Commenting on the Budget, Tom Clougherty, Executive Director of the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: … Continue reading “Budget ‘hasn’t really moved us any closer to where we need to be’, says IEA Executive Director”

Commenting on the government’s plans to tax e-cigarette fluid, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the free market think … Continue reading “Vape Tax ‘is scientifically and economically illiterate’”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has been quoted in The i arguing that any future spending increases will need to … Continue reading “Higher Spending Means Higher Taxes”

Early last month, former Foreign Secretary William Hague praised Onward’s The Case for Conservatism, emphasising its call for an ‘active state’. … Continue reading “What the communitarian Right gets wrong about industrial policy”

George Mason University Assistant Professor of Economics Vincent Geloso has written for CapX discussing new IEA research he co-authored which … Continue reading “Liberalise Planning and the Labour Market to Boost Social Mobility”

Every economic transaction involves at least two sides. Any measure that discourages economic transactions necessarily affects both sides of the … Continue reading “The case against anti-producerism”

IEA Executive Director Tom Clougherty has commented in The Observer on this week’s Budget. Tom said: “Given fiscal headroom, the … Continue reading “Chancellor’s Budget ‘Should Prioritise Economic Impact’”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Times criticising a reported vape ban, set to … Continue reading “Government Approach to Vaping ‘An Incoherent Mess’”

IEA Executive Director Tom Clougherty’s analysis of the upcoming budget has been quoted in The i. Tom said: “If there … Continue reading “Stagnating Economy is the ‘Big Story’ of the Budget”