Social Market Foundation

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The Social Market Foundation is a London-based think tank established "to provide a source of innovative economic and social policy ideas"[1]. Located in close proximity to the houses of Parliament, the SMF has been influential in helping with the development of policies in the areas of health, education, welfare and pensions policy reform[2]. The Social Market Foundation, as the name suggests, attempts to develop ideas based on a fusion of the two themes of social justice and neo-liberal economics[3].

History

Personnel

Key Officers

David Lipsey (Lord Lipsey of Tooting Bec), Chairman | | Ian Mulheirn, Director | Natalie Tarry, Deputy Director | Simon Griffiths | Jessica Prendergrast | Will Hoyles

Policy Advisory Board

George Osborne | Vince Cable | Trevor Phillips

Previous Board Members

Robert Skidelsky, Former Chairman | Rick Nye, Former Director | Daniel Finkelstein, Former Director | Philip Collins, Former Director | Ann Rossiter Former Deputy Director

Funding

The SMF is funded by charitable foundations, companies and individual donors.[4].

Contact

Address: 11 Tufton St, London, SW1P 3QB
Telephone: 020 7222 7060
Fax: 020 7222 0310
Email: info@smf.co.uk
Website: www.smf.co.uk

Notes

  1. Social Market Foundation, About Us, SMF Website, Accessed 09-June-2009
  2. Social Market Foundation, Thinktanks in the news, The Guardian, Accessed 09-June-2009
  3. Social Market Foundation,About Us, SMF Website, Accessed 09-June-2009
  4. Social Market Foundation, Thinktanks in the news, The Guardian, Accessed 09-June-2009