Podcasts by IEA Podcast

Beyond the Robot | Parallax Views from 2023-12-12T10:51:03

Colin Wilson was one of the most adventurous cultural rebels of the past century, and yet certainly one of the least understood.

In this episode of Parallax Views, IEA Head of Cultural Af...

What are the Benefits of Tax Competition? | IEA Podcast from 2023-12-08T17:14:19

What are the benefits of tax competition? Does increased competition improve the efficiency of tax collection?

In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Mat...

Prohibition 2.0: The Future of UK Tobacco Policy from 2023-12-08T15:39:32

In October, Rishi Sunak announced plans to introduce a generational ban on tobacco sales which will forbid anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes, loose tobacco, heated tobacco, shis...

What is Danish Capitalism? | IEA Podcast from 2023-12-02T00:14:07

What is Danish capitalism? Why are there common misconceptions about Denmark's economy?

In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down wit...

Tech Turmoil: Does the Digital Markets Bill Threaten Britain’s economy? from 2023-12-02T00:13:11

Will the CMA's new powers undermine investment?

This is the audio from a panel hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which discussed the government’s Digital Markets and Competitio...

Does the Autumn Statement end ’Big Government’? | IEA Podcast from 2023-11-28T10:46:43

Does the Autumn Statement end 'big government'? Are these measures sufficient to get the British economy back on track?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communica...

Can Javier Milei save Argentina? from 2023-11-21T13:21:58

Can Javier Milei save Argentina? Is dollarisation the key to Argentinian's inflation problems?

Javier Milei, a libertarian economist, has won a decisive victory in the Argentinian preside...

Is the News Industry Broken? | IEA Podcast from 2023-11-18T17:38:47

Is the news industry broken? How have digital platforms impacted journalism?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications and Matthew Lesh sits down with Marc ...

The Capitalist Manifesto with Johan Norberg from 2023-11-18T17:36:48

Will free markets save the world?

In this video, IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz sits down with Swedish author and historian of ideas Johan Norberg.

In his latest b...

You Always Hurt the One you Love: Central Banks and the Murder of Capitalism | IEA Book Club from 2023-11-18T17:35:25

Chaired by Research Assistant Daniel Freeman, the IEA Book Club was delighted to host renowned British economist and author Bernard Conolly to discuss his latest book, “You Always Hurt the One y...

Has Brexit Damaged UK Trade? | IEA Podcast from 2023-11-10T14:50:38

Has Brexit damaged UK trade? Was the OBR's prediction correct?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Trade Economist Catheri...

Is ESG investing broken? | IEA Podcast from 2023-11-03T15:56:40

Is ESG investing broken? What are the unintended consequences of pressure to invest in ESG?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down...

Can Latin America Overcome Socialism? | IEA Podcast from 2023-10-27T18:22:43

Can Latin America overcome authoritarianism? What are the barriers to social mobility?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh is joined by A...

Nanny State vs Consumer Choice | #ThinkTent23 from 2023-10-21T12:13:01

As paternalism continues to subsume personal choice, is it time to roll back the frontiers of the nanny state?

This is an audio version of the panel held by the Institute of Economic Affa...

Is Wildlife Trade Sustainable? | IEA Podcast from 2023-10-20T14:35:32

Is wildlife trade sustainable? What impact will trade barriers have on wildlife trade?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with...

The Future of Rail | ThinkTent 23 from 2023-10-20T14:34:46

What will the future of rail look like?

This is an audio version of the panel held by the Institute of Economic Affairs at Conservative Party Conference in 2023 on the future of rail.

Privatisation: What Worked? from 2023-10-16T18:58:34

There have been countless examples of privatisations across the world, but what determines success?

In this video, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim sits...

Are We Finally Going to Solve the Housing Crisis? | IEA Podcast from 2023-10-13T17:43:54

Are we finally going to solve the housing crisis?

Earlier this week, the Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer came out in favour of building 1.5 million new homes if elected. Sir Kei...

How to Revive Liberalism in an Age of Conformity | Parallax Views with Lord Frost from 2023-10-09T14:26:37

How can we revive liberalism in an age of conformity? Can we sustain a liberal nation-state?

In this episode of Parallax Views, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening sits down with...

Is the British state broken? | IEA Podcast from 2023-10-06T11:27:02

Is the British state broken?

From the chaotic early response to covid-19, to record-long NHS waiting lists and a broken planning system, the British state appears unable to solve many pol...

Why Is Britain’s Infrastructure So Expensive? | IEA Podcast from 2023-09-30T11:54:15

Why Is Britain's Infrastructure So Expensive?

There is mounting speculation this week that the government intends to abandon the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 over skyrocketing cost...

The Bank of England is to blame for inflation, says Sir John Redwood from 2023-09-30T11:53:04

This week, the Institute of Economic Affairs published a new paper by Sir John Redwood, The New Great Inflation: How Western Central Banks Got It Wrong…and What They Should Do About It.

I...

Naked Feminism? | Breaking Barriers from 2023-09-25T18:22:27

How did women make the West rich? Why do governments and societies seek to police women's bodies?

In this week's episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetsto...

What’s Wrong With Digital Markets Regulation? | IEA Podcast from 2023-09-22T16:25:31

What's wrong with digital markets regulation? What new powers will the CMA have? In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Senior Schol...

How Statism Corrupted The Left | Moral Sentiments from 2023-09-20T07:30

Belief in big government is almost uncontroversial on the political left. But is the state really the best means to achieve leftist ends?

On this episode, Communications Officer Harrison ...

Can European Free Movement Survive? | IEA Podcast from 2023-09-15T17:15:07

Can European free movement survive?

In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh speaks to Dr Emmanuel Comte to discuss whether freedom of movemen...

Sweden: Road to Socialism... and back? from 2023-09-15T14:48:44

Sweden's large welfare state leads some to argue that the country is a case study of successful socialism...but that's not quite the full story.

Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths ...

The Truth About The Gender Pay Gap | Breaking Barriers from 2023-09-11T17:43:58

Is there a Gender Pay Gap? Do the statistics really tell us the whole story?

Why are childcare costs so high? In this week's episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and ...

Bangers and Cash: Cutting red tape to put Britain at the centre of the cultivated meat revolution, by Matthew Lesh from 2023-09-10T09:00

This is an audiobook version of the Institute of Economic Affairs publication 'Bangers and Cash: Cutting red tape to put Britain at the centre of the cultivated meat revolution', written by Matt...

How Governments Oppress Women | Breaking Barriers from 2023-09-09T08:00

Why do authoritarian governments oppress women in different ways to men? How has social media facilitated the freedom movement in oppressive regimes?

In this episode of Breaking Barriers,...

Is China In Jeopardy? | IEA Podcast from 2023-09-08T22:59:05

Is China In Jeopardy?

China's extraordinary rise to global superpower once appeared to be unstoppable, but now the country is facing a number of difficulties, sending shockwaves throughou...

The Rise of Right Wing Authoritarianism | Moral Sentiments from 2023-09-08T00:45:26

With national conservatism on the rise, has the political Right abandoned freedom?

On this week’s episode of Moral Sentiments, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths speaks to IEA ...

How do we tackle crime? | IEA Podcast from 2023-09-01T21:00:27

How do we tackle crime?

In this week's episode of the IEA Podcast, join us as Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths engages in a candid conversation with Research Assistant Daniel Fre...

The Ultra-Low Emission Zone: Should We Tax Negative Externalities? from 2023-09-01T20:00:56

Should we tax negative externalities like air pollution?

Join us for a thought-provoking debate on one of London's most contentious policies, Sadiq Khan's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).<...

Is the UK Overregulating Tech? | IEA Podcast from 2023-08-25T16:44:27

Is the UK overregulating tech?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Head of Tech and Innovation at the Centre for ...

Is Brexit Being Betrayed? | IEA Podcast from 2023-08-18T17:50:40

The government's recent decision to allow products to continue to carry the EU CE mark has been painted by many as a Brexit climbdown. But is this really the case?

To discuss this, IEA Di...

What Is Wrong With The Entrepreneurial State? | IEA Podcast from 2023-08-11T12:09:19

Mariana Mazzucato is considered one of the most influential economists of modern times and her book, 'The Entrepreneurial State', has prompted a debate over industrial policy and the role of the...

Is Inheritance Tax Wrong? | IEA Podcast from 2023-08-04T17:20:54

Inheritance tax is back in the news again after HMRC revealed that 49,400 more estates will be paying the tax due to threshold freezes.

To discuss whether the widely unpopular levy is wro...

Fighting For Free Speech | Parallax Views with Baroness Fox from 2023-08-02T14:50:38

In both our private and public institutions, the right to free speech is increasingly under threat, but how should we lead the fight back?

To discuss this, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Ma...

Why was Nigel Farage De-banked? | IEA Podcast from 2023-07-28T22:54:08

Coutts’ de-banking of Nigel Farage, in part over his political views, has caused a political storm and led to calls for a new duty on banks to uphold free speech.

