New Vision: Transforming the BBC into a subscriber-owned mutual

Professor Philip Booth
10 October 2019
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New Vision: Transforming the BBC into a subscriber-owned mutual

IEA Current Controversies 71

There is a long history of governments and incumbent vested interests restricting competition in broadcasting for their own ends. Those interests have subtly changed the definition of public service broadcasting in a way that seems to serve producer interests rather than being helpful in informing good public policy debate. The current definition of public service ... Continue reading
Professor Philip Booth
10 October 2019
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Plan A: Creating a prosperous post-Brexit UK

Shanker Singham and Radomir Tylecote
27 September 2019
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Plan A: Creating a prosperous post-Brexit UK

The opportunity before the UK as a result of Brexit is, this paper proposes, a great one: but if the UK squanders it, what has been described as the ‘new normal’ of limited economic growth could prevail, with an EU system that does not appear to be responding on a competitive level to the challenges ... Continue reading
Shanker Singham and Radomir Tylecote
27 September 2019
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School of Thought

Eamonn Butler
29 August 2019
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School of Thought

101 Great Liberal Thinkers

SCHOOL OF THOUGHT – 101 Great Liberal Thinkers profiles the lives and ideas of some of the leading thinkers on individual liberty – from ancient times to the present day. Award-winning author Eamonn Butler outlines key elements of liberal thought and takes a chronological look at those who shaped it across the centuries. He identifies ... Continue reading
Eamonn Butler
29 August 2019
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Cooking for Bureaucrats

16 August 2019
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Cooking for Bureaucrats

Why the policy of food reformulation is hard to stomach

Under the UK government’s policy of ‘reformulation’, food products are subject to government targets for the reduction of salt, sugar and calories. It puts Public Health England in the position of monitoring and effectively regulating the composition of virtually every part of the prepared food supply, including not only ready-meals and supermarket biscuits but also ... Continue reading
16 August 2019
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Raising the Roof

22 July 2019
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Raising the Roof

How to solve the United Kingdom's housing crisis

The United Kingdom’s housing costs are now among the highest on earth, the economic and social impacts severe. Since 1970, the average price of a house has risen four and a half-fold after inflation. No other OECD country has experienced a price increase of this magnitude over this period. London is virtually the most expensive ... Continue reading
22 July 2019
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Regulation without the State

Professor Philip Booth
19 July 2019
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Regulation without the State

The example of financial services

There are frequent calls for financial markets to be more actively regulated. In nearly all cases it is assumed that regulation must come from state agencies such as the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority. This analysis arises from neo-classical, market-failure approaches to economics which suggest that the market does not maximise welfare ... Continue reading
Professor Philip Booth
19 July 2019
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School Choice around the World

4 July 2019
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School Choice around the World

...and the lessons we can learn

Education reforms that allow new educational providers to supply schooling into a state system can improve parental satisfaction and raise learning outcomes through consumer choice. Private school choice programmes in the US have been shown to strengthen the civic virtues of young citizens. Choice provides children with schooling that matches their interests. A child engaged ... Continue reading
4 July 2019
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Fertile Ground

Shanker Singham
14 June 2019
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Fertile Ground

Opportunities and challenges for UK agriculture

This paper examines the current state of UK agriculture and makes recommendations as to what the long term goals of a UK agricultural policy could be, after the UK leaves the EU, in a way that maximises the potential benefits of a genuinely independent agricultural policy, while minimising the disruptions caused by leaving the EU. ... Continue reading
Shanker Singham
14 June 2019
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Not everyone’s cup of tea…

Catherine McBride
24 May 2019
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Not everyone’s cup of tea…

IEA Financial Services unit releases report outlining the unintended consequences of MifID II regulations

MiFID II, together with MiFIR (Regulation (EU) No 600/2014), was intended to create a more transparent, competitive and integrated financial market in the EU by reducing trading outside regulated markets, increasing protection for investors and consumers, and improving financial stability. The Directive harmonises the EU regulatory regime with respect to organisational requirements for investment firms, ... Continue reading
Catherine McBride
24 May 2019
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