Sitemap - 2026 - Economic Affairs
Net Zero Is Bankrupting Britain's Economy | David Turver | IEA Interview
The political economy of monopsonies
Why Manchester outpaced London in new housing
Why markets are essential to growth
How to Win a Trade War, with Soumaya Keynes | IEA Interview
Cambridge and the incentive problem
Good riddance to Colombia’s failed wealth tax
What’s wrong with being a liberal?
Is America Really Richer Than Europe? | IEA Podcast
The BBC is losing out badly to private competitors
Why Is British Infrastructure So Expensive? | IEA Interview
Free-Born John: Champion of English Liberty
Shrinkflation: A Menu Disaster for Locals. Could It Be The Least of Our Worries?
The Hidden Cost of Geopolitical Conflict: Who Really Pays for Disruption?
Why the centre-left should stop bashing ‘neoliberalism’
Is the triple lock bankrupting Britain?
The fragility of Milei’s reforms in Argentina
Why I welcome Andy Burnham’s anti-Thatcherite rhetoric
Counting the cost of social care
Trade, Trust, and Civilisation: The Hidden Economic Message of Nolan’s 'Odyssey'
A Million Young People Are Not in Work, Education or Training | IEA Podcast
Buildings: In Defence of Stupid Growth
Council roads designed to stop you driving
Is This Why Britain Stopped Growing? | IEA Interviews
The battle between top-down and bottom-up
The impact of leaving the EU was negligible
Why the freedom of children matters
A liberal's guide to immigration
What Argentina can learn from the Falklands
Time for a (voluntary) fame tax
Andy Burnham's First Week as Prime Minister | IEA Podcast
The Never-Ending Credit Crunch
Why Is Britain Poorer Than Every US State? | IEA Interview
Localism alone cannot deliver prosperity
What Britain can learn from Dubai
The end of bitter-pill economics
Why we shouldn't grant rights to groups
The staggering cost of nationalisation
8 Things Andy Burnham Could Do In His First 100 Days | IEA Briefing
Will Burnham really change anything?
Britain’s post-Brexit tariffs should shame the Government
Gary Stevenson's Wealth Tax Documentary, Fact-Checked | IEA Podcast
Why our public sector is so unproductive
What Went Wrong After Brexit Won? Lord Elliot | IEA Interview
Colombia's election and Latin America's 'Donroe' moment
If you go down to the woods today…
The union tail is wagging the Labour dog
Is Britain Actually Neoliberal? The Spectator's Michael Simmons | IEA Interview
Donald Trump goes full Third World
Why Polanski is wrong about rent controls
Farage vs Binface, Wealth Inequality & Trickle-Down Myths | IEA Podcast
Great British Rail will be a Great British Flop
Britain has decarbonised enough
Was New Zealand's Lockdown Worth It? | IEA Interview
Britain needs tax simplification
England sleeps, England awakes, England drinks
SpaceX embodies the best of capitalism
Britain's Wealth Just Collapsed | IEA Podcast
The most important thing to happen in 1776
Winning the War of Ideas | IEA Interview
The Italianisation of the United Kingdom
Did Women's Freedom Build the Modern Economy? | IEA Podcast
Introducing: 'Economic Affairs'
Is Britain Ungovernable? | IEA Podcast
Classics Revisited: Better Off Out?
Tax Rises Built a Black Market. Britain Is Next. | IEA Interview
How Did Elon Musk Become The World's First Trillionaire? | IEA Podcast
The Truth About Britain's Nanny State Policies | IEA Briefing
New Book: Inside the Sausage Factory
Was Thatcher the Only Time Britain Loved Capitalism? | IEA Interview
Keir Starmer’s Turkey Twizzler moment
No wonder we have a productivity crisis
Is Degrowth Just Authoritarianism With Better Branding? | IEA Podcast
On Morality, Human Behaviour & Economics
Is the UK Overtaxed, Over-borrowed, and Running Out of Road? | IEA Interview
Can we get off the welfare state escalator?
Have Wealth Taxes Ever Actually Worked? | IEA Podcast
Did Capitalism Actually Help the Poor? | IEA Event
Growth, Inequality and Overtime: What Does Britain Actually Want? | IEA Podcast
Cost of renewables to double by 2030
Why Is Britain's Electricity the Most Expensive in the Developed World? | Free the Power
Is London Finished? | IEA Podcast
What is Opportunity Cost? Episode 5 | Economics 101
Did Free Enterprise Save the Space Age | IEA Interviews
The King's Speech and our capitalist command economy
Is Political Chaos Actually Killing the UK Economy? | IEA Podcast
Millenial Liberalism: Ben Southwood
Is Britain a Capitalist Command Economy? | IEA Briefing
Against the coping of the Europoor
Does Britain Actually Have a Housing Shortage? | IEA Podcast
200 Episodes: Your Questions Answered | IEA Podcast Q&A
Debunking the tropes of Modern Monetary Theory
Wealth Taxes Won't Fix Broken Britain
The Wealth Tax Delusion: The Policy That Promises Everything and Delivers Nothing | IEA Interview
Britain raises more tax from wealth than any other OECD country
Why Don't Governments Just Print More Money? | MMT Myth | IEA Interview
COVID Was the Biggest Event Since WW2 — And We've Learned Nothing | IEA Podcast
Why Are Young People Giving Up on Work? | IEA Podcast
INVITATION: Is Britain Broken?
