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 ...

Commenting on today’s GDP figures showing that UK economy shrunk by 0.1% in October, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The second ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Margaret Thatcher herself reportedly slammed The Constitution of Liberty by Hayek on a desk at a Conservative Party meeting, declaring “This is what we believe!” This Government may not share Thatcher ...