IEA Past Events

Now in their twenty-ninth year, The Beesley Lectures were founded by Professor Michael Beesley, one of the most influential regulatory economists of his time. Held in partnership with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy at City, University of London, the series attracts the foremost thinkers in government, industry (more…)

Now in their twenty-ninth year, The Beesley Lectures were founded by Professor Michael Beesley, one of the most influential regulatory economists of his time. Held in partnership with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy at City, University of London, the series attracts the foremost thinkers in government, industry (more…)

Every year the Institute of Economic Affairs hosts a free to attend seminar 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 the state of the UK economy after Covid, Labour markets (more…)

Earlier in the year, Dr Stephen Davies authored a briefing paper titled: “Going Viral: The History and Economics of Pandemics”. In it, he identified how most viral pandemics last for two years. With that in mind, he concluded, this crisis could be behind us by Summer 2021. How is this knowledge influencing policymaking, if at (more…)

The IEA will be hosting a webinar on the topic of “The Future of UK-China Relations Post Covid-19 which will be taking place on Wednesday 28th October at 18:00 BST. Chairing this virtual event will be Professor Syed Kamall (IEA Academic and Research Director). Our panel will include the following guest speakers: David Davis MP (more…)

A new book from Dr Eamonn Butler explores and examines how entrepreneurship drives economic progress and how governments can create the optimal conditions for entrepreneurs to thrive. What part does entrepreneurship play in boosting innovation, progress, productivity and growth – and why is this overlooked in economics textbooks? Do we underestimate the contributions of entrepreneurship, (more…)

The IEA Book Club is delighted to host, for the second time this year, the revolutionary, acclaimed book, radio series and podcast, bestselling economist, Tim Harford, to discuss his forthcoming book “How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers”. This webinar will take place on Tuesday 20th October at (more…)

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE Sunday 11th October marks the 15th anniversary of the death of Arthur Seldon, economist and polemicist and co-founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs. The commemorate the anniversary, the IEA is delighted to host an in conversation event with Arthur’s son, Sir Anthony Seldon, to reflect on his contribution to liberty and (more…)

The IEA Book Club is delighted to host Ronald Bailey and Marian Tupy, to discuss their latest book “Ten Global Trends That Every Smart Person Needs to Know: And Many Other Trends You Will Find Interesting”. Think the world is getting worse? You’re wrong: the world is, for the most part, not getting worse. But (more…)

The joint webinar with the St. Mary’s University Twickenham will be discussing what we can learn in 2020 from someone who many regard as the ‘father’ of the Social Market Economy, Ludwig Erhard and who was widely considered to be one of the key people responsible for the German economic recovery in the 1950’s. Gisela (more…)