Commenting on news that mandatory house building targets will be removed from the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, Kristian Niemietz, … Continue reading “Scrapping housing targets without wider planning reform “represents another triumph of NIMBYism””

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written in Spiked! discussing the widespread dismissal of data correlating smoking with … Continue reading “Follow the science on smoking and COVID-19”

Commenting on the Labour Party’s A New Britain report, Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: … Continue reading “Local revenue raising powers are key to implementing meaningful devolution”

On 30 November, the Aldenham School Business Society in Hertfordshire invited the IEA’s Kristian Niemietz to give a talk on … Continue reading “The economics and politics of nationalisation and privatisation”

Any free market liberal worth their salt will be familiar with the basic argument made about central planning by the … Continue reading “Don Lavoie: The most important libertarian – and Leftist! – you’ve never heard of”

IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh has written in City AM arguing that MPs shouldn’t be prevented from expensing … Continue reading “We shouldn’t deny MPs their fair share of festive cheer”

IEA Chief Operating Officer and Energy Analyst Andy Mayer has been quoted in City AM lamenting the government’s approach to … Continue reading “Banning fracking while importing U.S. gas “an irrational act of economic self-harm””

Commenting on the ongoing industrial action and threats of further strikes, including paramedics and ambulance workers, Professor Len Shackleton, labour … Continue reading “Wrong for soldiers to bear the brunt of “union intransigency””

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Mail responding to research finding that consuming … Continue reading “Nanny statists continue to move the goalposts on alcohol risks”