Contents Summary A free competitive market offers wide opportunities for individuals and businesses and is compatible with ...

Contents Foreword Studying economics especially at university can be a sterile and lifeless endeavour. In four out of five ...

Mandated employment benefits function as a ‘stealth payroll tax’ that ultimately reduce workers’ wages, not employers’ profits £5bn cost of new mandates in the Employment Rights Bill will be passed on ...

Introduction Each year, the Government publishes international energy price comparisons. The data is sourced from the IEA and covers industrial … Continue reading "We’re number one… in unaffordable ...

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The National Health Service enjoys strong support among the public, making it almost impossible to introduce radical reforms, even if … Continue reading "How to abolish the NHS" ...

Between 3 – 8 July 2017, the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute jointly held Freedom Week, … Continue reading "“But that wasn’t REAL socialism!” (Part 3: Venezuela)" ...

Private schools are, on the whole, a good thing. They give parents greater choice in their children’s education, provide the state sector much needed competition and attract money from abroad by ...

New IEA research highlights the clear economic consensus that rent controls do far more harm than good.

I was recently watching the video “ Are Populists Destroying Democracy? ” on the IEA’s Youtube channel, in which the IEA’s Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz interviewed Swedish political scientist ...