Prof Robert Barro, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University, delivers the Twentieth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture, … Continue reading “Annual Hayek Memorial Lecture 2011 – Prof Robert Barro”

Dr Mark Pennington provides an introduction to his latest book, Robust Political Economy

In the UK, further education is a bastion of Soviet central planning that has wholly avoided the market-based reforms that … Continue reading “Alison Wolf – An Adult Approach to Further Education”

This short interview profiles Verdict on the Crash, edited by Philip Booth, with contributions from James Alexander, Michael Beenstock, Eamonn … Continue reading “Philip Booth – Verdict on the Crash”

Philip Booth explains the key arguments from his book on pensions, Pension Provision: Government Failure Around the World which surveys … Continue reading “Philip Booth – Pension Provision: Government Failure Around the World”

Sub-Saharan Africa has received tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid over the last fifty years yet economic development … Continue reading “Karol Boudreaux – Paths to Property: Approaches to Institutional Change in International Development”

The ‘nanny state’ has expanded in recent years. Politicians and bureaucrats have increasingly sought to restrict what individuals are permitted … Continue reading “John Meadowcroft – Prohibitions”

In this video Stephen Copp discusses his recent book The Legal Foundations of Free Markets. In it he brings together … Continue reading “Stephen Copp – The Legal Foundations of Free Markets”

Helen Johns explains the key arguments her and Paul Ormerod make in their book Happiness, Economics and Public Policy. The … Continue reading “Helen Johns – Happiness, Economics and Public Policy”