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”

Alvin Rabushka, co-author of the Hall-Rabushka Flat Tax proposal, speaks to ieaTV to explain his proposals for a flat tax. … Continue reading “Interview with Alvin Rabushka”

The Honourable Joe Hockey, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, sat down with ieaTV to discuss how Australia has managed … Continue reading “An interview with Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey”

The aspect of the tax avoidance debate which most exercises organisations such as Christian Aid is the issue of the … Continue reading “If only charities and churches could be more reflective about tax”

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”

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”

Who among Sunday Telegraph readers has not tried to avoid paying tax? I should imagine that most married readers keep … Continue reading “Tax havens are essential and do us all a favour”

In my last blog post I looked at the complexities of the UK tax system. Unfortunately, in order to make … Continue reading “The marginal gains from working for UK families”

It might be thought that a succession of ‘tax cutting’ governments from 1979 and a government pledged to reduce inequality … Continue reading “Thirty years of fiscal drag”