Money printing could “send prices soaring,” writes The Times’ Economics Editor Philip Aldrick. Citing the IEA’s new briefing paper – … Continue reading “Central banks could be sowing the seeds for double-digit inflation”

Our new IEA briefing paper, “Inflation: The next threat?”, was cited in an article by the Daily Mail. The article … Continue reading “Policy response to Covid-19 storing up trouble for the future”

The financial crash knocked some of the stuffing out of the economics profession, though you wouldn’t know it given the … Continue reading “It’s time for diversity (in the unfashionable sense) at the Bank of England”

Commenting on the news that the Bank of England will cut the base interest rate to 0.25 per cent, Philip … Continue reading “Bank rate cut is premature”

The Cato Institute’s Professor George Selgin and the Institute of Economic Affairs’ Professor Philip Booth discuss the role of Central … Continue reading “Professor George Selgin: Do we really need Central Banks?”

Professor George Selgin on stability without Central Banks The 2016 Hayek Memorial Lecture, held on 8 June 2016 at Church … Continue reading “Hayek Lecture 2016 – Professor George Selgin”

Central banks not only broke the rules leading to the financial crash, but again in response to tackling the crisis. … Continue reading “Stable rules-based policy could avert another banking crisis”

To purchase a copy of Policy Stability and Economic Growth: Lessons from the Great Recession for £7.50, click here. For orders … Continue reading “Policy Stability and Economic Growth: Lessons from the Great Recession”

The Great Recession is now being mentioned in the past tense, which is progress of a kind. During its course … Continue reading “A monetarist explanation of the Great Recession”