<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]] |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>