Neil Lee
@neillee.bsky.social
Professor of Economic Geography, LSE
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We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
JOB
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography / Urban Planning
Please share widely - any questions let me know
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography / Urban Planning
Please share widely - any questions let me know
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography and Urban Planning
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography and Urban Planning,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, w...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
JOB
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography / Urban Planning
Please share widely - any questions let me know
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography / Urban Planning
Please share widely - any questions let me know
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Please join my campaign for six innings test matches
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Please join my campaign for six innings test matches
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The relative tax treatment of the employed and the self employed is simply not fair. Action should be taken.
Taxes on the typical salary are now 55% higher than on self-employment income.
The effective tax rate for a self-employed worker equivalent to the median employee in 2025-26 was the second lowest in 50 years, behind only 2024-25 ⤵️ buff.ly/4ppe7Q8
The effective tax rate for a self-employed worker equivalent to the median employee in 2025-26 was the second lowest in 50 years, behind only 2024-25 ⤵️ buff.ly/4ppe7Q8
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The relative tax treatment of the employed and the self employed is simply not fair. Action should be taken.
Some straight up populism from the Greens here - very interested to see how this works
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Some straight up populism from the Greens here - very interested to see how this works
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💡 How does moving to opportunity reshape political behavior?
🗞️ In our new BJPolS paper, @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that residential relocations that increase access to opportunity foster political integration and shift political preferences to the left.
👉 tinyurl.com/46utjj65
🗞️ In our new BJPolS paper, @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that residential relocations that increase access to opportunity foster political integration and shift political preferences to the left.
👉 tinyurl.com/46utjj65
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - Volume 55
tinyurl.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
💡 How does moving to opportunity reshape political behavior?
🗞️ In our new BJPolS paper, @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that residential relocations that increase access to opportunity foster political integration and shift political preferences to the left.
👉 tinyurl.com/46utjj65
🗞️ In our new BJPolS paper, @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that residential relocations that increase access to opportunity foster political integration and shift political preferences to the left.
👉 tinyurl.com/46utjj65
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Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Reeves in Zugzwang
Incremental politics no longer works
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Sensible but depressing that it has to be spelt out
Check out the latest edition of my @financialtimes.com newsletter. (1/2)
The Budget Britain needs—but won't get:
on.ft.com/4oRjztO
With insights from Policy Exchange, @adamsmith.org, Oxford Economics, Jon Moynihan, @samdumitriu.bsky.social, and Ben Hopkinson
The Budget Britain needs—but won't get:
on.ft.com/4oRjztO
With insights from Policy Exchange, @adamsmith.org, Oxford Economics, Jon Moynihan, @samdumitriu.bsky.social, and Ben Hopkinson
Britain’s Budget must put growth first — here’s how
[FREE TO READ] Rachel Reeves can break the UK’s fiscal ‘doom loop’ by backing business and workers
on.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sensible but depressing that it has to be spelt out
This is sort of the problem with the IMD: tells us about relative performance not absolute, ignores composition
You could sell change in Sunnymead as good (upgrading) or bad (gentrification) but you don‘t really know
(I don’t doubt Oxford‘s problems are real)
You could sell change in Sunnymead as good (upgrading) or bad (gentrification) but you don‘t really know
(I don’t doubt Oxford‘s problems are real)
Are Oxford‘s poorest areas sharing in its prosperity? As billionaires pour more money into the city’s AI and biotech industries, we take a deep dive into gentrification in Oxford and the city’s housing crisis. (With maps and data!) oxfordclarion.uk/gentrifying-...
Gentrifying Oxford vs the left-behinds
Oxford’s poorest areas are not sharing equally in the city’s increased prosperity, new figures suggest.
Parts of Minchery Farm, Rose Hill, and Wood Farm are now suffering more deprivation compared to...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is sort of the problem with the IMD: tells us about relative performance not absolute, ignores composition
You could sell change in Sunnymead as good (upgrading) or bad (gentrification) but you don‘t really know
(I don’t doubt Oxford‘s problems are real)
You could sell change in Sunnymead as good (upgrading) or bad (gentrification) but you don‘t really know
(I don’t doubt Oxford‘s problems are real)
Ooof
Pension fund allocations into UK equities, 1997-2022
From the very interesting select committee report on scaling
Pension fund allocations into UK equities, 1997-2022
From the very interesting select committee report on scaling
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ooof
Pension fund allocations into UK equities, 1997-2022
From the very interesting select committee report on scaling
Pension fund allocations into UK equities, 1997-2022
From the very interesting select committee report on scaling
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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...
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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...
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Suss / Piketty
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
November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Suss / Piketty
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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
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’ on.ft.com/47TjkYV | opinion
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Please spread the word word 👇
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...
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
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Please spread the word word 👇
Disagree with this - but huge respect to Tim for, as ever, making the intelligent counter to the conventional wisdom
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
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Disagree with this - but huge respect to Tim for, as ever, making the intelligent counter to the conventional wisdom
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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
What is driving the recent growth of large cities? 👇
buff.ly/MStC5PZ
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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
What is driving the recent growth of large cities? 👇
buff.ly/MStC5PZ
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
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
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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
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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If there isn't an AI dating assistant called "Cyrano" by the end of the year these guys have no culture or imagination
October 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If there isn't an AI dating assistant called "Cyrano" by the end of the year these guys have no culture or imagination
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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 👇
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
buff.ly
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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 👇
We're #hiring a new Analyst to join the Centre for Cities Research team 💼
Apply today 👇
2023: I meet Simon Johnson -> 2024: Wins Nobel
2024: I meet Philippe Aghion -> 2025: Wins Nobel
2025: Still available for lunches / drinks / dinners
2024: I meet Philippe Aghion -> 2025: Wins Nobel
2025: Still available for lunches / drinks / dinners
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
2023: I meet Simon Johnson -> 2024: Wins Nobel
2024: I meet Philippe Aghion -> 2025: Wins Nobel
2025: Still available for lunches / drinks / dinners
2024: I meet Philippe Aghion -> 2025: Wins Nobel
2025: Still available for lunches / drinks / dinners
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Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...
October 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...
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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
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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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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...
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…
www.innovationgrowthlab.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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...
www.innovationgrowthlab.org/about/resear...