Peter Ainsworth, Managing Director of Consulting AM Ltd, and Dr Tom McKenzie , an academic economist specialising in Behavioural Economics and … Continue reading “£50,000 IEA Breakthrough Prize awarded to entry calling for individual “nest egg” funds for lifetime learning”

Commenting on Professor Davies’s final commissioned report focusing on childhood obesity, the IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon said: … Continue reading “IEA: It is “not a crime” to eat a sandwich”

There is a long history of governments and incumbent vested interests restricting competition in broadcasting for their own ends. Those … Continue reading “New Vision: Transforming the BBC into a subscriber-owned mutual”

Broadcasting policy should be freed from the control of government and vested interests and the BBC transformed into a subscriber-owned … Continue reading “Scrap licence fee and create a “National Broadcasting Trust” says new IEA report”

In an article in the Times earlier this week I suggested Sajid Javid take a bold approach to tax reform. … Continue reading “Scrapping the tax-free lump sum for pension withdrawal: not such a terrible idea”

Many of today’s Conservatives have a taste for bans and mandates rivalling that of politicians on the Left, as we … Continue reading “Compulsion is not the answer to the recent fall in vaccination uptake”

On 2 October 2019, the Guardian wrote to the IEA accusing us of having “a long history of climate denial”, … Continue reading “IEA declines the Guardian’s invitation to delete books”

When it comes to environmental problems in general and global warming in particular, I empathise with those who take the … Continue reading “The Thunberg phenomenon, Extinction Rebellion, and the denial of trade-offs”

Commenting on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech to Conservative Party Conference, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs Mark … Continue reading “IEA: Prime Minister must pay more than just “lip service” to free markets and fiscal responsibility”