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In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, Communications Director Callum is joined by Executive Director Tom Clougherty ...
In this Institute of Economic Affairs briefing, Director of Communications Callum Price interviews Professor Len Shackleton, ...
In this Institute of Economic Affairs Podcast, Managing Editor Dan Freeman interviews Aymen Aulaiwi, DPhil student at Lincoln College, Oxford, … Continue reading "The Rise & Fall of the Soviet Economy ...
Contents Summary A free competitive market offers wide opportunities for individuals and businesses and is compatible with ...
Contents Foreword Studying economics especially at university can be a sterile and lifeless endeavour. In four out of five ...
Introduction Each year, the Government publishes international energy price comparisons. The data is sourced from the IEA and covers industrial … Continue reading "We’re number one… in unaffordable ...
To download a copy to your e-reader, click here. To purchase a copy of Scandinavian unexceptionalism: Culture, Markets and the Failure … Continue reading "Scandinavian Unexceptionalism: Culture, ...
This discussion paper provides the first estimate of the net effect of smoking on UK taxpayers per annum. Up until now, estimates have used a methodology that typically includes intangible costs, ...
Denmark’s tax on saturated fat was hailed as a world-leading public health policy when it was introduced in October 2011, but it was abandoned fifteen months later when the unintended consequences ...
Between 3 – 8 July 2017, the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute jointly held Freedom Week, … Continue reading "“But that wasn’t REAL socialism!” (Part 3: Venezuela)" ...
New research from the IEA outlines the serious shortfalls of the REF scheme as a way to fund higher education. New evidence from international sex surveys show large and continuing differences between ...