ɪn ˈɪŋɡlənd hiː hɐz kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾᵻd tə pˈʌblɪk dᵻbˈeɪt ˌɔn mˈɛni ˈɪʃuːz—ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ wˈɔːɹnɪŋ əvə hˈaʊzɪŋ kɹˈæʃ ɪn nˈuːzpeɪpɚɹ ˈɑːɹɾɪkəlz ɪnðə tˈaɪmz ɪnðə mˈɪdəl ʌvðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd z, hɪz ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ɪnðɪ ɪkˈɑːnəmˌɪst ɐbˌaʊt ðə nˈiːd fɔːɹ lˈɪbɚɹəlˌaɪzd ɹᵻmjˌuːnɚɹˈeɪʃən ɪn jˌuːkˈeɪ jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾiz, pɹˈɑːməlɡˌeɪɾɪŋ ðə kˈeɪs fɔːɹ hˈaɪɚ tˈæksᵻz ˌɔn fˈɑːsəl fjˈuːəlz ænd pˈɛtɹəl, ænd ˈɑːɹɡjuːɪŋ fɚɹə lˈɑːɹdʒɚ pɹˈaɪvətɹˈɛntəl hˈaʊzɪŋ sˈɛktɚɹ ɪnðə jˌʊɹɹəpˈiən nˈeɪʃənz æz ɐ wˈeɪ ʌv hˈɛlpɪŋ ðə lˈeɪbɚ mˈɑːɹkɪt.
In England he has contributed to public debate on many issues—including warning of a housing crash in newspaper articles in The Times in the middle of the 2000s, his writing in The Economist about the need for liberalized remuneration in UK universities, promulgating the case for higher taxes on fossil fuels and petrol, and arguing for a larger private-rental housing sector in the  European nations as a way of helping the labour market.