The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is hosting a Sixth Form Conference in partnership with the Perse School on Wednesday 15th January 2025.   At the conference, students will have the opportunity to hear from three expert speakers from the IEA. This is an excellent chance for A-Level Economics students to go beyond the curriculum (more…)

A Defence of Preference-Based Approaches to Welfare Evaluations in Public Policy About the discussion This paper combines insights from welfare economics, political philosophy and cross-disciplinary well-being research to defend preference-based approaches to welfare evaluations in public policy against a series of influential objections. The paper explicates and addresses in turn: the objection from respect; the objection from individual agency; the (more…)