A huge proliferation in traffic regulations over the past twenty years has imposed a heavy burden on the economy. Just … Continue reading “Rip out 80% of traffic lights to boost economy & road safety”

Whether you are a green activist or a poverty campaigner, energy policy under the Thatcher-Major-Blair governments was a striking success. … Continue reading “A vicious circle of state intervention is taking Britain’s energy markets back to the 1970s”

EU climate policies are jeopardising energy markets and pushing up electricity costs for consumers across the UK. Interventions in the … Continue reading “Don’t let the lights go out at Christmas”

To purchase a copy of Power Cut? How the EU is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets at £15 each, … Continue reading “Power Cut? How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets”

As the Paris Conference of the Parties to the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change progresses, it would seem that … Continue reading “UK climate change policy is a colossal and pointless waste of money”

On 10 October 2015, European Students for Liberty held their London Regional Conference. The IEA’s Kristian Niemietz gave a presentation on … Continue reading “ESFL conference speech: Why free-marketeers have the best solutions to poverty”

We are frequently given quite pessimistic assessments of the environment and of the world economy through Vatican documents, lectures and … Continue reading “Cheer up! We’ve never had it so good – at least until population decline sets in”

A report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee released today called for stricter environmental protections to be included … Continue reading “TTIP will have no impact on environmental protection”

Government spending on infrastructure is a subject on which Keynesians and Neoclassicists tend to agree. The former are interested in … Continue reading “Infrastructure investment and economic growth”