In this series of posts, the IEA’s Christopher Snowdon explains the background and beliefs of the anti-smoking, anti-alcohol, anti-obesity and … Continue reading “Four Types of Killjoy: #3 Anti-obesity”

By David Starkie, author of Airport Enterprises and formerly a member of the Airport Commission’s panel of experts Before World War 2, … Continue reading “The Chancellor’s growth reset: a missed opportunity?”

In this series, the IEA’s Dr Christopher Snowdon explains the background and beliefs of the anti-smoking, anti-alcohol, anti-obesity and anti-gambling … Continue reading “Four Types of Killjoy: #1 Anti-smoking”

This week’s announcement of some minor benefit reforms, accompanied by a Green Paper, may not achieve very much, but it … Continue reading “Saturday Read: Benefits reforms may not achieve much but they have focused attention”

Contents Summary Parallel imports are genuine products imported into the United Kingdom without the consent of the intellectual property (IP) … Continue reading “Parallel Universe”

  Britain can use its Brexit freedoms to scrap arbitrary restrictions on parallel imports and cut prices for consumers and … Continue reading “Abolish import restrictions to slash prices for British consumers and the NHS, says new IEA paper “

IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton wrote in The Spectator about why we do not need a football … Continue reading “Football doesn’t need a regulator”

Contents Summary The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the … Continue reading “Beyond Freeports”

Commenting on the announcement of the AI Opportunities Action Plan, Matthew Lesh, Public Policy Fellow at the free market think … Continue reading “Government must embrace AI, says IEA Fellow”