The reactions of much of the commentariat in the UK and elsewhere to the policy challenge represented by the coronavirus … Continue reading “Scientism and the Coronavirus Pandemic:  A Hayekian View”

Professor Mark Pennington, Professor of Political Economy at King’s College and IEA Trustee, speaks about the support the IEA offered … Continue reading “IEA at 60 – Mark Pennington”

The late Professor Ronald Coase made huge contributions to the development of economics over 75 years. From his paper on … Continue reading “Mark Pennington on The Influence of Coase on Economic Policy – The Next 50 Years”

Throughout her career the late Elinor Ostrom was keen to avoid crude ideological labelling, and the title of her 2012 Hayek … Continue reading “Elinor Ostrom on privatisation”

Throughout her career the late Elinor Ostrom was keen to avoid crude ideological labelling, and the title of her 2012 Hayek … Continue reading “Elinor Ostrom on privatisation”

The mention of public choice theory to those on ‘the left’ of politics can prompt a variety of reactions. Some … Continue reading “‘The Left’ and Public Choice Theory”

I am no fan of the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement, which one or two libertarians not with standing, is a … Continue reading “Two Views on ‘Structured Inequality’”

Nearly ten years ago, IEA author Mark Pennington argued that British land use planning policies were characterised by public choice … Continue reading “Housing policy in the public choice trap”

If ‘status anxiety’ is as big a threat to individual well-being as many egalitarians seem to think then logically they … Continue reading “Sex, luck and distributive justice”