for disastrous choices. thetimes.co.uk/article/416096…

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

7 days ago

This is fascinating — X geoblocked access to the video of a priest being stabbed in Sydney by an alleged terrorist. But that wasn’t enough for Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, who wanted it deleted globally. Should one government official have global censorship power?

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

7 days ago

This is fascinating — X geoblocked access to the video of a priest being stabbed in Sydney by an alleged terrorist. But that wasn’t enough for Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, who wanted it deleted globally. Should one government official have global censorship power?

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

7 days ago

“The Sydney bishop allegedly stabbed by a young terrorist has sided with Elon Musk in his censorship war with Australia, arguing the video of his assault should remain online for all to see.” theage.com.au/politics/feder…

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The Spectator @spectator

a week ago

'Stay the hell out of it.' Andrew Neil's advice on what the government should do with the media

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Craig Sewall @cjsewall9

a week ago

I believe that @JonHaidt’s central claim that social media (SM) is the primary cause of an international youth mental health crisis, especially among girls, is based on a flawed understanding of the underlying data generating process (DGP). In this thread, I’ll show you how.

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Matthew Lesh @matthewlesh

2 weeks ago

“In spite of minimal damage, the Venetians surrendered two days later.” (h/t @spectator)

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Tom Harwood @tomhfh

2 weeks ago

Great to see the Labour Party now adopting policy promoted by the @iealondon, @ASI, and @the_tpa among others back in 2018 🫡👍👍 siobhainmcdonagh.org.uk/campaigns/lond…

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The Labour Party @UKLabour

2 weeks ago

Great to see the Labour Party now adopting policy promoted by the @iealondon, @ASI, and @the_tpa among others back in 2018 🫡👍👍 siobhainmcdonagh.org.uk/campaigns/lond… https://t.co/zqs7aClpVd

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