The government heavily subsidises dirty and expensive wood chip burning despite net zero goal. Burning wood produces more carbon dioxide … Continue reading “Taxpayers subsidising carbon emissions, highlights new IEA paper on wood chip burning”

Earlier this month, Prof Matt Goodwin, perhaps the most prominent voice of the small but vocal National Conservative (or “NatCon”) … Continue reading “Social housing: a note on the “Goodwin controversy””

Commenting on news that the inflation rate rose unexpectedly to four per cent in December, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at … Continue reading “Inflation and interest rates will still fall this year”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has been quoted in The Daily Express responding to news that Germany’s GDP fell by … Continue reading “Warning signs for German economy”

IEA research on the case for abolishing central banks has been featured in Business Live. The editor of The Experience … Continue reading “The ‘original sin’ of central banks”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon’s paper Prohibition 2.0: Critiquing the Generational Tobacco Ban has been quoted in ConservativeHome … Continue reading “Bhutan’s warning about the failure of tobacco bans”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has been quoted in The i arguing that deflation may be on the horizon. Deflation … Continue reading “Deflation may be on the horizon”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for Spiked! arguing that Labour proposals for state-sponsored tooth brushing are … Continue reading “There is no dental health crisis”

1997 was, in lots of ways, a watershed year for Britain. I’m not just talking about Princess Diana and Tony … Continue reading “1997: the last year of pre-housing-crisis Britain”