Ten years ago today, George Monbiot wrote an article for the Guardian titled ‘In this age of diamond saucepans, only … Continue reading “Remember the real champions of austerity: George Monbiot and the eco-miserabilists”

Many experts predicted dire economic consequences if Britons should go against their advice and vote for Brexit. Prof Barry Eichengreen … Continue reading “Adventures in Guardianland, Part 2: Were the experts right on Brexit, after all?”

The IEA was honoured to welcome Cato Institute Senior Fellow and well-known American libertarian scholar Dan Mitchell to London to … Continue reading “An interview with Dan Mitchell”

‘The rich keep getting richer’. If you’ve been watching Channel 4 over recent weeks, you will likely have been subjected … Continue reading “The financial crisis saw the UK become more equal. That was nothing to celebrate”

IEA and Free Enterprise Group – Conservative Party Conference event Speakers: Mark Littlewood (chair), Institute of Economic Affairs Andrea Leadsom … Continue reading “Lessons from the Recession: A Manifesto for Change”

George Osborne capitalised on some good economic news in his speech yesterday. He argued that the economy has turned a … Continue reading “There’s a threat to growth, despite the recovery”

Britain currently has two emergency fiscal rules. There is a commitment, roughly speaking, to eliminate the structural deficit and to … Continue reading “A British debt brake”

Keynes gave little thought to generalities. He acknowledged that his prescriptions were limited to the special circumstances of the 1930s. … Continue reading “Keynesian paradoxes”

It is difficult to argue against the view that with assets about thirty times their capital in 2007, UK banks … Continue reading “The Bank is barking up the wrong tree”