The ASI Ratings is the ASI parliamentary index between 1987-1988 compiled by Michael Simmonds, to examine the voting record of MPs.
Too Big to Manage
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The Mechanics of Privatisation
Where The Policies Come From
This album catalogues all media mentions of the Adam Smith Institute during the later stages of the 1980s.
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The Right Lines
The Adam Smith Institute envisages a two-stage sale of British Rail: the track and terminals privatized as a complete unit, and then the individual services which run on the track..
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A Divorce for Auntie
In his 1987 report 'A Divorce for Auntie', Nicholas O'Shaughnessy of Loughborough University presents objections to the "monolithic" ideological nature of the BBC. Today, the debate on the BBC's ideological leanings continues, with 41% of those polled in 2013 saying they believed it to display some bias. This considered, O'Shaughnessy's report remains important to this ongoing controversy.
A Degree of Privacy (1987)
This paper provides an overview of the expansion of higher education in the UK, how it happened, the implication for public funding and the implications with regards to businesses.
An Environment for Growth
How to develop the rural landscape whilst still protecting the environment? This was the question that was answered at an ASI Seminar in 1987, including speakers such as Brian Waters, Boisot Waters Cohen Partnership, Professor Alan Evans of The University of Reading and John Ardill of The Guardian, amongst others. The report sets out regulatory ideas that would allow for development on the green belt, and an easing of the planning laws to allow new building to take place.
Why Wasteland
Land is our greatest asset. It is the most fundamental generator of wealth for it's necessary to all forms of economic activity. Furthermore, it increases in value with any improvement, urbanisation, population increases or local infrastructure provision. Green gold indeed!
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What The Papers Say
This album catalogues the media coverage of the Adam Smith Institute in it’s early years.
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