Our Head of Media has written for Reason on Britain’s worklessness crisis. The article said: “If you can earn more … Continue reading “25 Percent of Working Age Brits Are Out of Work. Why Is the U.K. Government Paying Millions To Stay Home?”

Our Head of Media Reem Ibrahim comments on free travel for over-60s is quoted in the London Standard The article … Continue reading “Calls to scrap Over-60s free travel after ‘lost revenue for TfL soars to £84 million in a year’”

This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk The state pension is a big issue. It currently … Continue reading “Ideas for Pension Reform”

This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk The welfare state is the object of intense dissatisfaction … Continue reading “Is it time for a radical new approach to welfare?”

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”

A few years ago, the psychiatrist and science blogger Scott Alexander recounted an interesting anecdote from his university days on … Continue reading “Disability and incapacity benefits for working-age people: some recent developments”

Research by former IEA Academic and Research Director Philip Booth has been quoted in an Interactive Investor article analysing possible … Continue reading “Universal Pension Tax Relief ‘Devoid of Any Economic Rationale’”

IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Len Shackleton has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph highlighting some of the difficult choices … Continue reading “Tough Choices Inevitable in Any Welfare Reforms”

‘Nudge’ policies impose the preferences of politicians onto unsuspecting individuals. Policies aimed at ‘nudging’ lifestyle decisions make paternalistic assumptions on … Continue reading “Government’s ‘Nudge’ Tactics Undermine Personal Choice, Argues New IEA Book”