Last Tuesday, the Guardian published an article entitled “The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing … Continue reading “What the supply-side deniers at the Guardian get wrong about Britain’s housing crisis”

Commenting on the Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates at 5.25%, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free … Continue reading “Failure to cut interest rates is ‘disappointing,’ says IEA economics expert”

IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh has written for City AM discussing Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Mais … Continue reading “‘Modern’ Industrial Strategy, Same Old Risks”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Guardian criticising the government’s proposed generational tobacco ban. … Continue reading “Government Tobacco Ban ‘Discriminatory and Infantilising’”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph responding to news that inflation slowed to a … Continue reading “February Inflation Drop Emphasises ‘Urgent Need’ to Cut Interest Rates”

Commenting on news that the inflation rate fell to a two-and-a-half year low of 3.4% in February, Julian Jessop, Economics … Continue reading “Bank of England Running Out of Reasons Not to Cut Rates”

Commenting on the introduction of legislation to create an independent football regulator, Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the … Continue reading “Football Regulator: ‘another expensive and unaccountable Quango’, says IEA expert”

In economics, we often pick out countries or regions that consistently outperform their neighbours, or some other plausible comparison group, … Continue reading “Book review: “How Nations Escape Poverty: Vietnam, Poland, and the Origins of Prosperity” by Rainer Zitelmann”

No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System, an IEA paper by Professor Alan … Continue reading “Housing Crisis Warnings Have Been Ignored for Decades”