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Neil Lee
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Professor of Economic Geography, LSE

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 2d
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, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-ali...
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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 2d
JOB

Assistant Professor (Education) in Economic Geography / Urban Planning

Please share widely - any questions let me know

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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...
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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 5d
Please join my campaign for six innings test matches

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 6d
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Tim Leunig @timleunig.bsky.social · 7d
The relative tax treatment of the employed and the self employed is simply not fair. Action should be taken.
resolutionfoundation.org Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 8d
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
Chart showing total Income Tax and National Insurance as a share of labour cost: UK excluding Scotland

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 8d
Do not have a Labrador, *yet*

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 8d
Maybe time to check in with Mrs Zacharzewski...

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 8d
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How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did
Target has perfected the technique of analyzing consumers' shopping habits to figure out who's pregnant. How can they send customers congratulatory coupons without freaking them out?
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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 8d
Some straight up populism from the Greens here - very interested to see how this works
greenparty.org.uk The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 8d
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 8d
At the Budget, the Green Party's message is clear: Cut Bills. Tax Billionaires.

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Valentina Consiglio @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social · 10d
💡 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
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
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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 11d
Sensible but depressing that it has to be spelt out
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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

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Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 11d
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...
Reeves in Zugzwang
Incremental politics no longer works
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tejparikh.ft.com @tejparikh.ft.com · 11d
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
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

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 14d
I suspect oxford (where I’m from) has hollowed out more: my mates who got mid earning jobs have often been pushed out to nearby Bicester or Abingdon

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 14d
According to the IMD, the best way of improving the lives of people in deprived areas is to replace them

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 14d
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)
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 15d
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

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 15d
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

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 20d
I am certainly enjoying my (sadly) limited exposure to US tech stocks right now. I'm not sure I will be quite so happy in a year!

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 20d
Article used as source here says 4.4% in text, so I guess just axis issue: on.ft.com/3XxLUtI
UK pension funds’ allocations to British stocks hit historic low
Retirement schemes shun London-listed equities and private markets
www.ft.com

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 20d
I think you're right: Certainly shouldn't be 0% surely?

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 21d
Ooof

Pension fund allocations into UK equities, 1997-2022

From the very interesting select committee report on scaling

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 21d
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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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 21d
Don’t tell the landlord or they will charge you extra

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 21d
In England we call this a skylight

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 22d
Suss / Piketty

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22d
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
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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 24d
Top tip: www.sandersofoxford.com
Home | Sanders of Oxford
Sanders of Oxford is one of the largest print sellers in Britain, and features a varied and wide-ranging stock of more than 30,000 items. Our shop has long been a landmark on the High Street, continui...
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 26d
Please spread the word word 👇

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · Oct 23
well quite. The UK is the Netherlands with a bit of Norway something something