IEA Past Events

On Tuesday 23rd February, from 18:00 – 19:00 GMT, the Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host a discussion with Lord Hannan of Kingsclere for an episode of our In Conversation series with senior figures across public life. The IEA Director General, Mark Littlewood, will chair the discussion. Dan Hannan was the former Conservative (more…)

Every year we hold FREE economics conferences for A-Level and IB students. Pre-coronavirus, these would be in person with local schools invited but by going virtual we are able to open the conferences up to any A-Level and IB students interested in attending. We work with teachers to create the programme for talks based on (more…)

In conjunction with the Vinson Centre Every year the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Vinson Centre host free to attend seminars for A-Level/IB/Scottish Higher teachers of Economics and related subjects. The seminar features talks from prominent economists on topical issues and how they relate to the academic syllabus – this seminar will focus on (more…)

​On Tuesday 9th February, The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host a discussion with The Rt Hon David Davis MP for the latest episode of our In Conversation series with senior figures across public life. IEA Director General, Mark Littlewood, will chair the discussion. David Davis has been the Member of Parliament for (more…)

The IEA Book Club will be hosting Ryan Bourne for a private webinar on his forthcoming book, ‘Economics In One Virus: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning Through Covid-19’, which will be taking place on Monday 8th February from 18:00 – 19:00 GMT. Chairing this discussion with be Dr Stephen Davies, IEA Head of Education, and was the (more…)

​ The IEA Book Club will be hosting a private webinar with Michael Thom, Associate Professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California, to discuss his latest book “Taxing Sin”, which presents four key case studies on tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, and soda, arguing against the conventional wisdom in taxing these (more…)

On Tuesday January 26th, The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host a discussion with The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP in the latest episode of our In Conversation series with senior figures from across public life. The event will be chaired by IEA Director General, Mark Littlewood. Jacob has been the Member of (more…)

The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host the Rt Hon Baroness Morgan for the latest in our In Conversation series with senior figures across public life. On Tuesday 19th January, IEA Director of Communications Annabel Denham will chair a discussion with Baroness Morgan of Cotes, livestreamed on the IEA YouTube Channel. The conversation (more…)

On Tuesday 12th of January, the Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to host Douglas Carswell for the latest episode of our In Conversation series with senior figures from across public life. The discussion is to be chaired by IEA Director General, Mark Littlewood. Douglas previously served as the Member of Parliament for Clacton, where (more…)

The Hayek Memorial lecture has been an annual highlight in the IEA calendar since 1988, and this year we are thrilled to be honouring one of our own: acclaimed author, historian and IEA Head of Education Dr Stephen Davies. The event will take place at 6pm on Thursday 17th December, and will be live streamed (more…)