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The Case For Markets in Defence: Driving efficiency and effectiveness in military spending

By Keith Hartley
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Has Brexit Really Harmed UK Trade? Countering the Office for Budget Responsibility’s claims

By Catherine McBride
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Dictating words: The Culture-Control Left and the war against free speech

By Marc Glendening
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Economic Affairs (43.3)

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A Vapid Solution: Why banning disposable e-cigarettes would be a failure of law-enforcement

By Christopher Snowdon and Reem Ibrahim
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The New Great Inflation: How Western Central Banks Got It Wrong…and What They Should Do About It

By Sir John Redwood MP
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Digital Overload: How the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill’s sweeping new powers threaten Britain’s economy

By Dirks Auer, Matthew Lesh, Lazar Radic
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Did lockdowns work? The verdict on Covid restrictions

By Jonas Herby, Dr Lars Jonung and Professor Steve H. Hanke
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Alcohol Advertising: What does the evidence show?

By Christopher Snowdon
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Our cost-of-living crisis is homegrown, and self-inflicted

The Telegraph attracted a bit of social media flak last week for publishing an article on the cost-of-living crisis with … Continue reading

Class diversity and think tank recruiting

Earlier this year the IEA participated in a roundtable organised by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and RECLAIM, specifically looking at … Continue reading

Why demand-side support trumps energy price caps

Imagine you buy 10 cans of beer every week, at a price of £2.50 each. Due to a shortage of … Continue reading

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Does the Autumn Statement end ‘Big Government’? | IEA Podcast

Does the Autumn Statement end ‘big government’? Are these measures sufficient to get the British economy back on track? In … Continue reading

Can Javier Milei save Argentina?

Can Javier Milei save Argentina? Is dollarisation the key to Argentinian’s inflation problems? Javier Milei, a libertarian economist, has won … Continue reading

The Capitalist Manifesto with Johan Norberg

Will free markets save the world? In this video, IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz sits down with Swedish … Continue reading

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