To discuss this, IEA Dir...

Is Big Tech Bad? | IEA Podcast from 2023-07-21T16:09:02

The UK's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has recently u-turned on a move to block Microsoft's controversial acquisition of game maker Activision. Is the CMA's preca...

Is ’Greedflation’ Pushing Up Prices? | IEA Podcast from 2023-07-07T17:18:08

A new study by the Competition and Markets Authority claims that high supermarket profits are pushing up fuel prices. This comes amid widespread claims that profiteering is driving inflation. Bu...

Is Sweden Socialist? | IEA Podcast from 2023-07-03T15:54:49

Sweden is often portrayed as one of socialism's success stories, but is this entirely accurate?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh talks...

Not Zero | IEA Book Club with Ross Clark from 2023-06-28T17:22:25

Chaired by IEA Energy Analyst and Chief Operating Officer Andy Mayer, the IEA Book Club was delighted to host author and journalist Ross Clark to discuss his latest book, “Not Zero: How an Irrat...

Why Are Mortgages Skyrocketing? | IEA Podcast from 2023-06-23T09:00

The average mortgage rate has risen above 6 per cent, representing the highest rate since the mini-budget fiasco of last year. But why is this the case?

To discuss this, IEA Director of P...

What is Classical Liberal International Relations Theory? from 2023-06-21T17:22:28

This week, the IEA released Edwin Van De Haar's 'Human Nature and World Affairs: An introduction to Classical Liberalism and International Relations Theory'.

In this recording, IEA Head o...

Why Do Nations Succeed? | IEA Podcast from 2023-06-16T17:04:06

Why do some nations prosper while other fail?

This is a question that has troubled social scientists for centuries and it is the topic of a new book, 'Institutions and Economic Developmen...

Was Hayek Right? | IEA Discussion from 2023-06-07T16:02:51

Friedrich Hayek is rightly considered to be one of the intellectual forefathers of classical liberalism and his famed work, 'The Road to Serfdom', is thought of by many to be the ideology's clea...

Is Britain A Nanny State? | IEA Podcast from 2023-06-02T17:18:29

This week saw the release of the Nanny State Index 2023, a joint project of the IEA and EPiCENTER. The index ranks European countries based on their policies towards alcohol, tobacco, vaping, fo...

Is Immigration Too High? | IEA Podcast from 2023-05-26T17:34:37

This week's record net migration figures have caused many to question the government's immigration policy and whether immigration is too high.

To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Poli...

Free Speech: Where is the line? | Parallax Views from 2023-05-25T17:04:17

In this episode of Parallax Views, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening sits down with Bryn Harris, Chief Legal Counsel at the Free Speech Union, to discuss the threats to and limits of ...

Can Labour Fix The Housing Crisis? | IEA Podcast from 2023-05-19T17:22:39

Labour has pledged to become the party of increased housebuilding. But will their strategy work?

To discuss this and much more, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Le...

Fighting State Overreach: Tyler v. Hannepin County explained from 2023-05-16T15:34:29

With the other stories dominating headlines, you might have missed a United States Supreme Court case being fought across the pond. The case involves 94-year-old Minneapolis woman Geraldine Tyle...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Dan Waugh from 2023-05-15T11:23:59

The recent release of the gambling white paper has re-energised the debate on gambling regulation. On the one hand, many are calling for increased regulations on gambling companies to protect vu...

Is the Bank of England overcompensating? | IEA Podcast from 2023-05-12T15:28:56

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted to raise interest rates from 4.25 per cent to 4.5 per cent. This has caused debate among economists, with some arguing that continuing h...

In Conversation with Dr David D. Friedman from 2023-05-11T16:34:30

Should the police be privatised? Should we have open borders?

In this recording, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths interviews Dr David D. Friedman to discuss the anarcho-capit...

Should we regulate AI? | IEA Podcast from 2023-05-05T16:25:37

The advent of AI technologies such as ChatGPT has brought much excitement. While many have celebrated this innovation, an increasing number are calling for greater regulations to mitigate its pe...

What Is Wrong With Subsidies? | IEA Podcast from 2023-04-28T16:36:49

In this podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh speaks to IEA Senior Research Fellow Dr Jamie Whyte about the efficacy and affordability of government subsidies.

Should Liberals Engage In The Culture War? | IEA Debate from 2023-04-25T15:37:32

Liberals are split on the culture war. On the one hand, many regard increasing censorship in universities and public institutions as a threat to liberal values and as such a legitimate intellect...

Does Regulation Make Banks Riskier? | IEA Podcast from 2023-04-21T14:27:58

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse has put banks back in the news as many debate what can be done to stop this from happening. Increased regulation to prevent banks from faili...

Are Doctors Underpaid? | IEA Podcast from 2023-04-14T17:36:04

The NHS is in a bad way. Waiting times are long and doctors are striking over pay. But how underpaid are they and what reform would benefit the NHS?

To discuss this, IEA Director of Commu...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Jacob Grier from 2023-04-13T17:00

With flavoured e-cigarettes potentially set to be banned in the UK and US, many are wondering whether lifestyle regulation is going too far.

In this Swift Half with Snowdon, IEA Head of L...

Why is Britain’s Growth Stagnant? | IEA Podcast from 2023-04-07T12:12:27

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh discussed the reasons behind Britain's sluggish economic growth with Dr Tyler Goodspeed, Kleinheinz Fellow a...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Peter Hitchens from 2023-04-03T16:38:02

In this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon is joined by Mail on Sunday Columnist Peter Hitchens to discuss the grammar school revolution....

What’s Wrong With The Serious Fraud Office? | IEA Podcast from 2023-04-01T11:44:04

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh talks to IEA Academic and Research Director James Forder about his latest paper on the Serious F...

Should we fear AI? | IEA Podcast from 2023-03-24T12:23:14

The advent of AI programmes such as ChatGPT has many concerned. But how scared should we be of these innovations?

To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communication...

What Can We Learn From Adam Smith? | IEA Podcast from 2023-03-20T16:24:07

The 9th of March 2023 marked 247 years since the release of Adam Smith's seminal book, The Wealth of Nations. With liberalism on the decline, this week's podcast asks the question, what can poli...

Is Our Data Under Threat? | IEA Podcast from 2023-03-20T16:21:09

On this week's IEA Podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communictions Matthew Lesh spoke to Matthew Hodgson, Technical Co-Founder of Matrix.org. They discussed the importance of encrypted ...

How Can We Stop Young People Flocking To Socialism? | IEA Podcast from 2023-03-06T15:16:35

Recent research from the Fraser Institute's Realities of Socialism project shows that 53% of Brits under 35 regard socialism as their ideal economic model.

In this week's podcast, IEA Com...

Is US Oil Propping Up Venezuelan Socialism? | IEA Podcast from 2023-02-27T16:58:41

What does the resumption of oil imports from the United States mean for the Venezuelan socialist regime?

To discuss this, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths spoke to Jesus Arma...

What is the Northern Ireland Protocol? | IEA Podcast from 2023-02-17T15:18:23

The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news as EU and UK negotiators seem on the verge of a breakthrough deal. 

But what is the Protocol and is it working?

In this week's pod...

China, the Unstoppable Tech Giant? from 2023-02-10T17:13:27

IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discusses China's transformation into a powerful tech giant with Telecom Industry expert John Pelson.

Matthew asked John about how China is aggressi...

Can Europe Tackle The Cost Of Living Crisis? | IEA Podcast from 2023-02-05T02:42:53

Recent high inflation has not been exclusive to the UK.

Across Europe, many countries are experiencing the same phenomenon. But what has caused this and what can be done to control the da...

What’s wrong with net neutrality? | IEA Podcast from 2023-01-27T14:18:17

What is net neutrality and why is it damaging?

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discusses this with Senior Vice President at Strand Consult and S...

Can Free Markets Make A Comeback? | IEA Podcast from 2023-01-23T11:37:01

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh speaks to author and Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute fo...

Will the Edinburgh Reforms Unleash British Finance? | IEA Podcast from 2023-01-13T16:48:54

Last December Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a package of reforms to  financial services known as the 'Edinburgh Reforms'. The reforms would strip back burdensome EU red tape in an effort to m...

Is China Dominating Africa? | IEA Podcast from 2023-01-06T18:06:09

In this podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh talks to Director of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity Alexander Hammond about the China's increasing dominance of Africa an...

What Next For UK International Trade? | IEA Podcast from 2022-12-03T14:24:57

In this IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh talks to CEO of Competere Shanker Singham.

Following former Environment Secretary George Eustice MP's criticisms of UK trade de...

Swift Half with Snowdon ft. David Zaruk from 2022-11-29T12:37:07

Is virtue signalling behind damaging EU environmental policy?

