Why do single-issue campaigners object to pragmatic solutions to the issues that concern them? The IEA’s ‘Not Invented Here’ series has discussed six major problems – malnutrition, smoking, obesity, ...

UK Trade Remedies and the Economic Interest Test About the discussion The UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is an independent body established in 2021 to protect UK industries from unfair ...

The existing economic framework of the United Kingdom begs an important question. Does it comply with critical criteria laid down in the seminal 1960s work of Robert Mundell on optimal currency areas ...

Join us for an enlightening seminar exploring the intersection of A Level Economics education and the formation of oligopolies, contestable markets and their relationship with government through the ...

“Growth is simple, it’s either inventing new stuff or providing old stuff using fewer inputs. Net zero conversely is a political target that requires the UK to emit zero greenhouse gases (mostly CO2), ...

“No other country in the world has a state-sanctioned regulatory body of this kind – and the international football authorities are rightly suspicious of government interference in football. The ...

Responding to reports of US plans for blanket tariffs, Tom Clougherty, Executive Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “Tariffs are a tax on domestic consumers. With living costs high ...

“This week, after much speculation, Trump has announced that his administration will levy a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium products entering the United States from the 12th March. Tariffs ...

IEA Executive Director Tom Clougherty has been quoted in CityAM on the threat of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. The article said: “The UK is “ready for all situations” and ministers will ...

Julian Jessop will discuss the slowdown in productivity growth after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Some economists think this slowdown might be structural and long-lasting (‘secular stagnation’ ...

IEA International Programmes Manager Harrison Griffiths has written for the Critic about the uncertain future of Europe’s economic stability. Harrison wrote: “On an individual level, lies do not ...

Labour Reimagined: Policies for the Future of Work? I am delighted to invite you to an upcoming IEA panel discussion, ‘Labour Reimagined: Policies for the Future of Work? ’. This event will occur on ...