Monetary Policy

Increase interest rates!' voted the IEA's Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (a group of leading economists that meets to monitor monetary policy and comment on other monetary matters) at its July meeting.

The SMPC voted overwhelmingly to increase base rates by 0.25% expressing a view that the tightening of monetary policy by … Continue reading “SMPC Votes to Raise Interest Rates”
Transport

Serious constitutional, political and practical issues will have to be addressed by the government if it is to implement road pricing in practice

“Serious constitutional, political and practical issues will have to be addressed by the government if it is to implement road … Continue reading “Pricing Our Roads – The Major Constitutional and Political Issues”
Monetary Policy

For Immediate Release. The IEA's Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (a group of leading economists that meets to monitor monetary policy and comment on other monetary matters) voted to increase interest rates at its April meeting.

A number of members believed that a 0.5% immediate increase was warranted because of the strength of the housing market … Continue reading “SMPC Votes to Raise Interest Rates”
Government and Institutions

An alternative constitution for the EU has been suggested by a group of academic experts, today, in a report released by the IEA*. In a multi-authored study they strongly criticise the on-going process attempting to develop the new European Constitution

The IEA’s authors suggest a different constitutional model that is highly practical whilst soundly grounded in political theory and historical … Continue reading “IEA authors call for new model for Europe”
Housing and Planning

The current planning system satisfies nobody and should be privatised, argues John Corkindale, former economic advisor to the Department of the Environment and author of The Land Use Planning System, Evaluating Options for Reform.

Currently, rights to develop land are nationalised permission is required from local authorities or national government to develop or change … Continue reading “Get Politicians Out of Planning”
Regulation

For Immediate Release. Stakeholder models of corporate governance should be opposed, argues Dr Elaine Sternberg, author of Corporate Governance: Accountability in the Marketplace, the latest paper from the iea.

In this robust and comprehensively free-market defence of Anglo-American systems of corporate governance, the author argues that stakeholder models allow … Continue reading “Shareholders Harmed by Regulation of Corporate Governance”