In this Swift Half with Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon speaks to EU regulations blogger David Z...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Edward Chancellor from 2022-11-29T12:32:59

PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 10TH

With inflation at its highest in recent memory following years of quantitative easing courtesy of the Bank of England, many are asking if interest rates should ...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Paul North from 2022-11-29T12:29:30

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 27TH

Is it time to legalise cannabis?

It is a debate which has split policy makers for years and with the Home Secretary Suella Braverman favouring upgrading the ...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Dr Marewa Glover from 2022-11-29T12:26:06

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 13TH

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has divided political opinion.

For many, her strict policies on climate change, lockdowns and public health are wel...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Angela Knight from 2022-11-29T12:11:31

PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 

Energy prices are soaring and policymakers find themselves at a crossroads.

Down one path is further government intervention in the sector, with many ca...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Alex Deane from 2022-11-29T12:07:35

PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 22ND

In this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, is joined by Alex Deane, political commentator and consultan...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Margaret McCartney from 2022-11-29T11:49:13

PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 4TH

Do we still need GPs?

In this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, sits down with GP, Dr Margaret McCartnety, t...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Clive Bates from 2022-11-29T11:18:02

PUBLISHED ON JULY 21ST

In this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, Christopher Snowdon, is joined by Clive Bates, advocate of low-risk tobacco alterat...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Eamonn Butler from 2022-11-29T11:14:25

PUBLISHED ON JULY 12TH

The last fortnight has caused a political storm in the UK. Boris Johnson's resignation as PM has triggered a leadership race and renewed debates about UK e...

Can Britain unlock economic growth? | IEA Podcast from 2022-11-25T17:43

How can the UK protect itself from recession? In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh interviews the Head of Policy at Britain Remade, Sam Dumitriu, to learn h...

Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt, Economy&Recession | IEA Podcast from 2022-11-21T16:39:01

Is Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement fair?

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh interviews IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop to better understand the impac...

Is COP27 worth it? | IEA Podcast from 2022-11-11T10:00

With Rishi Sunak initially poised not to attend, many are asking, is the UN's annual climate summit a waste of time?

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew ...

UK immigration: Is our system working? | IEA Podcast from 2022-11-07T11:36:17

Is our immigration system working?

Following Home Secretary Suella Braverman's recent Commons speech in which she likened the scale of illegal immigration to an 'invasion', many are now q...

How to solve the UK housing crisis | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-28T17:11:16

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh spoke to Co-founder of London YIMBY John Myers about the state of UK housing policy and whether Sunak's government will...

What went wrong for Liz Truss? | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-21T16:32:39

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after just 44 days in office, making her the shortest-ever holder of the role.

The announcement came in the wake of negative market reactions to h...

Central Bank Digital Currencies: a threat to privacy? | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-17T11:16:17

With cryptocurrencies taking the financial world by storm, many central banks are now considering adopting digital currencies of their own. Although few have taken such action, many have concern...

What next for Trussonomics? | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-17T10:58:30

Recorded on October 7 2022

With the extreme market reaction caused by the Chancellor's 'mini budget' and the Prime Minister falling in the polls, many are asking, 'Has Trussonomics failed...

Will the Fiscal Event Deliver Growth? | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-17T10:57:07

Recorded on September 27 2022.

Kwasi Kwarteng's fiscal announcement has caused quite the storm, with the removal of the 45p rate of income tax and abolition of the cap on bankers...

Energy Crisis: Time to frack? | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-17T10:49:32

Recorded on September 16 2022.

The energy crisis is terrifying consumers and with prices soaring, the government has imposed a cap on costs to help the worst affected.

But, will a ...

Is the NHS broken? | IEA Podcast from 2022-10-10T11:05:59

Recorded on September 27th, 2022.

With long waiting lists hampering treatment, public faith in the NHS is dwindling.

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy, ...

Should union striking be restricted? | IEA Podcast from 2022-08-31T10:46:26

This Summer has been characterised by many as a 'Summer of discontent'. We have seen a sharp increase in strike action and a return to the union demands and behaviour that came to define the 197...

Is our energy market broken? | IEA Podcast from 2022-08-23T11:57:04

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, Matthew Lesh is joined by Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford. In this informative instalment, they discuss the energy m...

Are tax cuts inflationary? | IEA Podcast from 2022-08-09T14:14:32

The IEA Podcast has returned with a new host, Matthew Lesh, IEA Head of Public Policy.

On this episode, Matthew is joined by Graham Gudgin, Chief Economic Adviser at Policy and H...

Live With(out) Littlewood | Alys Denby, Mark Johnson, Christopher Snowdon + more! | Ep.66 from 2022-07-04T14:16:39

All Live with Littlewood episodes are live streamed on the IEA's YouTube Channel fortnightly on Wednesday at 18:00. 

ON THE PANEL...

Pints and political economy from 2022-07-01T12:04:13

Is there a link between good beer and a successful economy?

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz sat down with host Kieran Neild...

Who are the right allies for classical liberals? | Markets and Morality | Ep.22 from 2022-06-29T05:00

Who are the right allies for classical liberals?

Free market liberalism is unlikely to be the dominant political force in the near future, even though all of us at the IEA are working har...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Mark Schrad from 2022-06-27T11:18:49

This episode was originally featured as a video on the IEA's YouTube Channel.

In this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, Christopher Snowdo...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Konstantin Kisin from 2022-04-20T09:59:43

On this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, Christopher Snowdon is joined by comedian, Konstantin Kisin. From comedy to the Russian propaganda machine to public trust in the media, they disc...

Live with Littlewood – with John Ashmore, Martin Durkin, Tom Harwood and Victoria Hewson from 2022-04-18T05:00

ON THE PANEL...

John Ashmore, Editor, CapX

Martin Durkin, Producer and Director

Tom Harwood, Political Correspondent, GB News

Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory ...

Explained: Labour Theory of Value from 2022-04-15T05:00

In the latest episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Communications and Public Affairs Officer Kieran Neild-Ali sat down with IEA Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz to discuss the labour th...

Has the nudge theory failed? from 2022-04-13T05:00

Behavioural economics was hailed as the solution for anti-paternalistic lifestyle interventions that respect individual choice and lead to better outcomes. 

In this episode of of Markets ...

Why is Biden slipping in the polls? from 2022-04-11T12:04:17

Joe Biden’s Democrats are battling a perfect storm of economic trials and foreign policy crises. How will this impact November's midterm elections - and the presidential election in 2024? And wh...

Understanding collectivist politics from 2022-04-08T05:00

How does self-interested action benefit the collective?  

This is a question still discussed today in the tribalism of left-right political debate. On the one side, there are those who be...

Simon Clarke MP speech to the IEA on public spending from 2022-04-06T05:00

This speech was recorded 29 March 2022

Simon Clarke, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, spoke at the Institute of Economic Affairs...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Johan Norberg from 2022-04-04T13:24:13

The cause of liberty has taken quite a hit in recent years. The Coronavirus pandemic ushered in far-reaching state intervention and we now see liberal principles under attack in Ukraine. With al...

Is a football regulator necessary? from 2022-03-30T05:00

Is English football broken? Should government try to fix it? And are any of the proposals in the Fan-Led Review of Football proportionate or necessary?

At this lively and fascinating deba...

Spring Statement Live with Littlewood from 2022-03-28T05:00

This episode was live streamed on our YouTube Channel on 23 March 2022 at 18:00.

ON THE PANEL: Greg Smith, Member of...

What is cognitive economics? from 2022-03-25T04:00

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Communications and Public Affairs Officer Kieran Neild-Ali sat down with Professor Patrick Schotanus to discuss his article in the latest volume of Econom...

Should we support higher defence spending? | Markets&Morality from 2022-03-23T04:00

In this latest episode of Markets and Morality, Adam Bartha, host and Director of EPICENTER chairs a debate on whether we should increase defence spending after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Geoff Norcott from 2022-03-21T12:21:45

In this episode of The Swift Half, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon sits down with comedian and author, Geoff Norcott. They discuss all manner of topics from diversity quotas ...

How will Ukraine recover after the war? from 2022-03-16T04:00

It is now over two weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine and tragically, the crisis rages on. Alexander Hammond, IEA Free Trade fellow and Director of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperit...

Live with Littlewood – with Emma Webb, Patrick Christys, Helen Dale and Victoria Hewson from 2022-03-14T04:00

ON THE PANEL...

Emma Webb, Political and social commentator Patrick Christys, Host and Journalist, GB News Helen Dale, Lawyer and ‘Australian literature’s lone classical liberal’ Victori...

Transparency in the Subsidy Control Bill from 2022-03-11T15:31:46

IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh sat down to explain his latest paper, Transparency in the Subsidy Control Bill: Lowering the reporting threshold with IEA Public Affairs Officer Kieran Nei...

