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A comprehensive list of all our publications can be found in our Catalogue and Publications Guide 2008-2009. It lists all of our books currently in print, future publications, web publications, our journal Economic Affairs and our publications in association with other publishers. Other IEA publications can be found at Economic Affairs, the IEA’s journal; IEA recommended books; and the minutes of the Shadow Monetary Policy Committee. The analysis by IEA authors is rigorous and original. All papers are peer reviewed. However, our authors write with a broad audience in mind. Thus our papers are read widely by academics, students, teachers, politicians, journalists and others involved in policy formation and policy debates.
last twelve months
Canada's ruinous tobacco display ban: economic and public health lessons (web publication)01 July 2010 Controls have proved damaging and counterproductive |
A Bankruptcy Foretold 2010: Post-Financial-Crisis Update (web publication)14 June 2010 True level of the UK government's debt estimated at £4.8 trillion |
The Austrian School: Market Order and Entrepreneurial Creativity (web version)07 June 2010 A superb introduction to Austrian economics |
Ludwig von Mises - A Primer21 April 2010 An introduction to the work of the great Austrian economist |
The Hole We're In: The Challenge for Free Marketeers in 2010 and Beyond (web publication)15 April 2010 Mark Littlewood on the implications of Britain's record budget deficit |
Cutting public spending by £167bn: a modest but necessary aim (web publication)12 April 2010 An estimate of the public spending cuts required to tackle the UK's budget deficit |
Money Still Matters - The Implications of M4X for Quantitative Easing (web publication)18 March 2010 UK's fiscal profligacy is exacerbating the downturn |
When Paternalism Meets Bogus Economics (web publication)10 March 2010 A critique of the New Economic Foundation's 21 hours report |
Taxation and Red Tape: The Cost to British Business of Complying with the UK Tax System17 February 2010 Small firms suffer far more than large firms |
Catalogue and Publications Guide 2008/200901 December 2009 The new 2008/09 IEA catalogue and publications guide. Available free to download or as a hardcopy. |
An Adult Approach to Further Education03 November 2009 Reform can save money and improve outcomes |
Economic Contractions in the United States: A Failure of Government07 September 2009 Obama is repeating the mistakes of the Great Depression |
catch up
How English Universities Could Learn from the American Higher Education System25 June 2009 An expert analysis of higher education policy |
How Should Britain’s Government Spending and Tax Burdens be Measured?10 June 2009 A Historic Perspective on the 2009 Budget forecasts |
The European Institutions as an Interest Group02 June 2009 A groundbreaking analysis of EU centralisation |
Verdict on the Crash: Causes and Policy Implications12 May 2009 A major new publication which challenges the myths and conventional wisdom regarding the recent banking crash |
The Fallacy of the Mixed Economy05 May 2009 An IEA classic from the 1970s, Stephen Littlechild offers an introduction to the 'Austrian School' |
A Credit-Crunch Reader (web publication)22 April 2009 Free-market blog and think-tank responses to the crash of 2008 |
A Tiger by the Tail: The Keynesian Legacy of Inflation14 April 2009 A new edition of this Hayek classic. Available as a free download or a hardcopy |
Markets in the Firm27 March 2009 A grounbreaking title from the mid-1990s which explores the extent to which market principles can be applied within firms |
Central Banking in a Free Society26 March 2009 The Bank of England should be privatised |
Self-Help by Samuel Smiles (web publication)12 March 2009 A condensed version of the 19th-century classic |
Free Banking in Britain - Theory, Experience and Debate 1800-184509 March 2009 This classic text has recently been bought back into print |
Reflections on Monetary Policy - Then and Now (web publication)04 March 2009 How to cure debt-deflation |
New Europe's Old Regions05 February 2009 Liberalisation and political reform are needed in the poorest parts of the EU |
Pension Provision: Government Failure Around the World05 December 2008 State intervention has had catastrophic effects |
Understanding the Labour Market for Older Workers (web publication)30 November 2008 Why is retirement so abrupt? |
A Bankruptcy Foretold: The UK’s Implicit Pension Debt (web publication)26 November 2008 Author calculates government debt at 276% of GDP |
Antony Fisher: Champion of Liberty10 November 2008 Condensed version of the biography of the IEA's founder |
Should We Mind the Gap? Gender Pay Differentials and Public Policy21 October 2008 A new book which suggests that discrimination is not causing the gender pay gap |
Power Against People - A Christian Critique of the State (web publication)02 October 2008 The dangers of too much government power |
Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists24 September 2008 A new book which argues that market-based adaptation should be favoured when contemplating the challenges of climate change |
The Legal Foundations of Free Markets26 August 2008 In this major collection, leading experts discuss the role of law in market economies |
