Schooling for Money: Swedish Education Reform and the Role of the Profit Motive (web publication)

15 December 2010
Research

Schooling for Money: Swedish Education Reform and the Role of the Profit Motive (web publication)

Gabriel H. Sahlgren
15 December 2010

An analysis of how the profit motive drove competition and therefore improvements in the Swedish education system

This IEA Discussion Paper looks at the role of for-profit schools in Sweden and for the first time provides quantitative … Continue reading “Schooling for Money: Swedish Education Reform and the Role of the Profit Motive (web publication)”

Transforming welfare – incentives, localisation and non-discrimination (web publication)

12 November 2010
Research

Transforming welfare – incentives, localisation and non-discrimination (web publication)

Kristian Niemietz
12 November 2010

Radical solutions need to be sought to get people off welfare and back into work

In the thirty-second IEA Discussion Paper, Poverty Research Fellow Kristian Niemietz puts forward solutions which would substantially simplify the welfare … Continue reading “Transforming welfare – incentives, localisation and non-discrimination (web publication)”

The Moral Limits to the Market Economy, and the Financial Crash (web publication)

30 September 2010
Research

The Moral Limits to the Market Economy, and the Financial Crash (web publication)

Philip Booth
30 September 2010

A market economy can nurture good human attributes

In the thirtieth IEA Discussion Paper, Philip Booth examines the moral limits to the market economy. Christians often express concerns … Continue reading “The Moral Limits to the Market Economy, and the Financial Crash (web publication)”