- 20/06/2018
09:45 - 14:30
This event hosted by the IEA is free to attend and is strictly for A-Level/IB/Scottish Higher teachers of Economics and related subjects. If you would like to reserve a place, please email Christiana at [email protected] and please also include the name of the school you teach at. Schedule: 9:45 – 10:00 Welcome Reception: Tea and ... Continue reading
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Government and Institutions
- 08/06/2018
12:45 - 13:45
The question of Scottish Independence remains at the top of the Scottish political agenda – a topic particularly pressing now given the UK’s impending exit from the EU, set for next year. Opponents to independence argue that it is in the economic interest of both England and Scotland to continue the union but this seemingly ... Continue reading
- 10/05/2018
18:00 - 19:30
Many people attracted to Objectivist moral and political philosophy misinterpret them in subjectivist ways, while many detractors of Ayn Rand’s ideas mistakenly attribute the bad behaviour of public figures to the influence of those ideas. This Future Freedom sheds light on the true meaning of objective self-interest and the correlative need for limited government. Dr ... Continue reading
- 29/03/2018
18:30 - 21:30
At 11pm on 29th March next year, Theresa May has vowed the UK will quit Europe. This week, Shanker Singham head of the IEA's new International Trade and Competition Unit, will participate in a debate organised by Prospect Magazine - examining whether Britain is adequately prepared for this departure. The debate will take place on 29 ... Continue reading
- 29/03/2018
09:00 - 17:10
Shanker Singham, head of the IEA's new International Trade and Development Unit, will be speaking at The UK in a Changing Europe's annual conference, on 29 March 2018. The conference will mark the anniversary of the triggering of Article 50, and provide an opportunity for a wide variety of stakeholders to present their views on the ... Continue reading
- 27/03/2018
18:45 - 20:15
Julian Jessop, Head of the IEA's Brexit Unit, will participate in a major debate on Brexit. The debate, organised by how to: Academy, will examine the Customs Union and arguments for a second referendum. For most Brexiteers, Brexit means a clean break with the Customs Union. Anything else would be, in the words of International ... Continue reading
- 08/03/2018
18:30 - 20:30
Bruno Leoni died prematurely in 1967 at the age of 54. In 1961, the Italian law scholar and political scientist had published Freedom and the Law: a slim and yet profound book which compared legislation with central planning and was based upon a reappraisal of the common law and judge-made laws. An unabashed Anglophile, Leoni ... Continue reading
- 07/03/2018
18:00 - 20:00
The IEA is delighted to invite you to attend a Future Freedom Film Screening, aimed at under 30s. We will be showing the documentary HALF WAY, directed and produced by BAFTA Breakthrough Brit and homelessness activist Daisy-May Hudson, followed by Dr Kristian Niemietz, Head of Health and Welfare at the IEA, on the UK housing ... Continue reading
- 26/02/2018
18:00 - 21:00
You are invited to attend the long-awaited Grand Final of The Economics Debate 2018, a national competition for universities which the IEA co-organises with UCL’s Economist’s Society each year. Managing Director at Oxera Consulting Dr Helen Jenkins, the IEA’s Head of Education Dr Steve Davies, and The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Director of Global Forecasting Mr ... Continue reading
Education
- 19/02/2018
18:00 - 20:00
You are invited to attend the Semi Final of The Economics Debate 2018, a national competition for universities which the IEA co-organises with UCL’s Economist’s Society each year. You can register for this event here. Congratulations to the teams from UCL, LSE, Bristol University and Warwick University who made it through to this year's Semi ... Continue reading