The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is hosting a Sixth Form Conference in partnership with the Portsmouth Grammar School on Thursday 13th February 2025. At the conference, students will have the ...

Contents Foreword Friedrich August von Hayek never formally worked for the Institute of Economic Affairs, but he was ...

Chancellor Reeves tries to justify new taxes on farmers and others by insisting they will fund the NHS. So, once again, government throws huge sums at the NHS, without the necessary reforms both to ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are challenged by practical solutions. This edition is written by guest ...

“Capping stakes at £5 is bound to lead some gamblers to switch to unregulated websites. This is something the Gambling Commission should keep a close eye on. “Of greater concern are the different ...

Every year on 8 December, Albanians celebrate Youth Day. On this day in 1990, brave students led protests that ultimately brought an end to the oppressive reign of communism. My father was one of ...

This is the fourth in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are challenged by practical solutions. The risks of smoking could hardly be ...

Responding to a new study showing that calorie labelling in the out-of-home sector failed to reduce calorie consumption Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the free market think tank ...

Commenting on Sadiq Khan’s new ‘rent controls’, IEA Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz said: “For years, Sadiq Khan has been lobbying successive governments to give him the powers to introduce rent ...

This is the third in a series of articles about how pressure groups often oppose a practical solution to a problem if they did not devise it themselves. “Not Invented Here” syndrome is a well known ...

We’ve all heard Colbert’s famous one-liner about the art of taxation being that of plucking the goose to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.