Tax and Fiscal Policy Archives

IEA Yearbook: better public services from increased spending?

22 April 2002

Tax and Fiscal Policy

IEA Yearbook: better public services from increased spending?

22 April 2002

Government plans to pour more money into ‘public services’ are unlikely to bear fruit unless resource allocation is improved, says … Continue reading

Abolish Inheritance Tax Says Expert

4 March 2002

Tax and Fiscal Policy

Abolish Inheritance Tax Says Expert

4 March 2002

Inheritance tax does immense economic damage, according to Barry Bracewell-Milnes, an expert on tax reform, in a new paper written … Continue reading

Wealth With Cost: Volume One. White Alchemy in Economics

12 June 2008

Wealth With Cost: Volume One. White Alchemy in Economics

Barry Bracewell-Milnes

12 June 2008

A rich and original new book which explores the nature and creation of wealth in modern economies

Economics was originally about agriculture. Manufacturing was added in the eighteenth century, services in the nineteenth. To these three branches … Continue reading

Rich is Beautiful

1 December 2007

Rich is Beautiful

Richard D North

1 December 2007

A very personal defence of mass affluence

This is the first account of modern Western society which explains why it is good for us, and the whole … Continue reading

When ministers speak of cuts, they often mean a reduction in previously planned increases in expenditure

24 September 2010

Tax and Fiscal Policy

When ministers speak of cuts, they often mean a reduction in previously planned increases in expenditure

24 September 2010

Dr Richard Wellings writes for Public Service

Dr Richard Wellings writes for Public Service on the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Being realistic about public spending cuts does mean expecting job losses

24 May 2010

Tax and Fiscal Policy

Being realistic about public spending cuts does mean expecting job losses

24 May 2010

Mark Littlewood appears on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show

Mark Littlewood discusses the implications of the £6 billion of spending cuts announced by George Osborne this morning, with Jeremy … Continue reading

We are walking on a cliff edge when it comes to the debt burden

7 February 2009

Tax and Fiscal Policy

We are walking on a cliff edge when it comes to the debt burden

7 February 2009

Philip Booth writes for the Yorkshire Post

Editorial and Programmes Director Professor Philip Booth discusses the growing debt burden in the Yorkshire Post. He argues that “we … Continue reading

Andrew Lilico calls for spending cuts on Radio 4’s Today Programme

15 December 2009

Monetary Policy

Andrew Lilico calls for spending cuts on Radio 4’s Today Programme

15 December 2009

SMPC member argues UK's huge budget deficit threatens recovery

Andrew Lilico, a member of the IEA’s Shadow Monetary Policy Committee and Chief Economist at Policy Exchange, has appeared on … Continue reading

The government should “return to Adam Smith’s canons of taxation”

27 April 2010

Regulation

The government should “return to Adam Smith’s canons of taxation”

27 April 2010

Philip Booth writes for Financial World

The IEA’s Professor Philip Booth writes for Financial World, following the release of new IEA paper ‘Taxation and Red Tape: … Continue reading

IEA Tax and Fiscal Policy.

IEA Yearbook: better public services from increased spending?

IEA Yearbook: better public services from increased spending?

Abolish Inheritance Tax Says Expert

Abolish Inheritance Tax Says Expert

Wealth With Cost: Volume One. White Alchemy in Economics

Wealth With Cost: Volume One. White Alchemy in Economics

Rich is Beautiful

Rich is Beautiful

When ministers speak of cuts, they often mean a reduction in previously planned increases in expenditure

When ministers speak of cuts, they often mean a reduction in previously planned increases in expenditure

Being realistic about public spending cuts does mean expecting job losses

Being realistic about public spending cuts does mean expecting job losses

We are walking on a cliff edge when it comes to the debt burden

We are walking on a cliff edge when it comes to the debt burden

Andrew Lilico calls for spending cuts on Radio 4’s Today Programme

Andrew Lilico calls for spending cuts on Radio 4’s Today Programme

The government should “return to Adam Smith’s canons of taxation”

The government should “return to Adam Smith’s canons of taxation”

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