Summary:  Global fish catches in the seas and oceans have stagnated since the mid 1990s. A decline in the quality … Continue reading “Sea Change: How markets & property rights could transform the fishing industry”

Following Brexit, politicians have the chance to unshackle the UK from damaging fisheries policies and reformulate the system to the … Continue reading “Capitalise on Brexit to free UK from damaging EU Common Fisheries Policy”

When the NHS was created in 1948, Aneurin Bevan believed that healthcare spending would fall as the population became healthier. … Continue reading “Healthy lives cost money”

The economist Ely Devons once said that “If economists wished to study the horse, they wouldn’t go and look at … Continue reading “How NHS worshippers copy the worst habits of economists”

Does material inequality matter? To ask such a question risks incredulous gasps from those whose daily diet of news includes … Continue reading “The Left is wrong: People care about fairness more than inequality”

Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn’s promise to raise the National Living Wage to £10, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute … Continue reading “Corbyn’s £10 living wage will harm those he claims to protect the most”

If you were to ask an economist why financial institutions or food retailers exist, I wonder if the answer would … Continue reading “Economists need to look beyond their fancy models, and study transaction costs”

  The blogosphere is not lacking explanations for why Trump “happened.” Trump was caused by his policy agenda energising the … Continue reading “Did the Federal Reserve cause Trump?”

Two recent Cambridge graduates, Mark Feldner and Mathew Bonnon, will tonight be announced as winners of the £50,000 IEA Breakthrough … Continue reading “£50,000 IEA Breakthrough Prize awarded to entry calling for local tax competition”