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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Professor Philip Booth, Senior Academic Fellow at the IEA, speaks to an audience at the 2018 Ideas Exchange about why, despite the headlines, the world is getting better all the time. The IEA is an ...

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 ...

The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the necessary deregulatory framework and failed to address key ...

Individual articles from issue 13. Cover story: The Economics of Dating – Madeline Grant looks at the mating game – and concludes it’s all about the numbers. Read here. Hidden A-Gender – If women are ...

Oligopolies, Public Choice and Contestable Markets Join us for an enlightening seminar exploring the intersection of A Level Economics education and the formation of oligopolies, contestable markets ...