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This book review was first published by the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics By Vincent Geloso If one wanted to … Continue reading “Book review: “A Brief History of Equality” by Thomas Piketty (2022)”

Today the Chancellor raised the white flag in the battle for economic growth. There were two key audiences for this … Continue reading “The Chancellor has given up on growth”

On 23 October, the IEA’s Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz gave opening remarks to a roundtable discussion on the UK economy’s long-term … Continue reading “The alternative to the wealth tax”

Last year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting took office on a platform of reducing NHS waiting … Continue reading “NHS waiting lists: why it’s even worse than it looks”

Property taxes are flavour of the month in the lead-up to the Chancellor’s late November budget with much discussion taking … Continue reading “The Residential-Property Tax Trap”

Today is not only Remembrance Sunday, but also the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The latter … Continue reading “Berlin Wall Fell — But Socialism Didn’t”

The Whetstone Freedom Fund (WFF) is an international initiative founded by the Institute of Economic Affairs in honour of the late Linda … Continue reading “A prosperous future for Nepal?”

British ¡Afuera! is a new series of pieces applying the principles of the IEA’s ‘Sharper Axes, Lower Taxes’ and Argentinian … Continue reading “Introducing: British ¡Afuera!”

On 7 October, the IEA organised a panel discussion entitled “Restoring Britain’s Dynamism: Removing Barriers to Economic Growth” at the … Continue reading “Britain’s bonsai tree economy”