Eurosceptics claim that UK sovereignty is hopelessly hampered by EU membership. This is inaccurate. Most key state powers such as taxation, … Continue reading “Why we must remain in the EU”

The City is split when it comes to Brexit. Certainly, the larger City institutions with significant EU business tend to … Continue reading “Costly EU regulation has not made financial services safer or better – but Brexit is no silver bullet”

‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’ is the rather clumsy … Continue reading “Breaking up is hard to do: Britain and the EU’s dysfunctional relationship”

Benjamin Wrench recently wrote a paper titled Risk and Reward: why the EU separates risk from reward and what this means … Continue reading “Brussels or London – which is the lesser of two evils?”

Not so long ago, I was a proud member of the free-market Eurosceptic crowd. For years, I quite literally made … Continue reading “I used to be a eurosceptic. Here’s why I changed my mind”

At our IEA Brexit debate, my opponent and colleague Diego Zuluaga appealed to the authority of Friedrich Hayek’s advocacy of … Continue reading “Hayek would have been a Brexiteer”

To conjecture what Hayek’s stance might have been on Britain’s EU referendum and the current state of the European project … Continue reading “Hayek would have voted to remain”

The IEA’s Brexit debate focuses exclusively on economic arguments, putting aside issues such as sovereignty, culture, and democratic legitimacy. Arguing … Continue reading “Should Free-Marketeers Support the EU?”

On 8 March 2016, the IEA hosted the event ‘Should supporters of free markets support Britain’s continuing membership of the … Continue reading “Free-marketeers should oppose Britain’s membership of the EU”