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 ...

Treating people differently based on characteristics beyond their control is illiberal, divisive, and fails to help those who are genuinely disadvantaged UK equality legislation has evolved beyond ...

IEA Executive Director Tom Clougherty has been quoted in CityAM on the threat of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. The article said: “The UK is “ready for all situations” and ministers will ...

Amongst commentators critiquing the NHS and suggesting alternative healthcare models, the conversation does not progress particularly far. It tends to start with a suggestion that we need to look ...

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop was referenced in the Express on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to the EU. The article said: “Julian Jessop of the Institute of Economic Affairs said the ...

“The US in the late-19th century did have huge economic advantages which helped it become an industrial juggernaut, but these had little to do with tariffs. Among other factors, US industry had access ...

Labour Reimagined: Policies for the Future of Work? I am delighted to invite you to an upcoming IEA panel discussion, ‘Labour Reimagined: Policies for the Future of Work? ’. This event will occur on ...

IEA International Programmes Manager Harrison Griffiths has written for the Critic about the uncertain future of Europe’s economic stability. Harrison wrote: “On an individual level, lies do not ...

Julian Jessop will discuss the slowdown in productivity growth after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Some economists think this slowdown might be structural and long-lasting (‘secular stagnation’ ...

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 ...

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, ...

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME This week-long programme for sixth formers is a way to get experience discussing economic ideas and concepts beyond the exam curriculum. The week will include lectures, discussions ...