22 March 2004
A survey of government performance across a range of indicators
26 January 2004
8th IEA Discussion Paper
1 June 2002
Governments have been taking control of activities “public” goods, “public” utilities, welfare and local government services which would have been … Continue reading “The Dilemma of Democracy”
2 January 2002
Frederic Bastiat, who was born two hundred years ago, was a leader of the French laissez-faire tradition in the first … Continue reading “Bastiat’s ‘The Law’”
1 March 2001
Trans-National Government, Legitimacy and the WHO. Roger Scruton examines the activities of transnational institutions (the United Nations and its affiliates) … Continue reading “WHO, What and Why?”
1 January 2001
The author argues that public sector policing has largely failed to prevent crime and catch offenders. Alternative solutions include the … Continue reading “Cutting the Costs of Crime: The Economics of Crime and Criminal Justice”
5 December 2000
A lecture given on 5th December 2000 as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Professor Seabright
1 September 2000
In Government: Whose Obedient Servant?, three economists provide an account of the theory of public choice and its applications without … Continue reading “Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer in Public Choice”
1 October 1999
Executive Summary: This paper examines the growing power of a group of privately owned and operated pressure groups that fall … Continue reading “A code Of Conduct For NGOs — a Necessary Reform”