In this Institute of Economic Affairs briefing, Director of Communications Callum Price interviews Professor Len Shackleton, ...

In this Institute of Economic Affairs Podcast, Managing Editor Dan Freeman interviews Aymen Aulaiwi, DPhil student at Lincoln College, Oxford, … Continue reading "The Rise & Fall of the Soviet Economy ...

In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, Communications Director Callum is joined by Executive Director Tom Clougherty ...

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 ...

The IEA is an educational charity and free market think tank. Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets ...

Flying to Scotland from Southampton on a fine day recently, my eye soon picked up the brown streak across southern central counties that is the route of HS2. Earth works are almost complete, and much ...

What is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)? Let’s start with the basics. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK … Continue reading "Raising Our Allowance – Understanding Britain’s Emissions Trading ...

The Spring Statement was more-or-less as expected. A worsening economic outlook meant that the Chancellor’s headroom against her primary fiscal rule – a current budget surplus in five years’ time – ...

Contents Summary The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the … Continue reading "Beyond Freeports" ...

Summary Given the high economic costs of fraud, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 aims to address the well-known deficiencies of the common law’s approach to corporate criminal ...

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 ...