National Service, another failed idea that never dies, is in the news again. It would be tempting to dismiss the … Continue reading “The Economics of National Service”

Will Hutton, the well-known political commentator and former Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, has gone into print in The Guardian to attack … Continue reading “Empire, the slave trade, and Britain’s wealth”

The Centre for Policy Studies has released new research today arguing that the UK should drastically limit legal immigration. The paper … Continue reading “Review: Taking Back Control by Robert Jenrick MP, Neil O’Brien MP & Karl Williams”

The IEA has learnt with sadness of the death of Frank Field, the MP for Birkenhead for almost 40 years … Continue reading “RIP Frank Field (1942–2024)”

A BBC Report finds that, forty years after the Miners’ Strike, former coal-mining areas remain economically depressed. The Beeb’s survey suggests … Continue reading “We should help people to move to where the jobs are”

In recent years, doctors have increasingly replaced face-to-face medical consultations with telephone or virtual ones. 3 in 10 consultations are … Continue reading “A Hayekian take on telemedicine”

On 14 February, the IEA and the Vinson Centre – ever the hopeless romantics – organised a conference for teachers … Continue reading “Privatisation vs Nationalisation: the case of healthcare”

According to the latest forecasts by the Office for National Statistics, the population of the UK is going to increase … Continue reading “Why high population growth need not be a problem”

The greater use of outsourcing in national defence could encourage efficiency, innovation and better services and equipment for military personnel … Continue reading “Defence outsourcing could save taxpayer money, says new IEA paper”