IEA Past Events

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 (more…)

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 (more…)

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 (more…)

The figures suggest that the level of public debt as a share of national income, already heading for 100 per cent, will continue to rise throughout the course of the current parliament. Pandemics are exceptional events, like world wars or natural catastrophes. During such moments, the usual rules free marketeers believe are best for economy (more…)

Dr. Kealey is a professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Buckingham, where he served as vice chancellor until 2014. Dr Kealey argues that the UK and U.S. handled Covid-19 badly because their public health science is controlled by government. He recommends separating scientific powers, in order to free public health science and government to (more…)

The IEA Book Club will be hosting renowned libertarian scholar Michael Munger, who will be discussing his forthcoming IEA Book about the sharing economy, “Platforms: Perils and Promise”. The webinar will be taking place on Tuesday 2nd June at 18:00 BST, and will be chaired by Professor Syed Kamall, the IEA’s Academic and Research Director. (more…)

The IEA Book Club will be hosting an webinar with Dr Stephen Davies [IEA Head of Education] to discuss his latest book “The Economics and Politics of Brexit: The Realignment of British Public Life”. This Book Club webinar will be taking place on Thursday 28th May, from 18:00 – 19:00 BST, and will be chaired (more…)

Join the special guest webinar, hosted by St Mary’s University, partnered with the IEA, to discuss the topic ‘Cross-Contamination: exploring disease in literary narratives and the historical links between disease and globalisation’. Guests include: Dr Steve Davies – Head of Education, Institute of Economic Affairs Madeline Grant – Assistant Comment Editor, The Telegraph Chaired by (more…)

Dr Christian Sandstrom and Dr Karl Wennberg will be joining us to discuss their new book, Bureaucrats or Markets in Innovation Policy? Based on a major interdisciplinary research program with a special focus on Sweden, paired with international research, Dr Sandstrom and Dr Wennberg will explain how targeted interventions and firm subsidies do not have (more…)

Leading think tank heads from Germany, Italy and Greece will join us to analyse their governments’ economic response to the pandemic and provide an assessment on the looming economic crisis. How are these three EU member states responding to the massive fall in GDP and skyrocketing unemployment numbers? What is the role of the single (more…)