The Social Market Foundation is a think tank based in the UK. It was formed in 1989 by supporters of David Owen after the SDP disbanded. This article is about the institution. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, CH , PC , MD (born July 2, 1938), is a British politician. ... The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a United Kingdom political party that existed as a national party between 1981 and 1990. ...
Its was established 'to provide a source of innovative economic and social policy ideas.' The organisation has no formal links with political parties, although it was described as John Major's favourite think-tank during his time in Downing Street. A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ...
Currently its chairman is the Labour peer Lord David Lipsey, and its director is Ann Rossiter.
Former directors include Rick Nye, who went on to become Head of Research at the Conservative party, and Phil Collins, who left to join the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit. Lord Robert Skidelsky was originally chairman.
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The socialmarket economy was the main economic model used in Western and Northern Europe during the Cold War era.
An important part of socialmarket economies is the tri-partite talks between labour unions, employers' organizations (the social partners) and the state in which they strike agreements on issues like price levels, wage increases, tax rates and pension entitlements.
From the 1960s, the socialmarket economy was the main economic model in mainland Western Europe, pursued by administrations of both the centre right (usually led by Christian Democratic parties) and the centre left (usually led by Labour or Social Democratic parties).
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