“Imagine this scenario: you host a dinner party in your home aglow with candlelight and conversation. On a polished oak shelf sits a delicate Cisk lager-branded ash tray, collected from a recent trip ...

Reem Ibrahim, Communications Manager at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, was quoted in The Times on the Government’s commitment to mandatory pay gap reporting measures.

“If the Government are serious about achieving economic growth and supporting businesses, they should scrap their misguided commitment to mandatory pay gap reporting. It will add yet more burdens on ...

This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Official figures recently published by HMRC indicate a huge rise in illicit tobacco sales in the UK since 2021. The ...

This publication comprises a reappraisal of the work of John Maynard Keynes. It strengthens the view that the Keynesians went too far in supposing that the old economics had been overthrown by the new ...

This publication comprises a reappraisal of the work of John Maynard Keynes. It strengthens the view that the Keynesians went too far in supposing that the old economics had been overthrown by the new ...

“The latest official data are perhaps not as bad as they look, but they do confirm that the UK economy made a poor start to 2025. The 0.1% contraction in UK GDP in January was partly a correction ...

Responding to the welfare changes announced today Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “Today’s announcement ...

Firms, especially in the technology sector, sometimes move from Europe to the US, but rarely the other way around. This talk will discuss when and why they do so, using recent empirical findings on ...

There is no “British DOGE”, but the idea of slashing government bureaucracy seems to be in vogue all of a sudden. With their latest announcement to radically slim down, or possibly even abolish NHS ...

The IEA is an educational charity and free market think tank. Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets ...

We're sorry, but all tickets sales have ended because the event is expired. Why do single-issue campaigners object to pragmatic solutions to the issues that concern ...