- Feb
- 9
An Evening Panel Discussion - Filling the gap - liberating the supply side of the UK economy
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09/02/2011
18:30
It is important that we move the economic debate from deficit reduction to the need to improve the supply side of the UK economy so that the private sector can fill the gap created by partial retrenchment of the public sector. This supply side agenda should include issues such as: labour market deregulation, reduction in (more…)
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- Jan
- 27
Gambling - A Healthy Bet
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27/01/2011
18:15
Gambling is good for us, according to Patrick Basham and John Luik’s provocative new book, Gambling — A Healthy Bet. The authors argue gambling is a net contributor to public health, economic life, and an important component of a liberal society. Gambling has become a widespread pastime for a simple, single, and unassailable reason: gambling (more…)
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- Jan
- 20
Robust Political Economy: Classical Liberalism and the Future of Public Policy
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20/01/2011
18:30
‘Mark Pennington presents a wide ranging and imaginative treatment of the superiority of classical liberalism over the various state-centered ideologies that presently enjoy wide currency. Among other things, we learn why people who are concerned with inequality and social solidarity should embrace the minimal state of classical liberalism and reject today’s total states with their (more…)
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- Jan
- 19
Poverty, Inequality and Prosperity
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19/01/2011
18:30
In the context of a major new work that the IEA will be publishing on the measurement of poverty, we have organised a panel discussion on poverty and inequality. The debate surrounding whether poverty should be measured in absolute or relative terms is vital for understanding how to approach policy in this area. Furthermore, many (more…)
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- Jan
- 18
The Basic Axioms and Fundamental Principles of a Free Market Economy
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18/01/2011
18:30
Most discussions of how economies work start in the middle where there is already a functioning economy. Indeed, it is always assumed in every economics text that markets are already in operation, money exists, labour is at work and capital is in place. What such discussions do not do is explain the basic economic problem (more…)
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- Jan
- 13
How the West was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead
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13/01/2011
18:30
Please note this event has been cancelled. The Adam Smith Institute are holiding a similar event on Jan 25th 2011. If you wish to attend, please click here. How the West was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead is about unintended consequences – good policy intentions that yield bad (economic) outcomes. A (more…)
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- Jan
- 11
An Austrian Perspective on the Great Recession 2008-2009
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11/01/2011
17:45
Drinks reception 5:45pm, Lecture 6.30pm-7.30pm The Great Recession has been, at least in the US, arguably the worst recession since World War II. It has been variously blamed on greed, irrationality, and other supposed failures of capitalism. In this talk, Prof Horwitz will offer an Austrian perspective on the Great Recession, focusing on the role (more…)
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- Dec
- 16
How free market and liberal is UKIP? An interview with UKIP Leader Nigel Farage
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16/12/2010
18:30
Nigel Farage has recently become leader of UK Independence Party for the second time. But where will his leadership take UKIP? Where does his party stand on taxation, the economy and free markets? Find out in this fascinating session, as he is quizzed in a special face-to-face interview by Mark Littlewood – who will pose (more…)
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- Nov
- 24
The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics
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24/11/2010
18:30
An IEA Panel Discussion & Launch of The Big Society: The Anatomy of the New Politics by Jesse Norman MP “You can call it liberalism. You can call it empowerment. You can call it freedom. You can call it responsibility. I call it the Big Society” David Cameron, Prime Minister The idea of a ‘Big (more…)
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- Nov
- 10
The Future of the Euro
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10/11/2010
18:30
Though the Euro crisis is not in the headlines right now, the fundamental problems remain. Structural imbalances, government indebtedness and rigid labour markets all mean that EU countries have great difficulty responding to economic shocks. The ceding of control over monetary policy in the Euro zone countries seems to have removed the only mechanism to (more…)
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