IEA Head of Politcial Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz  has written an article for The Telegraph saying Anti-capitalism is based on … Continue reading “We should be profoundly relaxed if people make a killing by ridding us of Covid”

Responding to the news that Public Health England is looking to hire a Chief Economist, the IEA’s Head of Lifestyle … Continue reading “Public Health England needs putting out of its misery”

Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review this Wednesday, IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop told the Financial Times that there’s “no … Continue reading “The chancellor should do everything he can to support the recovery”

Responding to the Fawcett Society’s Equal Pay Day campaign (20 November 2020), Annabel Denham, Director of Communications at free-market think … Continue reading “Equal Pay Day campaign wrong to suggest women are now ‘working for free’, says IEA expert”

Responding to reports that the Treasury will announce a public sector pay freeze in next week’s Spending Review, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow … Continue reading “Public sector pay freeze “appropriate” at this time, says IEA expert”

Ahead of next week’s spending review, the IEA’s Economics Fellow Julian Jessop told The Telegraph that due to low borrowing … Continue reading “No good arguments for raising taxes right now”

The IEA’s Director General Mark Littlewood argued that many of the measures announced by the Prime Minister as part of … Continue reading “PM’s green plan “relies on the false assumption that the state is best placed to pick winners””

The government’s pump-priming of the green revolution amounts to “an unsatisfactorily high £48,000 per job created”, the IEA’s Director General … Continue reading “Carbon pricing the way to green the economy”

Responding to the government’s 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, Mark Littlewood, Director General of the free-market think tank the … Continue reading “IEA responds to the Prime Minister’s plan for a green industrial revolution”