The Green Revolution: The IEA in conversation with John Redwood MP from 2022-03-09T12:29:37

How will the green revolution unfold? Will it be through a series of state directives, or will innovators and entrepreneurs have the freedom to develop products that respond to consumer choices?...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Jason Miller from 2022-03-08T11:30:24

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris sits down with Jason Miller. Being President Donald Trump's Chief Spokesman in his 2016 Presidential campaign and senior advisor in his 2020 campaign, Ja...

The French Economic Miracle? from 2022-03-04T15:33:22

France’s GDP was 0.9% higher in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2019, before Covid-19, surpassing the UK’s and Germany’s economic growth in the same period. 

Should we support the government’s higher education reforms? | Markets&Morality | Ep.15 from 2022-03-02T05:00

Markets and Morality is back with a new episode on how classical liberals to interpret the government's reform to higher education. Our host Adam Bartha welcomes the IEA’s Head of Media, Emily C...

Live with Littlewood – with Ella Whelan, Sam Armstrong, Andrew Lilico and Andy Mayer from 2022-02-28T13:20:59

Episode recorded on Wednesday 23 February 2022

ON THE PANEL...

Ella Whelan, Columnist and Podcaster, Spiked Online

Sam Armstrong, Director of Communications, ...

First do no harm: Avoidable harm in the health service from 2022-02-25T05:00

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz discussed a recently published review on how the healthcare system in England responds to reports about har...

Escalation or appeasement: How should the West respond to Russia? | Markets&Morality | Ep.14 from 2022-02-23T05:00

Markets and Morality is back with a new episode on how the West should deal with Russia. In recent weeks, the likelihood of the Russian-Ukrainian war intensified increased, so this episode explo...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Lionel Shriver from 2022-02-21T05:00

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris sits down with Lionel Shriver (Orange Award winning novelist and journalist), to discuss cultural appropriation, the decline of liberalism in Canada, UK ...

What is Levelling up? from 2022-02-18T05:00

Levelling up is the cornerstone of the current government’s policy agenda, the promise to eradicate the economic disparity between the north and the south. 

IEA Communications & Public A...

Should Britain become a social democracy? Mark Littlewood debates William Clouston from 2022-02-16T05:00

In this video, Mark Littlewood, IEA Director General, debates William Clouston, Leader of the Social Democratic Party, on the policy proposals found in the SDP's Green Paper, 'The End of Indiffe...

Non-tariff barriers to free trade from 2022-02-13T09:00

In this episode, IEA Communications and Public Affairs Officer Kieran Neild-Ali sat down with IEA Head of Regulatory Affairs Victoria Hewson to discuss her latest paper- Changing the Rules: A un...

Live with Littlewood | Asia-Pacific Special from 2022-02-11T05:00

On this ASIA-PACIFIC SPECIAL episode of Live with Littlewood, Mark is joined by:

Jordan Williams - Executive Director, Taxpayers' Union

Dhananath Fernando - Chief Operating Off...

In Conversation with David Davis MP from 2022-02-09T05:00

The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host David Davis MP for the latest in our In Conversation series with senior figures in public life. This meeting was chaired by IEA Director Ge...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Ed West from 2022-02-07T13:05:28

In this episode of The Swift Half, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon sits down with Ed West (Author and Journalist), to discuss Conservatism, Boris Johnson's government and muc...

The Energy Price Cap Explained from 2022-02-04T05:00

In this episode, IEA Editorial & Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton was joined by Stephen Littlechild, former Director General of Electricity Supply and now an academic at the Universities...

Live with Littlewood – Ep 55 from 2022-01-31T05:00

ON THE PANEL...

Alex Deane, Political Commentator Dr Alan Mendoza, Executive Director, Henry Jackson Society John Rentoul, Chief Political Commentator, The Independent Dr Jamie Whyte, Se...

Subsidy Control Bill: How to utilise data from 2022-01-28T05:00

Data is now the driving force of the world’s modern economies. It fuels innovation in businesses large and small and has been a lifeline during the global coronavirus pandemic. 

Sharing ...

Two meanings of dynamic competition from 2022-01-26T05:00

This is a recording of a speech given by Aurelien Portuese at a joint Institute of Economic Affairs and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation conference called 'The Meaning of Competi...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Tom Harwood from 2022-01-24T05:00

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris sits down with Tom Harwood (Political Correspondent for GB News), to discuss Boris Johnson's future survivability.

Support the IEA on Patreon, w...

What next for the BBC licence fee? from 2022-01-21T05:00

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries signalled the end of the BBC licence fee this week, indicating that a new funding model will be found by 2027, when the Royal Charter is up for renewal.

...

Will classical liberalism dominate the next decade? | Markets&Morality from 2022-01-19T06:00

Markets and Morality is back with host, Director of EPICENTER Adam Bartha. Adam is joined by the IEA's Head of Lifestyle Economics, Christopher Snowdon and Director of the Initiative for African...

What can we expect from 2022? from 2022-01-17T05:00

In this episode, IEA Head of Media, Emily Carver, sits down with Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics and Julian Jessop, IEA Economics Fellow, to discuss their political and econ...

Classical liberalism and the geopolitical stand-off with Russia from 2022-01-14T05:00

In this episode, IEA Communications and Public Affairs Officer Kieran Neild-Ali was joined by Dr Edwin Van De Haar to discuss liberal IR theory, how it relates to classical liberalism and which ...

How well is Brexit going? from 2022-01-12T05:00

Emily Carver, IEA Head of Media, sits down with Victoria Hewson, IEA Head of Regulatory Affairs, to discuss Brexit and how the UK is faring now we have left the European Union.

Support ...

Why is the NHS failing us? from 2022-01-10T06:00

In this video, IEA Senior Advisor to the Director General, Sam Collins, and IEA Head of Political Economy, Kristian Niemietz, discuss the NHS and why it continues to fail us while remaining impe...

Hayek’s theory of competition and view on antitrust from 2022-01-07T06:00

Cento is founder and Managing Partner of Case Associates, IEA Law & Economics Fellow and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Buckingham.

Since 2006 the Global Competition Review surve...

Christmas with Littlewood - A Review of 2021 from 2022-01-05T15:21:06

On this special edition of Live with Littlewood, Mark is joined by 23 amazing guests as they take a look back at the year which was 2021.

This episode was originally featured a...

Policy is hard... even for tech from 2021-12-29T05:00

This is a recording of a speech given by Benedict Evans at a joint Institute of Economic Affairs and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation conference called 'The Meaning of Competitio...

Which UK taxes are the worst? | Markets&Morality from 2021-12-27T06:00

Markets and Morality is back with a new host, Director of EPICENTER Adam Bartha. Adam is joined by Media Campaign Manager for the Taxpayer's Alliance, Danielle Boxall and Research Director for t...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Andrew Lilico from 2021-12-22T06:00

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris sits down with Andrew Lilico (Executive Director and Principal of Europe Economics), to discuss the threat posed by the Omicron variant.   Support the IEA ...

Economics and Covid policy from 2021-12-17T05:00

In the latest IEA Podcast, IEA Communications & Public Affairs Officer, Kieran Neild Ali, sat down with Professor Paul Ormerod to discuss how economics could have improved Covid public policy. Listen

In Conversation with John Penrose MP from 2021-12-15T05:00

The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host John Penrose MP for the latest in our In Conversation series with senior figures in public life. This meeting was chaired by IEA Director G...

Live with Littlewood | Silkie Carlo, Greg Smith MP, Sascha O‘Sullivan + more | Ep.54 from 2021-12-14T11:05:52

ON THE PANEL...

Greg Smith, Member of Parliament for the Buckingham

Sascha O'Sullivan, Comment and Features Editor, City AM

Silkie Carlo, Director, Big Brother Watch <...

Public goods: Who will build the roads? from 2021-12-10T05:00

Anyone taking economics at A-level or University will be familiar with the concept of public goods. They are goods that are both non-excludable and non-rivalrous. This means that there is no way...

Parallax Views with Brian Denny from 2021-12-08T05:00

Parallax Views is a new series of YouTube conversations between Marc Glendening (Head of Cultural Affairs, IEA) and individuals involved with and interested in the various Culture War issues now...

Explaining China‘s Economic Miracle from 2021-12-03T05:00

The so called ‘Chinese economic miracle’ has been analysed by economists for decades. How was China, with 88 percent of it's population living in extreme poverty as recently as 1981, able to red...

IEA Book Club with Dr George Maher from 2021-12-02T13:50:04

The IEA Book Club welcomed Dr George Maher to discuss his latest book “Pugnare – Economic Success and Failure”. This event took place on Monday 29th November at the IEA.

Donald Trump and...

Live with Littlewood | USA SPECIAL from 2021-11-29T17:23:41

On this USA SPECIAL episode of Live with Littlewood, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood was joined by:

Jon Caldara - President, Independence Institute ( Listen

Should competition authorities intervene in digital markets? from 2021-11-24T14:20:17

Michael Grenfell is the Executive Director, Enforcement, at the Competition and Markets Authority where he is responsible for leading the CMA’s enforcement work on Competition Act cases, crimina...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Henry Dimbleby from 2021-11-22T16:36:23

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris sits down with Henry Dimbleby (Co-founder of the Leon restaurant chain and Director of the Sustainable Restaurant Association).

