Policies Archives

Ethics and the Arms Trade

Philip Towle

1 January 1998

The British defence industry is facing greater problems and a more uncertain future than at any time since the 1920s. … Continue reading

Economic Freedom of the World: 1998/9 Interim Report

1 January 1998

Research

Economic Freedom of the World: 1998/9 Interim Report

James Gwartney and Robert Lawson

1 January 1998

This volume builds on the findings of Economic Freedom of the World: 1975-1995 and Economic Freedom of the World: 1997 … Continue reading

Does the Past have a Future? The Political Economy of Heritage

1 January 1998

Research

Does the Past have a Future? The Political Economy of Heritage

Sir Alan Peacock

1 January 1998

Many countries are proud of their ‘heritage,’ in terms of buildings various artefacts from the past. In some cases, a … Continue reading

Chaos, Management and Economics

1 January 1998

Research

Chaos, Management and Economics

David Parker and Ralph Stacey

1 January 1998

The best selling IEA title of the 1990s, it applies chaos theory to the social sciences

First published in 1994, this title was the best selling IEA publication of the 1990s. It applies the ideas of … Continue reading

Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

1 December 1997

Research

Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

Julian Morris

1 December 1997

Contributions from Robert Balling, Roger Bate, Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Deepak Lal and Thomas Gale Moore.

Executive Summary The world’s climate is in constant flux: on time-scales from days to millennia, global and regional temperature, wind … Continue reading

Towards Self-Governing Schools

19 November 1997

Research

Towards Self-Governing Schools

Dick Atkinson

19 November 1997

In this challenging paper Dr Dick Atkinson asks why local education authorities are needed. Finding reasons lacking, he puts forward a proposal for all schools to be self-governing and thereby removed from the debilitating effects of politicised education.

Executive Summary Is local government involvement in education part of the problem, rather than a solution to falling standards, lack … Continue reading

The Debate on Higher Education

1 November 1997

Research

The Debate on Higher Education

Adrian Seville and James Tooley

1 November 1997

With higher education in the UK at a critical juncture in its history, two leading commentators offer new perspectives on … Continue reading

Regulating Utilities: Broadening the Debate

1 September 1997

Research

Regulating Utilities: Broadening the Debate

M E Beesley (Ed.)

1 September 1997

The 1997 edition of the IEA’s annual volume of utility regulation essays is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide available … Continue reading

Environmental Education

1 September 1997

Research

Environmental Education

Benjamin Aldrich-Moodie and Jo Kwong

1 September 1997

This original piece of research examines the teaching of environmental issues in the UK and US. Looking at a variety … Continue reading

IEA Policies.

Ethics and the Arms Trade

Ethics and the Arms Trade

Economic Freedom of the World: 1998/9 Interim Report

Economic Freedom of the World: 1998/9 Interim Report

Does the Past have a Future? The Political Economy of Heritage

Does the Past have a Future? The Political Economy of Heritage

Chaos, Management and Economics

Chaos, Management and Economics

Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom

Towards Self-Governing Schools

Towards Self-Governing Schools

The Debate on Higher Education

The Debate on Higher Education

Regulating Utilities: Broadening the Debate

Regulating Utilities: Broadening the Debate

Environmental Education

Environmental Education

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