Adam Brown
@adamlbrown.bsky.social
Economist, formerly a physicist. Head of UK Economic Policy & Modelling @ Cambridge Econometrics, Visiting Researcher in Innovation Systems @ Oxford Brookes, & Associate @ CityREDI. Also interested in cricket, baseball and metal. Displaced Salopian. Vmo
wealthier people more likely to have property debt (ie mortgages), less wealthy more likely to have financial debt (ie credit card bills, overdrafts)
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
wealthier people more likely to have property debt (ie mortgages), less wealthy more likely to have financial debt (ie credit card bills, overdrafts)
I would get the actual ONS data but the ONS website is probably the most useless website on the internet
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would get the actual ONS data but the ONS website is probably the most useless website on the internet
This seems more in line with my expectation bfpg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This seems more in line with my expectation bfpg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Right but which of these countries are you talking about
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Right but which of these countries are you talking about
Btw for a test I asked chatgpt to explain how taxes and spending were related in the UK and much to my surprise it actually got the answer spot on. Eg here
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Btw for a test I asked chatgpt to explain how taxes and spending were related in the UK and much to my surprise it actually got the answer spot on. Eg here
Honestly they feel exactly the same to me
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Honestly they feel exactly the same to me
Oh look, here's what happens when you search for houses under 500k in Cambridge on rightmove
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Oh look, here's what happens when you search for houses under 500k in Cambridge on rightmove
Eg for Cambridge they identify Chesterton, trumpington and cherry Hinton as having the biggest gaps. But these *definitely* aren't either the most desirable not the most underdeveloped suburbs of Cambridge, but they might be the places with, eg, the most houses under 500k on the market?
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Eg for Cambridge they identify Chesterton, trumpington and cherry Hinton as having the biggest gaps. But these *definitely* aren't either the most desirable not the most underdeveloped suburbs of Cambridge, but they might be the places with, eg, the most houses under 500k on the market?
TBH the design of the busway isn't great, with some simple modifications they wouldn't need something as extreme as a car trap. For example I've often thought how easy it would be when turning left here in the dark to accidentally head onto the busway. Some raised paving would fix it
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
TBH the design of the busway isn't great, with some simple modifications they wouldn't need something as extreme as a car trap. For example I've often thought how easy it would be when turning left here in the dark to accidentally head onto the busway. Some raised paving would fix it
I like it when the leading scholar in a field puts together a presentation saying everything I've been saying for the last decade
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I like it when the leading scholar in a field puts together a presentation saying everything I've been saying for the last decade
This might get spicy
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This might get spicy
One of the best conferences of the year, looking around and everyone who is anyone in UK regional policy and thinking seems to be here #rsa
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
One of the best conferences of the year, looking around and everyone who is anyone in UK regional policy and thinking seems to be here #rsa
with all due respect, this is a strawman. Literally no-one think they're different, what matters is that their votes are the ones that will tip the election. They're not different, just more important.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
with all due respect, this is a strawman. Literally no-one think they're different, what matters is that their votes are the ones that will tip the election. They're not different, just more important.
These are the voters labour needs to target to prevent a reform majority: essentially anyone in a Labour-Reform marginal, or Reform voters in Labour- Conservative marginals.
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
These are the voters labour needs to target to prevent a reform majority: essentially anyone in a Labour-Reform marginal, or Reform voters in Labour- Conservative marginals.
This is a good summary of the quantity theory of money:
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is a good summary of the quantity theory of money:
Friedman: lottery winners will save the majority of their earnings so as to rationally optimise their consumption patterns over their entire lifetime.
Reality:
Reality:
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Friedman: lottery winners will save the majority of their earnings so as to rationally optimise their consumption patterns over their entire lifetime.
Reality:
Reality:
There are dozens of papers that all reach the same entirely predictable conclusion, here's just one example
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
There are dozens of papers that all reach the same entirely predictable conclusion, here's just one example
This really is a national scandal
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This really is a national scandal
I think it's more that people are going to be far less willing to accept paying taxes themselves if, once again, you let the billionaires off because they've lobbied you relentlessly. See, eg
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I think it's more that people are going to be far less willing to accept paying taxes themselves if, once again, you let the billionaires off because they've lobbied you relentlessly. See, eg
Problem is everyday there's another headline like this that undermines all the rest. One rule for the rich etc etc
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Problem is everyday there's another headline like this that undermines all the rest. One rule for the rich etc etc
This was my suggestion for how to thread a tram through the city centre from a few years ago
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This was my suggestion for how to thread a tram through the city centre from a few years ago
does it? The ONS report this for a 1-person household on £46,000 gross income and average council tax of £2,100pcm:
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
does it? The ONS report this for a 1-person household on £46,000 gross income and average council tax of £2,100pcm:
Actually the threshold (£325,000) at which you are eligible to pay is below the mean wealth level for anyone over 55.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Actually the threshold (£325,000) at which you are eligible to pay is below the mean wealth level for anyone over 55.
@katie0martin.ft.com isn't this just a normal side effect of lower inflation/interest rate expectations though?
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@katie0martin.ft.com isn't this just a normal side effect of lower inflation/interest rate expectations though?