- 01/07/2020
13:00 - 14:00
For several years now many activists and policymakers have called for greater agricultural protectionism and local food production. In the last two decades, however, "locavore" initiatives have repeatedly failed to deliver on their proponents' promises. Professor Desrochers will argue that this outcome was inevitable because they (re)created the problems that had historically motivated the development ... Continue reading
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Government and Institutions
- 30/06/2020
18:00 - 19:00
The IEA is delighted to host an In Conversation with Danny Kruger MP, who has been the Member of Parliament for Devizes since the 2019 general election. Prior to that Mr Kruger was Prime Minister Boris Johnson's political secretary, having had a number of roles in the Conservative Government prior to that. The webinar ... Continue reading
Trade, Development and Immigration
- 25/06/2020
13:00 - 14:00
Dr. Posen provides an evaluation of international cooperation against the current global health and economic crisis, amongst other fronts. Through his observations on how different countries and regions have coped with the crisis, he offers insights on how cooperation could look as the world moves forward from this crisis. Please register here.... Continue reading
Trade, Development and Immigration
- 24/06/2020
13:00 - 14:00
Concerns about immigration usually stem from a fear that immigration threatens to undermine the institutions and values of a liberal democratic society. Less often considered is the impact of immigration control on those same values and institutions. This presentation looks at the other side of the ledger. It also considers the implications of episodes like ... Continue reading
Government and Institutions
- 23/06/2020
12:30 - 13:30
The IEA will be hosting a webinar on “COVID 19: Views from Across the Asia Pacific region”, taking place on Tuesday 23rd June at 12:30 BST. Leading think tank heads and academics from the region will join Professor Syed Kamall [IEA Academic and Research Director] to discuss the economic impact of the virus, alongside the ... Continue reading
Monetary Policy
- 18/06/2020
13:00 - 14:00
In a new briefing paper, Dr Juan Castañeda and Professor Tim Congdon examine whether central banks are heedless of the inflation risks inherent in monetary financing of the much-enlarged government deficits. What are the risks of central banks following the so-called ‘New Keynesian Model’ consensus? Do central bank economists ignore changes in the quantity of ... Continue reading
Economic Theory
- 17/06/2020
13:00 - 14:00
In this talk, Dr Simon Kaye will outline his upcoming report on the Nobel Prize-winning political economist Elinor Ostrom, discussing how her ideas reach across political and ideological borders. It is telling that Ostrom’s work has nevertheless received little engagement among UK policymakers: a society and economy as centralised as the UK’s has little time ... Continue reading
- Inequality – challenging the status quo
16/06/2020
13:00 - 14:00
Inequality has been one of the dominant economic concerns over the past decade. Claims that increases in wealth benefit only those at the top and have a negligible impact on the lower rungs of the economic ladder are driving the discussion. However, these claims rest upon a tradition of analysing income developments over time by ... Continue reading
Government and Institutions
- 10/06/2020
13:00 - 14:00
Although it was never the subject of a book, Friedrich Hayek wrote a lot about international relations during his long career and had rather firm views on international order and how it could be achieved. In this webinar, these Hayekian views are presented in the context of the current COVID-crisis. What was Hayek's opinion about ... Continue reading
Government and Institutions
- 05/06/2020
18:00 - 19:00
Is the government striking the right balance between saving lives and the health of our economy? What lessons can we learn from overseas as other nations lift restrictions? What are the implications of Covid-19 on our civil liberties, 11 weeks into lockdown? Does epidemiological modelling take into account human behaviour? IEA Director General Mark Littlewood ... Continue reading