SMF
Social Market Foundation
| Type | Foundation |
|---|---|
| Website | smf.co.uk |
| Wikipedia |  |
| Year founded | 1989 |
| Location |
London
 United Kingdom
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| Budget | USD 1-4.9M |
| Functions | Advocacy, Research |
| Funding sources | Corporations, Foundations or grants, University-funded |
| Tags | environment energy education economics governance employment social policy |
| Summary | SMF undertakes and commissions original research and writing on a range of public policy issues where understanding both the vitality of markets and the need for social consent can advance debate and help to shape new ideas. It develops ideas that are pro-market but not laissez-faire, setting markets in their social context and recognizing that outside the realm of theory they are underpinned by social consent. Unlike think tanks of the orthodox right, SMF believes in promoting sustainable welfare systems; and unlike think tanks of the established left, its agenda is to make these welfare systems provide better service to consumers through more effective competition and choice. |
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Publications
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 18 September 2023 English
Overall, the impression given of the Towns Fund in our workshops was that although on paper the initiative is aimed at the long-term challenges that towns face, several features of …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 13 September 2023 English
The view from the ground: Building a greater understanding of the impact of fraud and how the public view what policymakers should do about it TWO MINUTE SUMMARY September 2023 …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 13 September 2023 English
Tackling the collective actions problems bedevilling the response to fraud from both the private and public sectors • Recommendation 8: Start the process of developing a new set of policy …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 30 August 2023 English
The first, published in May, explored the current state of animal welfare in food production in the UK.18 It concluded that the most practical and tractable way to think about …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 23 August 2023 English
We also researched and spoke to experts and policymakers involved in key pieces of public health regulation and legislation, including the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in the UK, the Public …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 15 August 2023 English
Social tariffs and the cost of living | August 2023 Social Market Foundation supported and commissioned by Citizens Advice Context Social tariffs and the cost of living | August 2023 …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 11 August 2023
Further, according to American Clean Power, total investments in clean power projects received more private investment over the eight months following the IRA’s passage than they received in the five …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 10 August 2023 English
SOCIAL MARKET FOUNDATION HOW MUCH RICHER IS THE US THAN THE UK? Britain’s relative economic decline has been a source of angst in the country since the late 19th Century, …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 4 August 2023 English
According to the English Housing Survey 2020, the East of England has the lowest rates of non-decent social homes at 5%, whilst the South West has the highest with 17% …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 28 July 2023 English
In 2005, John Ioannidis published ‘Why Most Published Research Findings Are False’.16 The term ‘replication crisis’ was coined in the 2010s as part of a growing awareness of the problem.17 …