IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh has written for City AM criticising calls for greater social media … Continue reading “Musk Right to Defend Free Speech”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for The Critic discussing a new Lancet study linking alcohol use … Continue reading “Alcohol Crackdown Unlikely to Tackle Dementia”

IEA Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz has written for The Daily Telegraph arguing that calls to clamp down on social media … Continue reading “‘Misinformation’ is a Problem of Demand, Not Supply”

IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh has been quoted in The Daily Express criticising the government’s reported … Continue reading “‘No Justification’ for New Tax Rises”

IEA Economics Fellow Andrew Lilico has been quoted in The Daily Mail arguing that the Bank of England has kept … Continue reading “Bank of England Has Been ‘Too Slow’ to Cut Interest Rates”

Contents Summary Rent controls have well-intentioned goals, including reducing rental burdens and ensuring access to affordable housing. But these regulations … Continue reading “Rent Control: Does it work?”

The overview highlights the academic consensus on harmful consequences. Most studies (56 out of 65) find that rent controls succeed … Continue reading “Rent controls do far more harm than good, comprehensive review finds”

IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Len Shackleton has been quoted in a Daily Express article on small boat crossings in … Continue reading “‘Stop the Gangs’ Approach Won’t Stop the Boats”

Here’s a stylised version, a little exaggerated for effect, of a type of debate I have had many times with … Continue reading “On free speech and free markets”