Support the IEA ...

The value of exports and imports from 2021-11-18T18:58:26

The Department for International Trade has launched the UK’s first International Trade Week, as it bids to get more British firms exporting to reach a £1 trillion a year export target by 2030. <...

Live with Littlewood | Ep.52 from 2021-11-16T13:52:56

On this episode, Mark Littlewood, IEA Director General, was joined by:

Patrick Christys - GB News Presenter

Emily Carver - Head of Media, IEA

Danielle Boxall - Media C...

COP26 round-up from 2021-11-12T05:00

To get the full round-up and analysis of  COP26, IEA Communications & Public Affairs Officer Kieran Neild-Ali was joined by Matthew Lesh, Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, and Andy M...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Madeline Grant from 2021-11-08T15:47:43

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris sits down with Madeline Grant (Telegraph columnist and Parliamentary sketchwriter). They talk all things from COP26 to journalism (and even a bit of 007!). ...

Should the Bank of England raise interest rates? from 2021-11-05T15:47:06

This week the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee decided not to raise interest rates, voting seven to two to hold its benchmark rate at 0.1 per cent. This is despite the Bank lifting its ...

The True Cost of Public Sector Pensions from 2021-11-03T04:00

Neil Record, Chairman of the IEA, has published a report on the cost of public sector pensions, entitled the ‘Great British Rake-Off’. In his research, Neil argues that the public has been misle...

Live with Littlewood | Budget special from 2021-11-01T04:00

On this episode of Live with Littlewood, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood was joined by:

Mike Graham - Presenter, TalkRadio

Dehenna Davison - Member of Parliament, Bishop Au...

The Autumn Budget 2021 from 2021-10-29T05:00

IEA's Kieran Neild-Ali sat down with Darwin Friend, Policy Analyst at the TaxPayers' Alliance, and Senior Advisor to the Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Sam Collins to dis...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Matthew Lesh from 2021-10-26T13:17:31

In this episode of The Swift Half, Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, sits down with Matthew Lesh (Head of Research, Adam Smith Institute) and talks all things COVID-19 booster j...

Why Free Speech Matters from 2021-10-22T17:33:44

Last week, the IEA released a new book authored by Dr Jamie Whyte, former Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs. In his book, Why Free Speech Matters, Jamie issued a rally cry, ...

Live with Littlewood | Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland Protocol + much more | Ep.50 from 2021-10-20T06:00

Joining Mark on this episode of #LiveWithLittlewood : Arlene Foster, Former First Minister of Northern Ireland Victoria Hewson, H...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Tim Stanley from 2021-10-18T14:11:26

In this episode of The Swift Half, Chris chats with historian, and columnist and leader writer for The Telegraph - Tim Stanley.

They discuss Tim's upcoming book 'Whatever Happened to Tr...

What next for the Northern Ireland Protocol? from 2021-10-15T06:00

The European Union has set out its proposals to change the Northern Ireland Protocol after the Brexit Minister, Lord Frost, announced in Lisbon earlier this week that the UK will trigger Article...

In Conversation with Rishi Sunak | ThinkTent2021 from 2021-10-11T11:51:32

How do we get the public finances back in order? How do we reduce the burdens on businesses after this crisis has passed?

The IEA and TPA host an in-depth conversation with Chancellor of...

2021 Party conference round-up from 2021-10-08T06:00

Over the past two weeks, the two major political parties of the UK have held their annual conferences, giving voters a chance to see what they stand for, their policy ambitions and assess the ch...

LIVE WITH LITTLEWOOD...IS BACK! |Ep.49 from 2021-10-01T13:48:36

We're back! First episode in the new season of Live with Littlewood. We've got a new studio set up...in person guests...but plenty of the same, amazing discussions!

Joining Mark Littlew...

The energy crisis explained from 2021-09-24T07:57:41

This week the headlines have been dominated by the energy crisis unfolding across Britain and much of the world. A shortage in the supply of gas, causing a spike in energy prices, coupled with a...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Anthony Warner from 2021-09-20T06:00

In this episode of The Swift Half with Snowdon, Chris is joined by Anthony Warner, also known as The Angry Chef. They discuss all things from public health and COVID-19, to obesity and fad diets...

30 Ideas for 2030 from 2021-09-17T11:15:33

On Wednesday 15th September the Free Market Forum (FMF) launched its first paper, ‘30 ideas for 2030’. It brought together the ideas of MP’s academics and IEA experts who set out a vision for a ...

The Tyranny of Experts | Dr William Easterly | THINK2021 from 2021-09-15T12:37:31

Listen to Dr William Easterly's lecture at THINK2021.

William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which w...

How should we fund social care? from 2021-09-10T09:24:18

After much speculation, Boris Johnson finally announced his plan to address the social care crisis on Tuesday 7th September. As the UK population continues to age, costs for looking after our ol...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Claire Fox from 2021-09-08T06:00

In this episode of The Swift Half with Snowdon, Chris is joined by Baroness Fox of Buckley, better known as Claire Fox. They discuss all things from COVID-19 to House of Lords reform.

C...

Will supply shortages choke the economic recovery? from 2021-09-06T06:00

With reports of empty shelves in supermarkets and potentially more disruption in the pipeline with the run up to Christmas, Mark Littlewood (Director General, IEA) sits down with Julian Jessop (Eco...

Should we legalise cannabis? from 2021-09-03T06:00

Recent data from the Office for National Statistics suggests drug related deaths in England and Wales are at the highest rate since records began in 1993, and have increased year on year since 2...

The Swift Half with Snowdon ft. Stuart Ritchie from 2021-08-30T06:00

In this episode, Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, speaks to Stuart Ritchie, a Scottish psychologist and science communicator known for his research in human intelligence. He...

XR: A force for good or evil? from 2021-08-27T12:38:21

This week, IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant, Kieran Neild-Ali, sat down with Head of Media, Emily Carver and Dr Kristian Niemietz, Head of Political Economy at the IEA, to discuss the Ext...

Pugnare: Economic Success and Failure | IEA Book Club from 2021-08-23T06:00

Donald Trump and Commodus? Emperor Tiberius and the 2008 financial crisis? Two worlds, 2000 years apart that are not as different as you think. Dr George Maher shines a light on the side of Rome th...

What can the EU learn from UK gender pay gap reporting? from 2021-08-20T06:00

IEA Director of Communications, Annabel Denham, discussed her recent paper for EPICENTER on UK gender pay gap (GPG) reporting with Kieran Neild-Ali, IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant. <...

What is BRITCOIN? from 2021-08-16T06:00

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) received yet another shot in the arm after the Bank of England (BoE) and the Treasury launched a taskforce to look into a potential digital currency for Brit...

The UK's climate change strategy from 2021-08-13T06:00

In the latest episode of the IEA podcast, Kieran Neild-Ali, IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant, discussed the UK's climate change strategy with IEA Chief Operating Officer Andy Mayer. Listen

Tolerating Extreme Speech with Nick Cowen from 2021-08-09T06:00

Professor Len Shackleton (Research and Editorial Fellow, IEA) sits down with Dr Nick Cowen to discuss Nick's chapter in the IEA's new book 'Having Your Say'. Nick's chapter focuses on tolerating...

Cuban uprising: what’s next? from 2021-08-06T06:00

Last month, food and medicine shortages sparked riots in Cuba, with people rallying against the communist regime. Protesters were heard calling: “We have no fear” and “Down with the dictatorship...

In Conversation with Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP from 2021-08-04T15:00

The Institute of Economic Affairs welcomed the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North, for the latest in our In Conversation series with senior figures in ...

What is inflation and quantitative easing? from 2021-07-30T06:00

Kieran Neild-Ali, Communications and Marketing Assistant at the IEA, was joined by Economics Fellow, Julian Jessop, to discuss the ins and outs of inflation for the latest IEA podcast. The two d...

The Frankfurt School&the culture war from 2021-07-23T16:56:02

In the latest episode of the IEA Podcast, Kieran Neild-Ali, Communications and Marketing Assistant at the IEA, sat down with Head of Cultural Affairs, Marc Glendening, to discuss the Frankfurt S...

How China Handled COVID-19- IEA book club event with Jasper Becker from 2021-07-21T06:00

The IEA Book Club was delighted to host Jasper Becker (British author, commentator, journalist, and expert on Asian Politics) for an upcoming webinar on his latest book, ‘Made in China: Wuhan, C...