Introducing ‘Millennial Liberalism’: a new series
Has The Left Already Won Britain?
Book Review: “How They Broke Britain” by James O’Brien (2023)
Turning negatives into positives
Britain Is Poorer Than Every US State | IEA Podcast
Net Zero's Dirty Secret | IEA Interview
What Britons really think about growth
What do Britons Really Think About the Economy? | IEA Interview
Should the Government Ban Kanye? Plus Rent Controls & the Minimum Wage Trap | IEA Podcast
Was Poland’s socialism ‘real’ socialism?
INVITATION: Heroic Humility Book Launch
Why Britain Is Poorer Than America | Tyler Goodspeed
Does Britain Need a Second London? | The 33rd IEA Hayek Lecture
A Guide to Hayek’s Law Legislation and Liberty
The Book That Predicted Modern Tyranny: Hayek's Law, Legislation and Liberty
Made in Britain: The 500-Year Story Behind the Industrial Revolution | IEA Interview
Greed didn't close the Strait of Hormuz
Why Is Britain Taking the Biggest Growth Hit in the G20? | IEA Podcast
The illicit tobacco market: a reply to ASH
INVITATION: Do Brits really want economic growth?
Can free markets save the West?
Are We in the Biggest Bubble in History?
The truth about insurance-based healthcare systems
Will the Government hold their nerve?
The Wealth Tax That Runs Out by Friday | IEA Podcast
Green Deals in the EU Exposed | IEA Interview
Why the EU Green Deal has failed
INVITATION: Do Brits really want economic growth?
What Reeves' Mais Lecture got right... and wrong
Britain's Broken Energy System | Free the Power | IEA Podcast
Is Inheritance Tax Britain's Worst Tax? | IEA Podcast
The Case for Abolishing Inheritance Tax
Who's really ripping off drivers?
Dubai, Net Zero & Free Speech: What's Really Going Wrong in Britain?
What problem would a vaping ban solve?
Britain's Growth Crisis: Is Anyone Actually Fixing It? | Dr Lawrence Newport
Adam Smith: The Greatest Economist You've Never Heard Of | Mark Skousen
Policy responses to an oil and gas crisis
Should We Ban Under-16s from Social Media? | Matthew Lesh
Events and non-events, dear boy
Saturday Read: On freezing rail fares
Spring Statement, Middle East Crisis & the North Sea Oil We're Refusing to Use | IEA Podcast
Kidnapped & Imprisoned: Venezuelan Political Prisoner Jesús Armas Speaks Out
10 wishes for the Spring Statement
Rejected to Relentless: Simon Krystman’s Entrepreneurial Rise
Legal tobacco sales halve in four years as black market booms
Reform, Net Zero Madness & the Social Media Ban: Are Politicians Completely Out of Touch?
The Student Loan Trap: Why the System is Broken (And How to Fix It)
Would a wealth tax reduce wealth inequality?
Why Net Zero Is Failing Britain
What is going on in the British economy?
We Had a Great Economy. Then We Wrecked It. | IEA Podcast
INVITATION: Does Britain Need a Second London?
Tinkering with regulated prices won’t solve the cost of living crisis
The jobs market is losing momentum
Are Student Loans Mis-Sold? | Peter Ainsworth
Britain is gambling less than you think
Can we blame the wealthy for leaving?
You're Getting Poorer: Here's Why the GDP Figures Prove It | IEA Podcast
3 takeaways from the GDP figures
Wealth Tax Exposed: Do Rich People Really Want Higher Taxes?
Is Inflation Really Under Control? The Psychology of Rising Prices
Flexible Working Mandates: Good Intentions, Terrible Results | IEA Briefing
From Extinction Rebellion to Nuclear Advocacy | IEA Briefing
INVITATION: In Conversation with Kathryn Porter
SMPC calls for a 25bps cut as inflation falls and recession risks rise
Why Britain Should Abolish the State Pension | Kristian Niemietz
Can Britain's Economy Recover? The Case for Scepticism
Even the super-rich themselves want a wealth tax. So why don’t neoliberals?
The Nuclear Option: Rethinking Britain's Path to Net Zero with Henry Hill
Book Review: Money and Inflation at the Time of Covid (2025)
From £52k to £80k: John Cochrane on How Britain Can Catch Up With America
Three problems with industrial policy
Andy Burnham's Manchesterism: The Mazzucato Playbook Rebranded
How Trump's tariffs hurt his biggest supporters the most
Why Smart People Flee Their Own Countries | Elena Panaritis | IEA Interview
The Stakeholder State: Why Britain Can't Build Anything | IEA Briefing
Never forgetting the absurdities of fascism
Politics Is Inevitable, Decline Isn’t
Britain's Economic Decline, Net Zero Costs, and the War on Digital Freedom
What is Market Failure? Episode 3 | Economics 101
The Great Millionaire Exodus: Why the UK Ranks Worst for Capital Flight.
Why Net Zero Will Bankrupt Britain | Free the Power
INVITATION: The Great Realignment - Why the New Right is Here to Stay
The Three Groups Destroying Britain | IEA Podcast
Britain's failing economic ideas
US Military Strikes Venezuela: The New Age of Great Power Politics | IEA Briefing