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Research is at the very heart of the IEA. Our comprehensive programme of books, papers and briefings – featuring a range of writers from new authors to Nobel Prize winners – provides the intellectual framework for our extensive and far-reaching communication, education and outreach activities.

This peer–reviewed research challenges received wisdoms, questions government policies and puts forward radical free-market solutions to today’s – and tomorrow’s – economic and social problems.

Advertising in a Free Society

16 September 2014

Research

Advertising in a Free Society

Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon. With an introduction by Christopher Snowdon. Foreword by Jane S. Shaw

16 September 2014

A book about the importance of freedom within the advertising industry

To download a copy to your e-reader, click here. To purchase a copy of Advertising in a Free Society, at £12.50 … Continue reading

The Flaws in Rent Ceilings

8 September 2014

Research

The Flaws in Rent Ceilings

Ryan Bourne

8 September 2014

New research highlights the dangers of regulating the private rental market

Summary Rent controls are probably the best researched and understood form of price control in economics. Their consequences are widely … Continue reading

The Fat Lie

18 August 2014

Research

The Fat Lie

Christopher Snowdon

18 August 2014

Inactivity, not calorie consumption, behind rising obesity in the UK

Summary: The rise in obesity in recent decades is popularly believed to be the result of increased consumption of calories … Continue reading

From Crisis to Confidence: Macroeconomics after the Crash

14 August 2014

Research

From Crisis to Confidence: Macroeconomics after the Crash

Roger Koppl

14 August 2014

A book about understanding the long economic slump since 2008

To download a copy to your e-reader, click here. To purchase a copy of From Crisis to Confidence, at £12.50 each, … Continue reading

New Private Monies: A Bit-Part Player?

17 June 2014

Research

New Private Monies: A Bit-Part Player?

Kevin Dowd

17 June 2014

A book about Bitcoin and other electronic currencies

To download a copy to your e-reader, click here. To purchase a copy of New Private Monies: A Bit-Part Player, click … Continue reading

Punishing the Majority

15 June 2014

Research

Punishing the Majority

John C. Duffy and Christopher Snowdon

15 June 2014

The problems with alcohol policy in the UK

Summary Alcohol policy in Britain and many other countries aims to reduce per capita alcohol consumption in the belief that … Continue reading

Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy Revised Second Edition

23 May 2014

Research

Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy Revised Second Edition

Philip Booth. With Contributions by Samuel Gregg, Kishore Jayabalan, Robert Kennedy, Michael Miller, Denis O’Brien, Dennis O’Keeffe, Anthony Percy, Robert A. Sirico, Thomas woods and Andrew Yuengert. Foreword by John Kennedy and preface by Leonard P. Liggio.

23 May 2014

A fresh Catholic-Christian perspective on the role of the government and the market

The second edition of Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy is a much expanded and updated version of a … Continue reading

A U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom

10 May 2014

Research

A U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom

Grover Norquist. With contributions by Nima Sanandaji, Matthew Sinclair and David B. Smith

10 May 2014

A book about the prospects for reducing the size of the state

To download a copy to your e-reader, click here. To purchase a copy of A U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom, … Continue reading

Failure to Transform: High-Speed Rail and the Regeneration Myth

28 April 2014

Research

Failure to Transform: High-Speed Rail and the Regeneration Myth

Dr Richard Wellings

28 April 2014

New research casts serious doubt on claims HS2 will regenerate the North

Summary · The economic transformation of the North of England is now central to the government’s promotion of High Speed … Continue reading

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