“Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy” The IEA will be hosting an upcoming event with Mario Rizzo on his book, “Escaping Paternalism”. This event will take place on Tuesday 25th March from 18:00 – 20:30 at the IEA Westminster offices. Chris Snowdon (IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics) will chair this event. ‘Escaping Paternalism’, published in 2019, (more…)

“Return to Growth: How to Fix the Economy” The IEA will be hosting an upcoming event with Lord Moynihan on his book, “Return to Growth: How to Fix the Economy”. This event will take place on Thursday 27th March from 18:00 – 20:00 at the IEA Westminster offices. Tom Clougherty, the IEA’s Executive Director, will chair this (more…)

  Foucault and Liberal Political Economy   About the discussion In this Food for Thought Mark Pennington explores the compatibility of Michel Foucault’s post-modern social theory and philosophy with the principles of liberal political economy. Drawing on arguments from his forthcoming book Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom (Oxford University Press) he will show (more…)