The Shadow Monetary Policy Committee (SMPC) is a group of independent economists whose purpose is to monitor the decisions of the Bank of England’s official Monetary Policy Committee and make policy ...

Sixth form entries: ‘How does monetary policy work? Explain how monetary decisions affect main macroeconomic outcomes such as the nominal GDP and inflation’. Undergraduate entries: ‘Explain how ...

Price controls damage markets by preventing the supply of products rising to meet demand. They can cause significant welfare losses, a deterioration in product quality, a reduction in investment and, ...

“Growth is simple, it’s either inventing new stuff or providing old stuff using fewer inputs. Net zero conversely is a political target that requires the UK to emit zero greenhouse gases (mostly CO2), ...

“No other country in the world has a state-sanctioned regulatory body of this kind – and the international football authorities are rightly suspicious of government interference in football. The ...

Is feminism inherently socialist? Does capitalism subjugate women? To mark International Women’s Day, Reem Ibrahim, IEA Communications Officer, spoke to Kat Murti, Associate Director of Audience ...

Join us for an enlightening seminar exploring the intersection of A Level Economics education and the formation of oligopolies, contestable markets and their relationship with government through the ...

Chaired by Research Assistant Daniel Freeman, the IEA Book Club was delighted to host renowned British economist and author Bernard Conolly to discuss his latest book ...

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AIMED AT: Undergraduate and postgraduate students based in the UK and the EU. ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP: European Policy Information Center (EPICENTER) is a collaborative network of twelve leading free ...

This paper combines insights from welfare economics, political philosophy and cross-disciplinary well-being research to defend preference-based approaches to welfare evaluations in public policy ...

Responding to reports of US plans for blanket tariffs, Tom Clougherty, Executive Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “Tariffs are a tax on domestic consumers. With living costs high ...