Live with Littlewood- Episode 48 from 2021-07-19T06:00

On this episode of Live with Littlewood, Mark is joined by:

Dr Steve Davies - Head of Education, Institute of Economic Affairs

Dominic Frisby - Financial Writer and Comedian Listen

Are young people more socialist? from 2021-07-16T06:00

IEA Communications & Marketing Assistant, Kieran Neild-Ali, sat down with IEA Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz to discuss his latest paper ' Listen

Live with Littlewood - Is Socialism a phase? from 2021-07-12T06:00

On this episode of Live with Littlewood, guests discussed:

Left turn ahead: Are young people growing into socialism? Having your say: Is free speech under threat?#

Pane...

Critical race theory and the workplace from 2021-07-09T06:00

IEA Head of Media, Emily Carver, was joined by Chief Operating Officer at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Andy Mayer, to discuss critical race theory and whether it should become an integrate...

In Conversation with Jeremy Browne from 2021-07-07T06:00

The Institute of Economic Affairs was delighted to host Jeremy Browne for the latest in our In Conversation series with senior figures in public life.

This webinar was recorded on Monda...

Live with Littlewood- Episode 46 from 2021-07-05T06:00

On this episode of Live with Littlewood, panellists discussed:

1.The kids aren't alright: Is it time to stop the self-isolation "madness"?

2.Mind the gap: How do we bridge the ...

Can we save the British boozer? from 2021-07-02T06:00

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant, Kieran Neild-Ali, discussed the collapse of the British pub trade with Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Christopher Snow...

COP9 and Its Impact on Vapers from 2021-06-30T10:11:54

The Institute of Economic Affairs hosted a discussion on the Impact of COP9 on Vapers. For the first time since leaving the European Union, in November 2021, the UK will send a delegation to the...

Live with Littlewood – Brexit Special from 2021-06-28T06:00

On the 5th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, the IEA produced a Brexit special Live with Littlewood with host, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood. Mark asked:

– Was "taking back co...

Why are there few women economists? from 2021-06-21T15:46:03

Do you think women are referenced enough in the history of economic thought?

Given there have only been two female Nobel prize winners, could a lack of role models be contributing to th...

In Conversation with Dominic Frisby from 2021-06-16T13:21:38

The Institute of Economic Affairs was delighted to host author, comedian and actor, Dominic Frisby in the latest episode of our In Conversation series.

This webinar took place on Monday ...

Why Curbs on Advertising Harm Free Speech from 2021-06-08T11:33:56

In this episode, IEA Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall discusses new IEA research by Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs....

A Return To Reason, Freedom and Tolerance from 2021-06-01T17:53:49

The IEA hosted Mustafa Akyol, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, for a private IEA Book Club webinar on his latest book “Reopening Muslim Minds: A Ret...

In Conversation with Dr Liam Fox MP from 2021-05-26T16:50:34

The Institute of Economic Affairs was delighted to host The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for North Somerset, in the latest episode of our In Conversation series.

Has COVID killed the office? from 2021-05-24T14:34:30

Recently it was reported that ministers are pushing for flexible working to become the default unless employers have good reason not to allow it. Officials have reportedly formed an advisory gro...

School of Thought: Gordon Tullock&James Buchanan from 2021-05-13T14:35:12

Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall welcomes Professor Christian Bjørnskov to discuss the life and work of two economists - Gordon Tullock and James Buchanan. Christian is a Profes...

School of Thought: Gordon Tullock & James Buchanan from 2021-05-13T14:35:12

Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall welcomes Professor Christian Bjørnskov to discuss the life and work of two economists - Gordon Tullock and James Buchanan. Christian is a Profes...

Debt in Perspective with Forrest Capie from 2021-05-10T12:32:01

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant Kieran Neild- Ali sits down with Professor Forrest Capie to discuss his latest IEA research paper ‘Eastern Promise: Assessing the Fu...

Modern Monetary Theory with Juan E. Castañeda from 2021-04-28T10:33:43

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant Kieran Neild discusses new IEA research by Dr Juan E. Castañeda on the shortco...

School of Thought: Ayn Rand from 2021-04-26T12:00

Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall welcomes Dr Onkar Ghate to discuss the life and work of the great 20th century philosopher Ayn Rand. Onkar is Chief Philosophy Officer and Senio...

The Future of British Foreign Policy with Imran Ahmad Khan MP from 2021-04-19T12:32:31

Dr Stephen Davies, Head of Education at the Institute of Economic Affairs sits down with Imran Ahmad Khan, Member of Parliament for Wakefield, to discuss the future of British foreign policy, fr...

Wish EU were here: Could vaccine woes trigger a Eurozone crisis? from 2021-04-13T15:05:41

Will the European Union learn the right lessons from the vaccine fiasco?   Does Britain’s phenomenal success mark a triumph for the free market?   What could the impact be on UK GDP if we reopen t...

The future of UK competition policy from 2021-03-29T15:58:17

IEA Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall discussed the future of UK competition policy with John Penrose MP and the IEA's Head of Regulatory Affairs Victoria Hewson.

The epi...

What is the Northern Ireland Protocol? from 2021-03-15T13:01:24

The Northern Ireland Protocol is a protocol of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement that covers the special situation in the island of Ireland. Its terms were negotiated in 2019 and concluded in Dece...

20 taxes to scrap: How to grow the UK economy from 2021-03-09T12:24

On the 3rd March the Chancellor delivered a much anticipated and important Spring Budget. Days before the Chancellors statement, Policy Advisor to the IEA Director General Sam Collins and IEA Po...

Back to School – and After from 2021-03-01T13:48:51

Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, discusses his new research paper, Back to School – and After, with Acting Academic and Research Dire...

Viral Myths: Why we risk learning the wrong lessons form the pandemic from 2021-02-15T13:57:31

In this episode, Dr Kristian Niemietz, Head of Political Economy at the IEA, discusses his explosive new paper Viral Myths: Why we risk learning the wrong lessons from the pandemic with Communicati...

Viral Myths: Why we risk learning the wrong lessons from the pandemic from 2021-02-15T12:57:31

In this episode, Dr Kristian Niemietz, Head of Political Economy at the IEA, discusses his explosive new paper Listen

Why is Oxfam demonising the market economy? from 2021-01-27T15:30:56

Oxfam has released its annual analysis of world wealth inequality, this year framed within the context of Covid-19 and titled ‘The Inequality ...

Foreign Affairs: Biden in the White House from 2021-01-27T08:00

In this first episode of the IEA's new series on foreign affairs, IEA Academic and Research Director Professor Syed Kamall speaks to IEA Head of Education Dr Stephen Davies. In this series, the ...

A Proportional Property Tax from 2021-01-26T09:00

With rumours that Chancellor Sunak is milling over a corporation tax hike and won't be extending the stamp duty cut, the IEA's Head of Media, Emily Carver sits down with Professor Philip Booth, ...

Snowdon vs Hewson: Lockdown Showdown from 2021-01-25T16:02:16

Clash of the IEA Titans: Christopher Snowdon and Victoria Hewson discuss lockdown-sceptic scepticism and easing the restrictions in a lively debate hosted by our Head of Political Economy Dr Kri...

2021: What comes next? from 2021-01-07T17:00

After a tumultuous 2020, what can we expect from 2021? With the UK plunged back into national lockdown, is there cause for optimism as we start the new year? What will be the biggest opportuniti...

The state of the public finances: How deep a hole are we in? from 2021-01-04T16:30:35

How concerned should we be about the Covid debt mountain? To what degree can we rely on OBR forecasts? And are tax hikes inevitable as we emerge from this crisis?

IEA Director Ge...

Live with Littlewood: Christmas Special 2020 from 2020-12-25T08:00

It's the final Live with Littlewood of 2020 – we look back at the major events of this remarkable and unique year.

Host IEA Director General Mark Littlewood explores the highligh...

IEA Book Club: Iain Dale and "The Prime Ministers" from 2020-12-21T08:00

The IEA Book Club was delighted to host British Broadcaster, Political Commentator and Author, Iain Dale, to discuss his latest book “The Prime Ministers: 55 Leaders, 55 Authors, 300 Years of Hi...

Is there a doctor in the house? from 2020-12-17T08:00

The NHS is facing an impending staffing crisis owing to a shortage of doctors.

This situation would be problematic enough under normal circumstances, but when considering the gargantuan...

Growing Purpose and Profit, with Alex Edmans from 2020-12-14T20:10:33

In this episode, Emily Carver, Head of Media at the Institute of Economic Affairs speaks to Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Co...

In Conversation with... Sir Graham Brady MP from 2020-12-10T15:58:53

The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host Sir Graham Brady MP for the first in our In Conversation series with senior figures across public life.

On Monday 30th Nove...

Arthur Seldon and the future of liberty from 2020-11-19T14:58:39

Sunday 11th October 2020 marked the 15th anniversary of the death of Arthur Seldon, economist and polemicist and co-founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs.

To commemorate the ann...

In Conversation with the Hon Tony Abbott from 2020-11-19T13:32:16

In this episode, Mark Littlewood, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs, speaks to the Hon Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister of Australia and adviser to the UK Board of Trade, a...

