In a recent IEA Insider piece, our Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz examined and critiqued the Marxist concept of ‘false consciousness’. In … Continue reading “False consciousness revisited”

This book review was first published by the Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics By Vincent Geloso If one wanted to … Continue reading “Book review: “A Brief History of Equality” by Thomas Piketty (2022)”

Today is not only Remembrance Sunday, but also the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The latter … Continue reading “Berlin Wall Fell — But Socialism Didn’t”

Expansion of EDI bureaucracy has been fuelled by government regulation, not by market forces or rising prejudice Growth of EDI … Continue reading “Scrap EDI laws to support economy”

Foreword In the early 2010s, a number of campaign groups made the case for the introduction of what they called … Continue reading “EDI Nation: The growth of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion bureaucracy and its costs”

This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk This piece works as a follow up to The revival … Continue reading “Why the socialist Left and the populist Right are talking past each other”

This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk Socialists have revived the Marxist idea that the workers … Continue reading “The revival of the Marxist “False Consciousness” thesis, and its shortcomings”

This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk Better Call Saul is rightly regarded as one of the … Continue reading “Class action law, Better Call Saul and the cost of bad incentives”

This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk Some British commentators have the annoying habit of using … Continue reading “Is it time to drop the word “liberal”? A response to Rod Liddle”