IEA Past Events

The IEA will be hosting an upcoming panel discussion on ‘Prohibition 2.0: the future of UK tobacco policy’ which is taking place on Wednesday 29th November from 17:30 – 19:30. This will be held at the IEA (2 Lord North Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3LB). In October, Rishi Sunak announced plans to introduce a generational ban (more…)

In this IEA Education academic lunch, Dr. Stefan Kirkegaard Sløk-Madsen will lead a discussion on Danish economic history. Dr. Sløk-Madsen, Head of Education at CEPOS, will draw on his recent book ‘Danish Capitalism in the 20th Century out on Palgrave Macmillan’, which outlines the origins of Danish Capitalism and prosperity, from a poor and devastated (more…)

The panel will discuss the government’s Digital Markets and Competition Bill, building on the recent publication, “Digital Overload”, written by the ICLE’s Dirk Auer and Lazar Radic and the IEA’s Matthew Lesh. The paper focuses on the extensive new powers given to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to tackle alleged anticompetitive practices in digital (more…)

Each year the IEA puts on a host of Sixth Form conferences across the UK. This morning’s conference will cover a broad range of topics relevant to the A-Level Economics and Business courses. In the past, conferences have covered topics including inflation, housing, and government spending. Places for these conferences are allocated on a first (more…)

Each year the IEA puts on a host of Sixth Form conferences across the UK. This morning’s conference will cover a broad range of topics relevant to the A-Level Economics and Business courses. In the past, conferences have covered topics including inflation, housing, and government spending. Places for these conferences are allocated on a first (more…)

Each year the IEA puts on a host of Sixth Form conferences across the UK. This morning’s conference will cover a broad range of topics relevant to the A-Level Economics and Business courses. In the past, conferences have covered topics including inflation, housing, and government spending. Places for these conferences are allocated on a first (more…)

Each year the IEA puts on a host of Sixth Form conferences across the UK. This morning’s conference will cover a broad range of topics relevant to the A-Level Economics and Business courses. In the past, conferences have covered topics including inflation, housing, and government spending. Places for these conferences are allocated on a first (more…)

The IEA Book Club will be hosting an upcoming event with Marian Tupy on his latest book, “Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet”. This event will take place on Thursday 2nd November from 12:00 – 14:00 at the IEA Westminster offices. Chairing this event is TBC. (more…)

The IEA will be hosting a panel debate on the motion, ‘Transgender Ideology: A threat to liberal values?’ Doors will open at 6:30pm for a 7pm start. Drinks will be served between 6:30 and the start of the debate. Debates surrounding gender identity have gained prominence in the last few years. Trans rights activists have argued (more…)

In April 2012, then-Shadow Treasurer, Joe Hockey, delivered a speech to the Institute of Economic Affairs in London entitled “The End of The Age of Entitlement”. Hockey spoke about the unsustainable nature of universal entitlements that have been ignored for years. The speech was judged one of the most important speeches by an Australian in (more…)