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 ...

Responding to the Spending Review, Tom Clougherty, Executive Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “For all the preceding rhetoric, it is very clear that no ‘zero-based’ review of ...

Many readers will be familiar with the concept of the Bootleggers and Baptists, in which self-interested businesses find common cause … Continue reading "Bootlegging Baptists" ...

Reem Ibrahim was quoted in the Telegraph, the Mirror, my London News, and Birmingham Live on free transport for the over-60s. The Telegraph article said: “Providing free transport for over-60s in ...

Responding to the latest growth figures Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The 0.3% fall … Continue reading "UK economy on track for a dismal second quarter" ...

Communications Manager Reem Ibrahim has written for FEE on the Nanny State Index. The article said: “Governments across the world … Continue reading "Europe’s Nanny State Problem" ...

Director of Communications Callum Price has written about the spending review in LBC. The article said: “What we got instead … Continue reading "Our politicians are hooked on spending" ...

Research, analysis, podcasts and more from the UKʼs original free market think tank, founded in 1955. Click to read Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider, a Substack publication with tens of ...