Entrepreneurship: Why it's needed - and how we can encourage it from 2020-11-19T11:53:43

A new book from Dr Eamonn Butler explores and examines how entrepreneurship drives economic progress and how governments can create the optimal conditions for entrepreneurs to thrive.

Yesteryear's Utopia - Socialism, Venezuela and the Western Left from 2020-11-11T11:08:27

Socialism remains a hugely popular idea among Western Millennials, but mention a specific example of socialism in the presence of a believer and you can be sure of a lot of wailing and gnashing ...

What's more important: culture or economics? from 2020-10-01T08:01:14

At the start of the pandemic, various commentators argued, or at least floated this idea, that the threat of a deadly virus would put the culture wars and ‘woke politics’ on ice. The public face...

Who was Anders Chydenius? from 2020-09-18T15:55:16

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Syed Kamall discusses classical liberalism’s role in bring...

Is academic freedom at risk? from 2020-09-16T16:12:38

Amid growing calls for a bailout of the university sector back in July, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson suggested institutions would first have to prove their commitment to free speech. His...

UK-US Tariffs and the Airbus-Boeing Dispute: How far are we from achieving a UK-US free trade deal? from 2020-08-18T15:03:36

The long running trade dispute between Airbus and Boeing has wide-reaching implications, including an impact on the price of other goods including British goods such as bed linen, luxury clothin...

Who was Lord Acton? from 2020-08-17T12:46:48

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Syed Kamall discusses classical liberalism’s role in bring...

Will local lockdowns beat Covid-19? from 2020-08-07T13:18:32

The UK government is enacting a strategy of localised lockdowns, targeting specific areas where cases have spiked. These were first introduced in Leicester and now cover large areas of the North...

Who were Richard Cobden and John Bright? from 2020-08-06T10:43:10

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.
 
Each week, Syed discusses classical liberalism’s role in b...

Could democracy save socialism? from 2020-07-31T11:07:08

Teen Vogue are the latest publication to jump on the trendy “Millennial Socialism” bandwagon, with a longer series about what they call “democratic socialism”.  

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The Forgotten Demographic: Are we leaving white working class boys behind? from 2020-07-29T13:03:51

Ben Bradley MP and Christopher Snowdon join Professor Syed Kamall for a fascinating discussion on the seemingly “forgotten demographic”: white working class boys. In a recent Spectator cover art...

Education without the state? from 2020-07-22T11:45

Is the UK's education system in need of dire reform?

The IEA's Academic and Research Director Professor Syed Kamall is joined by IEA Head of Education Dr Steph...

Should classical liberals give up on NHS reform? from 2020-07-21T11:15:51

Classical liberals have been arguing for reform of the National Health Service for years, but - for a variety of reasons - haven’t got very far. The IEA published a report entitled ‘Universal He...

Who was Ronald Coase? from 2020-07-14T09:27:52

In this week’s episode of School of Thought, IEA Research and Academic Director Professor Syed Kamall sits down with Dr Cento Veljanovski, IEA Law and Economics Fellow, to discuss economist Rona...

Covid-19: History in the Making from 2020-07-11T07:00

A couple of years ago, the IEA produced a podcast series with Dr Stephen Davies called ‘What You Didn’t Learn in History Class’. In this series, Steve argued that the way history is taught is fl...

Marxism at the Movies from 2020-07-10T12:42:40

Complaints about left-wing bias in the movie industry are not new. You can find articles from as far back as the 1930s, in which right-wing commentators lambast Hollywood as, essentially, an out...

Covid-19's blow to world trade from 2020-07-02T09:00

International trade may faces an uncertain future. After huge growth in the three decades to 2008, trade has stagnated or slightly decreased as a proportion of global GDP. This downward trend, c...

Should we treat climate change with the same urgency as Covid-19? from 2020-07-01T11:38:52

A government target of net zero by 2050...is it realistic and achievable? Is it the best way to address concerns over the environment?

Joining Syed Kamall, IEA Academic and Rese...

Who was Josephine Butler? from 2020-06-30T09:00

School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Professor Syed Kamall, Academic and Research Director at the...

Monumental decision: should statues be removed? from 2020-06-29T17:32

In recent weeks we have seen the resurgence of a debate around the appropriateness of statues in public places. Edward Colston was thrown in a river, a campaign is afoot to remove Cecil Rhodes. ...

Who was Walter Eucken? from 2020-06-28T09:00

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Professor Syed Kamall, Academic and Research Director at th...

Who was John Stuart Mill? from 2020-06-26T14:05:54

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Professor Syed Kamall, Academic and Research Director at th...

Who was Frédéric Bastiat? from 2020-06-04T13:59:31

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Syed will discuss classical liberalism’s role in bringing ...

Will some jobs be lost forever? from 2020-06-03T17:22:52

CORONAVIRUS AND THE JOB MARKET

The coronavirus crisis has dealt a massive blow to the UK labour market. UK jobless claims soared by nearly 70% in April – and the rise in unemploy...

Who Was Immanuel Kant? from 2020-06-02T12:13:02

Who was Immanuel Kant?

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘1...

Has coronavirus lit our entrepreneurial spark? from 2020-05-28T07:30

When we think about the impact of coronavirus on businesses and the economy, the immediate focus is on the negatives – the damage to businesses viability and fall in consumer confidence, as well...

Stopping Traffic - Environmental benefit or economic harm? from 2020-05-27T10:55:59

As we begin the transition out of lockdown, environmentalists have argued that Covid-19 is the catalyst we need to seriously challenge the dominance of cars and transform the way we travel in Br...

Who was John Milton? from 2020-05-23T08:30

Poet. Polemicist. Statesman.

Who was John Milton?

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on from 2020-05-21T14:51:14

Nick Timothy CBE, one of Britain's leading conservative thinkers and commentators, explores the powerful forces driving great changes in our economy, society and democracy. Drawing on his experi...

What does free speech actually mean? from 2020-05-19T17:05:57

What is the current state of free speech in the UK?

What does free speech actually mean?

And what does Toby Young's recently launched Free Speech Union aim to a...

Surveillance and Safeguards: Questions about contact tracing from 2020-05-11T16:17:39

With Britain in lockdown, the government has been racing to find ways to ease restrictions without putting public safety at risk. One solution is a contact-tracing app that can enable digital co...

The Man Who Built Hong Kong from 2020-05-09T08:00

The rise of Hong Kong is a dramatic tale, transforming after the Second World War and becoming one of the wealthiest and most economically free cities in the world.

What policies...

School of Thought: Ibn Khaldun from 2020-05-07T11:06:34

'School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

Each week, Syed Kamall, IEA Research Director, will discuss classical ...

Could coronavirus reverse globalisation? with Johan Norberg, Mark Littlewood & Steve Davies from 2020-05-05T12:30:38

Will the pandemic mean a retreat into economic nationalisation? Have countries managed to balance efficiency with resilience in global health systems? And why did Sweden take such a different ap...

Is Socialism Winning The War? from 2020-04-30T07:30

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn have both stepped back from frontline politics while making comments that suggest their brands of socialism will win in the long term. Corbyn claimed, even in th...

Covid-19: WHO's to Blame? from 2020-04-29T08:00

The World Health Organization (WHO) – the United Nations’ public health agency- has a mandate to establish global health policy, coordinate global responses to health emergencies, and combat dis...

Is Populism Good for the NHS? from 2020-04-28T14:28:53

During the coronavirus crisis, the public has been encouraged to pay tribute not only to the doctors, nurses and social care workers working on the frontline, but also to the idea and the instit...

In Conversation with Paul Ormerod from 2020-04-27T13:10:09

Welcome to Episode One of the IEA's new 'In Conversation' series.

Originally recorded as a video (which is available on Listen

The Definite Article: Episode 1 with Mark Littlewood from 2020-04-24T08:19:14

The Definite Article is a new weekly livestream vidcast from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

Each week Media Manager Emily Carver sits down with a member of the IEA staff to d...

School of Thought: Episode One with Dr. Eamonn Butler from 2020-04-23T15:03:46

School of Thought is the new weekly series from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

Each week Professor Syed Kamall sits down with a special guest to discuss an important contribu...

Zeroing In: Free market approaches to the 2050 target with Dr Jamie Whyte from 2020-04-22T14:54:42

Over the last three decades, governments have repeatedly set targets – often for their successors, or their successors’ successors – which may be missed, but then replaced by more ambitious targ...

German Healthcare: A model for others? from 2020-04-17T10:00

As the UK government asks the nation to "Stay Home. Protect the NHS" and people are heading onto the streets for weekly claps to support healthcare workers, attention has never been more focused...

Is Coronavirus paving the way to eco-austerity? from 2020-04-16T12:09:16

The recent slowdown in economic activity has brought a sense of comfort to the green left. Aeroplanes have been grounded, fewer cars are on the roads, and there has been a significant drop-in in...

