['< sod > the\'\'\'adam smith institute\'\'\'( asi ) is a free market neoliberal [ [ think tank ] ] and [ [ lobbying | lobbying group ] ] based in the united kingdom, named after [ [ adam smith ] ], a scottish moral philosopher and [ [ classical economics | classical economist ] ]. < ref > { { cite book | page = 6 | title = political issues in britain today | editor - first = bill | editor - last = jones | publisher = manchester university press | location = manchester | year = 1999 | edition = 5th | isbn = 0719054311 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite book | page = 77 | title = ideas and think tanks in contemporary britain | editor - first1 = michael david | editor - last1 = kandiah | editor - first2 = anthony | editor - last2 = seldon | publisher = routledge | location = new york | isbn = 0714647438 | year = 2013 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite news | title =\'poverty barons\'who make a fortune from taxpayer - funded aid budget | first = andrew | last = gilligan | authorlink = andrew gilligan | work = [ [ the daily telegraph ] ] | date = 15 september 2012 | url = http : / / www. telegraph. co. uk / news / politics / 9545584 / poverty - barons - who - make - a - fortune - from - taxpayer - funded - aid - budget. html | accessdate = 12 january 2016 } } < / ref > it advocates [ [ free market ] ] and [ [ classical liberal ] ] ideas, primarily via the formation of radical policy options with regard to [ [ public choice theory ] ], which political decision makers seek to develop upon. the president of the asi, [ [ madsen pirie ] ], has sought to describe the activity of the organisation as " we propose things which people regard as being on the edge of lunacy. the next thing you know, they\'re on the edge of policy ". < ref > { { cite news | title = adam smith institute\'s sense and nonsense | first = alan | last = rusbridger | authorlink = alan rusbridger | newspaper = [ [ the guardian ] ] | birth date = 22 december 1987 | url = http : / / www. guardian. co. uk / comment / story / 0, 3604, 1672317, 00. html | page = 30 | accessdate = 19 january 2010 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > the\'\'\'adam smith institute\'\'\'( asi ) is a free market libertarian [ [ think tank ] ] and [ [ lobbying | lobbying group ] ] based in the united kingdom, named after [ [ adam smith ] ], a scottish moral philosopher and [ [ classical economics | classical economist ] ]. < ref > { { cite book | page = 6 | title = political issues in britain today | editor - first = bill | editor - last = jones | publisher = manchester university press | location = manchester | year = 1999 | edition = 5th | isbn = 0719054311 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite book | page = 77 | title = ideas and think tanks in contemporary britain | editor - first1 = michael david | editor - last1 = kandiah | editor - first2 = anthony | editor - last2 = seldon | publisher = routledge | location = new york | isbn = 0714647438 | year = 2013 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite news | title =\'poverty barons\'who make a fortune from taxpayer - funded aid budget | first = andrew | last = gilligan | authorlink = andrew gilligan | work = [ [ the daily telegraph ] ] | date = 15 september 2012 | url = http : / / www. telegraph. co. uk / news / politics / 9545584 / poverty - barons - who - make - a - fortune - from - taxpayer - funded - aid - budget. html | accessdate = 12 january 2016 } } < / ref > it advocates [ [ free market ] ] and [ [ classical liberal ] ] ideas, primarily via the formation of radical policy options with regard to [ [ public choice theory ] ], which political decision makers seek to develop upon. the president of the asi, [ [ madsen pirie ] ], has sought to describe the activity of the organisation as " we propose things which people regard as being on the edge of lunacy. the next thing you know, they\'re on the edge of policy ". < ref > { { cite news | title = adam smith institute\'s sense and nonsense | first = alan | last = rusbridger | authorlink = alan rusbridger | newspaper = [ [ the guardian ] ] | date = 22 december 1987 | url = http : / / www. guardian. co. uk / comment / story / 0, 3604, 1672317, 00. html | page = 30 | accessdate = 19 january 2010 } } < / ref > < eod >']