Contents Summary The UK government is proposing a generational ban on tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008, overturning the … Continue reading “Prohibition 2.0: Critiquing the Generational Tobacco Ban”

Has Brexit damaged UK trade? Were the OBR’s predictions correct? In this week’s podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and … Continue reading “Has Brexit Damaged UK Trade? | IEA Podcast”

Preface The conflict in Ukraine shows that, yet again, we do not live in a peaceful world. Defence economics studies … Continue reading “The Case For Markets in Defence: Driving efficiency and effectiveness in military spending”

Contents Summary Contrary to initial concerns, Brexit has not had a major detrimental effect on UK–EU trade. Trade data doesn’t … Continue reading “Has Brexit Really Harmed UK Trade? Countering the Office for Budget Responsibility’s claims”

The UK’s trade patterns with the EU fail to show a Brexit effect, either since the referendum or the end … Continue reading “Brexit leaves UK trade unscathed, finds new IEA report”

Dictating words: The Culture-Control Left and the war against free speech, a new paper by IEA Head of Cultural Affairs … Continue reading “Authoritarian hate speech laws undermine free expression”

Dictating words: The Culture-Control Left and the war against free speech, a new paper by IEA Head of Cultural Affairs … Continue reading “Hate speech laws will never be enforced neutrally”

Hate speech laws are being used to shut down open, democratic debate Censorship advocates claim that certain viewpoints exercise coercive … Continue reading “Hate speech laws threaten free speech, says new IEA paper”

Contents Summary Liberal democracy today faces a very serious authoritarian challenge. Whereas reactionary conservatives previously wanted to restrict expression which, … Continue reading “Dictating words: The Culture-Control Left and the war against free speech”