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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Friedrich August von Hayek never formally worked for the Institute of Economic Affairs, but he was nonetheless one of the most significant figures in the institute’s history. If we had to name ...

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 ...

Responding to the DWP White Paper ‘Get Britain Working’ published today (26 November), Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the IEA said: “The Government’s Get Britain Working ...

Commenting on the recent decision of Vauxhall to close their Luton van production plant with the loss of 1,100 jobs, Energy Analyst Andy Mayer at the free market Institute of Economic Affairs said: ...

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 ...

Tom Clougherty, Executive Director at the IEA, has written to Foreign Secretary David Lammy requesting the British Government make representations to Venezuela for his immediate release. 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 ...