Beware the Covid-19 nannies from 2020-04-09T16:35:13

The first part of this podcast focuses on minimum pricing for alcohol, introduced in Scotland in May 2018. We were told to expect 58 fewer alcohol-related deaths in the first year and...

Will Covid-19 change the direction of travel? from 2020-04-08T12:44:34

Travel may have hastened the spread of coronavirus across the world but now the sector has been impacted on is every conceivable way. Planes are grounded, trains are running on skeleton timetabl...

Preparing for a crisis: The case for social insurance from 2020-04-06T16:08:09

Dealing with an unforeseen crisis is a challenge for any government. But as the IEA’s Director General Mark Littlewood points out in today’s Times, we already have a tried-and-tested method of d...

Zeroing In: Free market approaches to the 2050 target from 2020-04-02T14:39:51

This IEA podcast explores some of the economic considerations around the debate on climate change. Over the last three decades, governments have repeatedly set targets – often for their successo...

Coronavirus: A crisis of globalisation? from 2020-04-01T15:30:40

Globalisation enables people and products to travel across the globe with relative ease. But in a time of coronavirus, some have argued our increasingly inter-connected world – with internationa...

Coronomics, with Dr Steve Davies from 2020-03-26T15:57:47

Covid-19 is threatening lives and economies across the globe. 

As the UK government enforces social distancing to slow the spread of the virus, a sharp slow...

What the history of pandemics can tell us about COVID-19 from 2020-03-24T14:33:11

As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as the No...

Taking control: Dominic Cummings and reform of Whitehall from 2020-03-20T16:00:14

Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings Story, a BBC two documentary revealed that Dominic Cummings can be described as many things to many people.

He is reportedly fearless in ...

The Road Ahead? What impact will driverless cars have on public policy? from 2020-03-12T11:16:40

The 2020s will see the introduction of one of the most profoundly transformative technologies for decades: the driverless car. In the world we have inhabited for the past 60 years, mo...

How we can understand major events in world history through the prism of taxation from 2020-03-04T13:53:53

In Dominic Frisby’s latest book, Daylight Robbery, we are invited to understand tax in a more fundamental and wide-reaching way. Frisby argues that we can understand many of the major events in ...

What the cluck?! from 2020-02-27T17:53:42

Chlorinated chicken has become totemic once again in all things Brexit, since most British consumers associate chlorine with the bleach they pour down their lavatories. Are the arguments put for...

Going chilly on Chile? from 2020-02-19T14:08:52

Chile used to be considered the economic poster child of Latin America – economic liberalisation led to huge gains in terms of GDP, life expectancy and lifting people out of poverty. But in rece...

Africa 2020: The "hopeless continent" no more from 2020-02-13T10:14:35

In the year 2000, The Economist magazine described Africa as the “hopeless continent”, adding that the “new millennium has brought more disaster than hope to Africa.”?But the 54 countries t...

Do you wheely want to hurt me? from 2020-02-06T18:52:53

The government, in yet another attempt to look like they’re on top of the green agenda, has just brought forward its ban on all diesel, petrol and hybrid cars to 2035. From that date,...

Déjà brew: 100 years on from prohibition from 2020-01-24T11:38:21

This month marks the centenary of one of the most radical public health initiatives ever undertaken in a democratic society – prohibition.

While there are few voices in Britain c...

The last decade was the best in human history from 2020-01-15T06:30

Everything is getting better. Let nobody tell you what the second decade of the 21st century has been bad! The astonishing feature of the United Kingdom’s overbearing sense of gloom i...

Davos 2020: Should Javid leave it to the skiers? from 2020-01-09T18:00:45

$52,000 to spare? In the mood for some bubbly? Well then Davos is the place for you!

Despite the apparent ‘Boris Ban’, Chancellor Sajid Javid is expected to attend the World Econ...

How ideas can change the world from 2020-01-02T15:04:47

The mission of Network for a Free Society is to encourage opportunity and prosperity by promoting understanding of the principles of a free and responsible society, and the foundations on which ...

Nanny State on Tour from 2019-12-26T16:47

‘Nanny state’ foreign aid has ballooned in recent years. The majority (84.4 per cent) of the £44.6million was spent from 2016 to 2018. Annual spending on lifestyle intervention projects equalled...

2019: Year in Review from 2019-12-18T14:48

The IEA’s Year in Review has been a feature of the IEA podcast channel since its launch.

Find out in our round-up of 2019, who the IEA’s Director General Ma...

How can we make sense of the political realignment taking place in the United Kingdom? from 2019-12-11T18:43:01

How can we make sense of the political realignment taking place in the United Kingdom?

In one of the very first Live from Lord North Street podcast episodes, the IEA’s Dr Stephen...

Why do democracies choose 'bad' policies? from 2019-12-04T17:24

Darren Grimes, Digital Manager at the IEA, is joined by Professor Bryan Caplan, an American economist and author, who is currently sitting on the New York Times Best Sellers list with...

Is poverty relative, or is it absolute? from 2019-11-28T20:28:02

When the early poverty researchers Charles booth and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree visited the East End of London in the late 19th century, they found large numbers of people living in the most desp...

Should we scrap the 'hugely inefficient' corporation tax? from 2019-11-21T18:03:49

The IEA's Economics Fellow Julian Jessop argues for the IEA podcast this week that whilst he welcomes both the Conservative and Labour Party's supportive soundings on targeting busine...

From BBC to NBT: Is it time to scrap the fee? from 2019-11-14T12:59:04

The world in which the BBC operates has changed dramatically. Viewers and listeners have unlimited choice and are ruthlessly discerning. So, is it time to scrap the licence fee?
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Why has no other European country copied the NHS model? from 2019-11-07T17:51:26

No other European country has copied the NHS model in half a century. Almost all comparable countries use a mix of funding mechanisms, rather than relying on taxation alone, and most ...

Advancing freedom, human rights and economic development in Venezuela from 2019-11-02T08:00

Venezuela is currently facing the worst dictatorial regime in Latin America. Moreover, its economic collapse is the worst in the modern history of the western hemisphere. Jorge Jraissati is the ...

30 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall from 2019-10-31T10:18:13

November marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Built to separate East and West Germany and to stop the flow of people from East to West, the wall came to symbolise the ideol...

Gig economy: empowerment or exploitation? from 2019-10-24T13:04:45

The IEA's Mark Littlewood, having watched Ken Loach's latest film, would recommend it "if you want to see the gloomiest, bleakest, worst possible run of luck that a family in Newcastle could have, ...

Rebels without a cause? from 2019-10-11T16:41:24

When it comes to environmental problems in general and global warming in particular, the general consensus is that ‘something must be done’. Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion have become sens...

The free market take on Conservative conference from 2019-10-04T16:03:45

The Conservative party conference is over and it is a good day when praise for free markets dominates the Prime Minister’s party conference speech. The freedoms and liberties we enjoy in the UK go ...

The free market take on Lib Dem and Labour conference from 2019-09-26T14:23:56

With both the Labour Party and Liberal Democrat party conferences now over, what is the free market take on some of the policy announcements from them?Joining the IEA's Darren Grimes to discuss is ...

Making the case for freedom from 2019-09-19T17:01:27

In this week's podcast, Mark Littlewood welcomes Syed Kamall to the IEA family and ask about prospects, opportunities and challenges for free marketeers.
What we need to do to be more successfu...

Reversing the injustice: Changing visa rules for foreign graduates from 2019-09-13T19:41:35

International students are to be offered a two-year work visa after graduating from a British university, the government has announced, overturning a key plank of Theresa May’s restrictive immigrat...

101 Great Liberal Thinkers, with Dr Eamonn Butler from 2019-09-05T08:00

SCHOOL OF THOUGHT – 101 Great Liberal Thinkers profiles the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty – from ancient times to the present day. Award-winning author Dr Ea...

Should we assess our economy through trendy 'wellbeing' metrics? from 2019-08-29T17:04

GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, a strange statistic in modern political debate. Economists point out that it fails to capture the value of an increasingly digital economy but it remains the measure...

HS2: A train to nowhere? from 2019-08-22T13:19:57

The government is launching a review of high-speed rail link HS2 - with a "go or no-go" decision by the end of the year, the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said. When asked about the money a...

Is it time to delete the tech tax? from 2019-08-15T15:49:05

Last year the government announced a digital services tax on US technology firms – including Google, Facebook and Amazon – to make sure “these global giants with profitable businesses in the UK pay...

Is the NHS broken and decades overdue reform? from 2019-08-08T15:32:09

In this week’s podcast, the IEA’s Digital Manager Darren Grimes is joined by the IEA’s Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz and Economics Fellow Julian Jessop.
The discussion is centred ...

Fully Automated Luxury... Communism?! from 2019-07-31T17:28:12

In this week's podcast, the IEA’s Digital Manager Darren Grimes and Dr Kristian Niemietz discuss two new books in which the authors claim to lay out their socialist alternatives. The first book is ...