Reacting to the latest inflation figures, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “The news that … Continue reading “Good news on inflation comes with some big caveats”

This blog post was first published on Institute of Economic Affairs Insider on Substack. Subscribe to receive IEA blogs straight … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #6 – Housing”

The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, former Secretary of State for Defence, spoke at the IEA on The Road to … Continue reading “Rt Hon Liam Fox on Honest Money”

GDP growth of 0.7 per cent in the final quarter of 2013 has finally confirmed that the recovery is taking … Continue reading “Working harder – but not more productively”

The US, EU and China are the Big Three in the world. Since the global financial crisis, the conventional wisdom … Continue reading “The Big Three”

George Osborne continues to make the same error he made in previous budgets. He is assuming the British economy will … Continue reading “Chancellor still taking a dangerous gamble on future growth”

Italy had its general election on February 25-26. The centre-left coalition led by the Democratic Party’s Pier Luigi Bersani obtained a … Continue reading “Italy is the sick man of Europe, and also very contagious”

French president Francois Hollande is walking on a tightrope. Many of the promises he has made seem to be untenable. … Continue reading “The failing policies of Francois Hollande”

The statisticians will be arguing about the last quarter’s growth figures for years. Was it really a 0.7 per cent … Continue reading “Stagnation Britain: Osborne has played his hand extremely badly”