In an opinion piece for The Sunday Telegraph, IEA Director General Mark Littlewood outlines three things Britain can do to … Continue reading “How Britain can boom post-Brexit”

This week the IEA and Civitas published a joint paper, Rebooting Britain, on the economics of the Covid-19 crisis, written … Continue reading “The UK economy should be able to reboot itself, if markets are allowed to work properly again”

This is an election where the likely outcome is “no change”. There will be no change to the government in … Continue reading “Over-regulation risks killing financial innovation at birth”

There is no shortage of commentators who blame Mrs Thatcher’s supposed deregulation of the City for the crash of 2008. … Continue reading “Thatcher started the regulatory tide”

Much has been made in EU circles of Jean-Claude Juncker’s €315 billion Investment Plan, which he announced in late November … Continue reading “The EU needs supply-side reform”

In this video the IEA’s Senior Research Fellow Kristian Niemietz outlines a free-market approach to the cost of living squeeze. … Continue reading “Cost of living crisis: causes and solutions”

To me, reducing poverty matters very much. That is why I believe in a market economy. However, I am entirely … Continue reading “Does inequality matter?”

As Britain’s short term growth prospects improve, pressure for further economic reforms recedes. Over the past two years Parliament has … Continue reading “What Britain can learn from Canada and Australia”

Childcare policy used to be a very simple issue. Classical liberals, and many conservatives, used to argue that if parents … Continue reading “The coalition’s new plans are wholly inadequate to deal with the spiralling cost of childcare”