In response to reports that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is said to be considering a VAT cut followed by tax … Continue reading “Hard to imagine a “worse combination” than VAT cut followed by tax rises”

Coronavirus is no excuse for surrendering to the Left on economics, writes Professor Philip Booth, IEA Senior Academic Fellow, in … Continue reading “Three myths that are increasingly pervasive in public debate”

Responding to press reports that the Treasury is considering a cut in VAT, IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop said: “It’s … Continue reading “Cutting VAT might kickstart demand but it will have large deadweight costs”

IEA Director General Mark Littlewood is joined by Steve Baker MP and our Senior Academic Fellow Professor Philip Booth to … Continue reading “Footing the bill: How do we finance the additional government spending?”

This week the IEA and Civitas published a joint paper, Rebooting Britain, on the economics of the Covid-19 crisis, written … Continue reading “The UK economy should be able to reboot itself, if markets are allowed to work properly again”

To time with the launch of the new IEA/Civitas briefing paper, “Rebooting Britain,” co-author and IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop … Continue reading “Less state interference will reboot the economy”

Summary The uncertainty created by the Covid-19 crisis has reinvigorated many old debates about the role of the state. Some … Continue reading “Rebooting Britain”

The crisis does not signal a failure of capitalism nor the need for permanent increase in government intervention or public … Continue reading “New report outlines deregulatory and tax-cutting measures to reboot Britain”

The government are going to have to “think bolder” in order to avert an economic disaster following the coronavirus outbreak, … Continue reading “What does Boris Johnson need to do to stop economic catastrophe?”