Publications Archives

Choice, Contract, Consent: A Restatement of Liberalism

1 June 1991

Research

Choice, Contract, Consent: A Restatement of Liberalism

1 June 1991

Choice, Contract, Consent, in restating liberalism, finds its rock-bottom foundations in six first principles that are either self-evident, or readily … Continue reading

Regulating European Labour Markets: More Costs than Benefits?

15 February 1991

Research

Regulating European Labour Markets: More Costs than Benefits?

John T Addison and W. Stanley Siebert

15 February 1991

The authors examine the history of EU labour market regulation, review studies of the impact of such regulation and conclude … Continue reading

Pricing for Pollution

15 January 1990

Research

Pricing for Pollution

Wilfred Beckerman

15 January 1990

Market pricing, government regulation, environmental policy

Traditionally, governments have relied on ‘command-and-control’ methods of pollution regulation – fixing standards, and relying on inspectorates and the backing … Continue reading

Private Money: The Path to Monetary Stability

10 November 1988

Research

Private Money: The Path to Monetary Stability

Kevin Dowd

10 November 1988

Groundbreaking analysis of the benefits of free banking

Kevin Dowd explains how central banking and the monopoly issue of currency by government have politicised and greatly destabilised the … Continue reading

No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System

15 July 1988

Research

No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System

Alan Evans

15 July 1988

The devastating economic impact of planning controls

The British Town and Country planning system was originally designed to guide rather than restrict development. It has grown into … Continue reading

Democratic Values and the Currency

1 January 1988

Research

Democratic Values and the Currency

Rt Hon Michael Portillo

1 January 1988

In this reprint of his January 1998 lecture to the IEA, Mr Portillo directly addresses the political issues raised by … Continue reading

Whose Business? A Radical Proposal to Privatise British Business Schools

15 June 1985

Research

Whose Business? A Radical Proposal to Privatise British Business Schools

Brian Griffiths and Hugh Murray

15 June 1985

Reform plan would have several beneficial results

Rigorous postgraduate and post-experience business education has a major contribution to make to the creation of wealth. However, the UK’s … Continue reading

Picking Losers…? The political economy of industrial policy

15 October 1983

Research

Picking Losers…? The political economy of industrial policy

John Burton

15 October 1983

Classic critique of selective government interventions

Industrial policy may be defined as government interference in the market process of economic evolution. Its main instrument is the … Continue reading

Transport without Politics…?

15 September 1982

Research

Transport without Politics…?

John Hibbs

15 September 1982

A study of the scope for competitive markets in road, rail and air

There is a common and rarely questioned assumption that transport is ‘special’, cannot be safely left to the market, and … Continue reading

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IEA Publications.

Choice, Contract, Consent: A Restatement of Liberalism

Choice, Contract, Consent: A Restatement of Liberalism

Regulating European Labour Markets: More Costs than Benefits?

Regulating European Labour Markets: More Costs than Benefits?

Pricing for Pollution

Pricing for Pollution

Private Money: The Path to Monetary Stability

Private Money: The Path to Monetary Stability

No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System

No Room! No Room! The Costs of the British Town and Country Planning System

Democratic Values and the Currency

Democratic Values and the Currency

Whose Business? A Radical Proposal to Privatise British Business Schools

Whose Business? A Radical Proposal to Privatise British Business Schools

Picking Losers…? The political economy of industrial policy

Picking Losers…? The political economy of industrial policy

Transport without Politics…?

Transport without Politics…?

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