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The author explains why government and bureaucratic attempts at environmental protection have failed and argues that to safeguard the countryside … Continue reading

Bonnie Macmillan describes the findings of the most up-to-date experimental research on beginning reading instruction. Research points decisively to the need for direct teaching of certain key skills in order to produce maximum reading success.

Special Price £4.00, Usual Price £12.00 Executive Summary Learning to read is the most important task of early childhood. Success … Continue reading

Green Goods: Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment

1 March 1997

Research

Green Goods: Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment

Julian Morris

1 March 1997

In the late 1980s governments and private sector companies developed seal of approval ‘ecolabels’ purporting to denote the most environment-friendly … Continue reading

Learning From The Past, Freeing Up The Future (web publication)

1 January 1997

Research

Learning From The Past, Freeing Up The Future (web publication)

Fred L. Smith, Jr.

1 January 1997

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Should Developing Countries Have Central Banks?

1 July 1996

Research

Should Developing Countries Have Central Banks?

Kurt Schuler

1 July 1996

The IEA’s publications have a reputation for challenging established ideas and Dr Kurt Schuler’s research in central banking is in … Continue reading

Regulating Utilities: a Time For Change?

1 June 1996

Research

Regulating Utilities: a Time For Change?

Professor M.E. Beesley (Ed.)

1 June 1996

This title assesses the state of regulation in 1995-96, considers what problems have arisen, and discusses how they might be … Continue reading

IEA Policies.

Down to Earth II: Combating Environmental Myths

Down to Earth II: Combating Environmental Myths

How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery

How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery

Less than Zero

Less than Zero

Conservation and the Countryside: by Quango or Market?

Conservation and the Countryside: by Quango or Market?

Why Schoolchildren Can’t Read

Why Schoolchildren Can’t Read

Green Goods: Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment

Green Goods: Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment

Learning From The Past, Freeing Up The Future (web publication)

Learning From The Past, Freeing Up The Future (web publication)

Should Developing Countries Have Central Banks?

Should Developing Countries Have Central Banks?

Regulating Utilities: a Time For Change?

Regulating Utilities: a Time For Change?

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