TY - BOOK ID - 149908561 TI - Think Tank : The Story of the Adam Smith Institute PY - 2012 SN - 1849543151 PB - London : Biteback Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Adam Smith Institute - History. KW - Adam Smith Institute -- History. KW - Great Britain - Economic policy - 1979-1997. KW - Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1979-1997. KW - Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1997-. KW - Great Britain - Economic policy - 1997-. KW - Research institutes - Great Britain - History. KW - Research institutes -- Great Britain -- History. KW - Research institutes KW - History KW - Adam Smith Institute KW - History. KW - Great Britain KW - Great Britain KW - Economic policy KW - Economic policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149908561 AB - In the 1970s, as the country's post-war love affair with socialism began to sour, a new type of think tank opened its doors in Britain. Spearheading a rejection of state planning and controls, the Adam Smith Institute helped to put incentives and enterprise firmly back into the political mainstream. Its influence was extraordinary, even revolutionary. Britain's new passwords became opportunity, aspiration and the free market. With no backing and no resources save their own conviction, a handful of motivated individuals managed to play a role in transforming the prospects of a nation. This ER -