Emily Carver, Media Manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs, spoke to The Sun about the Chancellor’s summer economic update. … Continue reading “Emily Carver reacts to COVID-19 budget”

Responding to Rishi Sunak’s ‘mini-budget’, the IEA’s Economics Fellow  Julian Jessop argued that while the Chancellor’s Eat Out to Help … Continue reading “The Eat Out to Help Out scheme is “market-led””

The IEA’s Academic and Research Director, Syed Kamall, was quoted at length by ConHome in an article summarising think-tank reaction … Continue reading “Cut to Stamp Duty is welcome but why isn’t is permanent?”

Commenting on the Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update, Professor Syed Kamall, Academic and Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs … Continue reading “Chancellor “can only do so much” to get the economy moving”

Boris Johnson should look to West Germany, not America, if he wants to revive the economy, says Professor Philip Booth, … Continue reading “Roosevelt’s New Deal was not the great saviour of the US economy”

Responding to the Prime Minister’s plans for the UK’s economic recovery post Covid-19, IEA Senior Academic Fellow Professor Philip Booth … Continue reading “IEA responds to PM’s plan for the UK’s economic recovery”

IEA research by Economics Fellow Julian Jessop is cited in an article in The Times, arguing that the economic cost … Continue reading “Lockdown may no longer be worth it”

Summary The Covid-19 crisis has provided many grim examples of some familiar problems in health economics and cost-benefit analysis, and … Continue reading “Coronavirus and the economic value of human life”

In a wider piece exploring tax reforms that could boost the economy once this crisis has passed, Professor Philip Booth … Continue reading “Abolish corporation tax to kickstart our recovery”