The Bank of England’s (BoE) decision on 1 August to cut interest rates by 25 basis points, reducing Bank Rate … Continue reading “Is the “New Great Inflation” over? (And if so: what happens next?)”

Commenting on July’s inflation figures which show a 0.2 percentage point increase in the rate of inflation to 2.2%, Andrew … Continue reading “Inflation figures show Bank of England has been too slow to cut rates”

Migration, as the last couple of weeks have reminded us, is a heck of a problem for politicians. It’s a … Continue reading “The economics of the “small boats” problem”

Bartek Staniszewski, a Senior Research Fellow at Bright Blue and a panelist at our recent Future of the Right event … Continue reading “Freedom and the Future of the Right”

History matters in the debate over state enterprise, especially in the crumbling New York City Subways. That’s because the subway … Continue reading “The Woes of State Enterprise: How New York City’s subways became a nightmare”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph criticising the ‘neo-temperance’ movement seeking to … Continue reading “Alcohol Nanny Statism Underpinned by Flawed Research”

Elephant in the Room, new IEA research warning that a proposed ban on hunting trophy imports would hurt conservation and … Continue reading “Banning Hunting Trophy Imports Would be Counterproductive”

Vaping Works, a 2021 paper by IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been referenced in a ConservativeHome article … Continue reading “The Evidence is Clear, E-Cigarettes are a Safer Tobacco Alternative”

Dr Francis Vorhies, Director of African Wildlife Economy Institute and conservation economist, has written about his new IEA paper Elephant … Continue reading “Hunting Trophy Ban Would Undermine UK’s International Commitments”