IEA Past Events

  • Jun
  • 27

Join us at Church House for an evening with renowned economist, Dr Arthur Laffer.

  •  27/06/2012
     17:30
Wednesday 27th June, 6.30pm for 6.45pm – 7.50pm Whilst some economists are arguing that EU countries need to reduce taxes and increase government spending in order to boost demand, this is not a course that Britain has taken for very good reason. Nevertheless, raising tax rates over the last few years has been a mistake. (more…)

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Address:
Harvey Goodwin Suite, Church House, Church House Dean's Yard, London, SW1P 3NZ

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  • Jun
  • 26

An Occasional Lecture on how to protect entrepreneurial capitalism

  •  26/06/2012
     17:30
The Institute of Economic Affairs would like to invite you to an Occasional Lecture: Crony Capitalism vs Entrepreneurial Capitalism, presented by Fred L Smith Jr, President and Founder, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC. Why does Crony Capitalism (a societal negative sum game) wax while Entrepreneurial Capitalism (a very positive sum game) wanes?  “Even the most rational commentators,” a (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • Jun
  • 19

An Occasional Lecture on how to shrink the size of government

  •  19/06/2012
     17:30
In the wake of bailouts, stimulus packages, regulatory expansion, and a massive new entitlement programme, ObamaCare, many Americans are alarmed by the rapid growth of the state. But previous rebellions against Big Government, such as the “swing to the right” of the 1980s, failed to substantially roll back government intervention in the economy. Will today’s (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • Jun
  • 13

The next part of the IEA's big steps to a smaller state series

  •  13/06/2012
     17:30
The coalition government has announced significant cuts in public spending without reviewing radically the functions that government should undertake. It is now clear that further cuts may be necessary to get the economy back on track, as well as being desirable in order to reduce the role of government in the economy. Furthermore, radical reform (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • Jun
  • 12

Join us at the IEA for the launch of this new book

  •  12/06/2012
     17:30
Society is cracking. Lurching from economic disaster to social decay, our modern day is plagued by sickness. Deepak Lal, world-renowned economist, tackles the hidden roots of our problems in his visionary book Lost Causes. Providing a completely new framework for socio-economic understanding with articles cherry-picked from his work over the last twenty years, Lal challenges (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • May
  • 30

Mark Skousen will discuss Hayek vs Keynes and the importance of free market economics

  •  30/05/2012
     17:30
The Institute of Economic Affairs would like to invite you to an Occasional Lecture: Hayek v. Keynes: Who is on Top?, delivered by Mark Skousen. The great Austrian economist Hayek was the principal defender of the classical policies of Adam Smith and Keynes’s chief antagonist. The classical model of Adam Smith, his “system of natural liberty,” favoured (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • May
  • 16
  •  16/05/2012
     17:30
The Institute of Economic Affairs invites you to attend an exclusive head-to-head debate on Drugs: The War We Never Fought. Journalist, broadcaster and author Peter Hitchens (whose new book provides the title for this session) argues that politicians, lawyers and police long ago gave up any serious attempt to restrict drug use in the UK (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • Apr
  • 26

How did China become capitalist, and will she remain so?

  •  26/04/2012
     17:30
The growth of a form of capitalism in China is one of the major economic events of the post-war period. Even though incomes are low by western standards, given the size of the Chinese population the country is now a major economic power. Few envisaged this happening a generation ago. China’s future development now has (more…)

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Address:
IEA, 2 Lord North Street, London, SW1 (door on Great Peter Street)

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  • Apr
  • 18

A lunch time panel discussion on the future of the Euro

  •  18/04/2012
     11:00
The Institute of Economic Affairs and Bloomberg are delighted to invite you to a lunch and address on: The Euro ‘end game’? The Euro crisis continues to limp along unresolved. Support is being provided in ever more opaque ways to prevent the crisis from coming to a head. In light of this we are bringing (more…)

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Address:
Bloomberg, City Gate House, 39 - 45 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1PQ

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  • Mar
  • 29

Prof Elinor Ostrom speaks on market failure and government regulation

  •  29/03/2012
     17:30
The Institute of Economic Affairs and CQS are pleased to host the Twenty-First Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Elinor Ostrom, speaking on the subject Future of the Commons: Beyond Market Failure and Government Regulation. Lecture and Q&A (6:30pm for) 6:45pm-8:15pm, Reception 8:15pm-9:00pm Prof Ostrom is the Arthur F. (more…)

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Address:
Church House Conference Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ

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