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Andy Burnham doesn’t really want to undo “neoliberalism”
Polling shows voters want nationalisation only where services are failing, not a return to British Leyland
12 hrs ago • Institute of Economic Affairs and Matthew Lesh
Newsletter: Why AI doom-mongering misses the real threat
Plus: Nostalgia for heavy industry is holding us back
19 hrs ago • Institute of Economic Affairs
Threads of liberty in the Bayeaux Tapestry
We can see traces of liberal tradition in millennia-old art
Sep 26 • Institute of Economic Affairs
Why Can't Britain Fix Its Pensions? | IEA Podcast
In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Director General Lord Hannan is joined by Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director and Head of Political…
Sep 25 • Institute of Economic Affairs, Christopher Snowdon, and Kristian Niemietz
48:50
Battle of Ideas - IEA TICKET DISCOUNT!
Church House, Westminster | 17 and 18 October 2026
Sep 25 • Institute of Economic Affairs and Jacob Reynolds
The Bank of England loses us a fortune
The Chancellor's letter shows the Treasury holds the power over the Bank, and taxpayers face a projected £288bn bill
Sep 25 • Institute of Economic Affairs
Ration cards are the wrong answer to the welfare bill
The Conservatives' plan to control claimants' spending risks higher costs, a flight to sickness benefits and a creeping war on cash
Sep 24 • Institute of Economic Affairs and len shackleton
Why AI doom-mongering misses the real threat
The biosecurity failure already behind us is being ignored, while fears surrounding AI dominate discussion
Sep 24 • Institute of Economic Affairs and Matt Ridley
Bottom-up order beats top-down reform
Street vendors have built thriving pricing, credit and dispute resolution systems with no help from the state
Sep 23 • Institute of Economic Affairs
A hike through the woods feels natural. It’s anything but.
The industrial revolution provided the impetus, the income and the time to do it.
Sep 23 • Institute of Economic Affairs
Institutions matter most in international trade
Bangladesh shows UK needs practical facilitators as much as it needs new trade deals
Sep 22 • Institute of Economic Affairs
Nostalgia for dead industries is killing our future
The belief that industries exist to provide jobs, rather than jobs existing to create prosperity, is a two-hundred-year-old fallacy
Sep 22 • Institute of Economic Affairs
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