Eamonn Ives
@eamonnives
Interested in how things work and making them work better 💫 | Research Director @TenThinkTank; Founder @liberaldigest | Prev: Special Adviser @cabinetofficeuk
⚡️ No matter how hard you look, you won’t find a low-energy, rich country anywhere on Earth. Rising living standards have always required access to abundant energy – and in my latest @tenthinktank paper, I explain how new nuclear reactors can boost our economy. Thread…! 🧵

Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out! This week: 🙎♀️ @eamonnives on dispiriting data 🌱 @anastasiabekt on spurring spinouts 💼 Florian Golser on portable protections Link to read and subscribe below.
📩 New Digest! Read for takes on the triple lock, wealth taxes, new parties, advancing AI, and more. Incl: @TorstenBell @racheljanetwolf @Marian_L_Tupy @ToneLangengen @nfergus @Keyes @PME_Politics @daniwaldenstrom @RD_Economist
🚨🥳 It’s time for our Friday Thread! 🚨🥳 Here’s a rundown of the key stories and interesting articles relating to entrepreneurs, technology, and innovation this week…
Imagine you’re a first‑time founder with a half-built product, funds running thin, and 3 tabs open: “Apply to Accelerator X,” “Join Incubator Y,” “Venture Studio Z - Accepting Ideas Now”. What gets you where you need to go? Read a blog based on the paper: entrepreneursnetwork.substack.com/p/up-to-speed
🏎️🚨NEW! Startup support programmes are booming. But how well are they performing? For founders, navigating them can be difficult. Too often, it’s unclear which programmes are high-quality, how long they’ll last, or what outcomes they actually deliver. 🧶Here’s what we found..
60% of the American companies on Fortune's list of top AI innovators have an immigrant founder. The world’s top talent overwhelmingly wants to come to US. This is a incredible advantage. American leadership in AI depends on allowing, even encouraging, high-skilled immigration.
every few decades, Britain faces a generational moment of self-reflection, when a ruling consensus breaks down and a new settlement is required today we need a new, sovereign consensus a short piece on where Britain finds itself, where we need to be, and how we get there:
🏎️🚨NEW! Startup support programmes are booming. But how well are they performing? For founders, navigating them can be difficult. Too often, it’s unclear which programmes are high-quality, how long they’ll last, or what outcomes they actually deliver. 🧶Here’s what we found..
🚨🥳 It’s time for our Friday Thread! 🚨🥳 Here’s a rundown of the key stories and interesting articles relating to entrepreneurs, technology, and innovation this week…
📩 New Digest! Read for takes on Britain’s data breach, tax tribulations, labour market reforms and the intangible economy. Incl: @deenamousa @joshsimonsmp @TaliFraser @lewis_goodall @stianwestlake @kylascan @HannoLustig @pietergaricano
📩 New Digest! Read for takes on fiscal illusions, wealth taxes, nuclear power and liberalism (obviously). Incl: @rcolvile @TomClougherty @NJ_Timothy @K_Niemietz @DanNeidle @PJTheEconomist @RMLLowe @TomTugendhat