The Economics of Fair Trade: A Christian Perspective (web publication)16 July 2008 Why Christians should think twice before putting fair trade on a pedestal |
Taming Leviathan: Waging the War of Ideas Around the World10 July 2008 Thirteen authors examine how think tanks can influence public policy |
Sixty Years On - Who Cares for the NHS?22 June 2008 Health experts have lost confidence in a centrally planned health service |
Market Failure: A Failed Paradigm (web publication)12 June 2008 A short critique of the concept of 'market failure' |
Trade Policy, New Century: The WTO, FTAs and Asia Rising24 April 2008 Unilateral liberalisation, not trade negotations, is the key to free trade |
The Employment of Older Workers in Poland: Issues and Policy Implications (web publication)23 April 2008 Reforms are needed to tackle the causes of inactivity |
Denationalisation of Money09 April 2008 F. A. Hayek's masterpiece on economic crises, free banking and inflation has been reissued |
Prohibitions04 March 2008 Why outlawing particular goods and services is bad public policy |
Sir Humphrey’s Legacy: An Update. UK Public Sector Unfunded Occupational Pensions. (web publication)30 January 2008 Author estimates government liabilities at £1,071 billion |
Paths to Property: Approaches to Institutional Change in International Development18 December 2007 Secure private property rights are essential for economic growth in Africa |
The Costs and Benefits of Road Pricing (web publication)16 December 2007 A comparison of nationwide charging and project-based schemes |
Gift Box of Books: The Road To Serfdom04 December 2007 A presentation gift box containing 22 copies of the IEA's popular edition of the Reader's Digest condensed 'The Road to Serfdom' |
Rescuing Social Capital from Social Democracy20 November 2007 The argument that governments must intervene to create social capital is comprehensively refuted |
Better Off Out? The Benefits or Costs of EU Membership01 October 2007 This IEA classic concisely lays out the economic issues that would be raised if Britain were to leave the EU. |
They Meant Well, Government Project Disasters11 September 2007 An analysis of six major schemes, including Concorde and the Millennium Dome |
Sir Humphrey's Legacy: facing up to the cost of public sector pensions15 August 2007 Neil Record calculates the burden of public sector pensions and offers a policy solution. |
Happiness, Economics and Public Policy01 August 2007 A robust critique of the so-called 'economics of happiness' |
Adam Smith - A Primer26 July 2007 An authoritative, but concise introduction to the life and work of Adam Smith which covers both the Wealth of Nations and his other great works |
A Brief on Business Ethics - The Essential Ideas (web publication)25 July 2007 Prosperity should be companies' main objective |
Does Advertising Increase Smoking?20 July 2007 Professor Hugh High examines the evidence for the effectiveness of advertising bans in reducing consumption. |
Living with Leviathan: Public Spending, Taxes and Economic Performance15 July 2007 A major study of the economic impact of the growth in UK government expenditure. |
Choice and the End of Social Housing12 July 2007 Peter King proposes radical reform of the system of support for housing costs and the abolition of social housing. |
European Rule of Law in Danger (web publication)18 June 2007 The EU has failed to uphold property rights in Slovenia |
Catholic Social Teaching and the Market Economy23 May 2007 A new perspective on how Christians should approach issues of public policy |
Money, Prices and the Real Economy (web version)22 May 2007 Published by the IEA in association with Edward Elgar |
Corruption - The World's Big C03 April 2007 Analyses the causes of corruption and offers some solutions. |
The Economics of Law03 April 2007 An accessible overview of the economic approach to law, introducing cost-benefit analysis, public choice theory and property rights perspectives. |
Half a Cheer for Fair Trade (web publication)03 April 2007 A critical examination of the fair trade movement |
The New Rural Economy: Change, Dynamism and Government Policy02 April 2007 Professor Berkeley Hill of Imperial College London et al analyse the appropriate roles of the public and private sectors in the developing rural economy. |
Capitalism: A Condensed Version29 March 2007 A masterly exposition of the benefits of the market system and the deficiencies of the welfare state |
The War Between the State and the Family20 March 2007 Government policy has encouraged the breakdown of families with devastating social and economic consequences |
Waging the War of Ideas07 March 2007 Third and expanded edition of this popular IEA book |
Global Warming False Alarms (web publication)06 March 2007 Author questions the case for action on climate change |
Should the Taxpayer Support the Arts? (web edition)06 March 2007 Classic study argues that the development of the arts should be left to individuals |
The Vote Motive20 December 2006 A new edition of this classic introduction to public choice theory |
From Bismarck to Friedman (web publication)19 December 2006 Chile's fully-funded private pension system shows impressive results |
The trouble with final salary pension schemes (web publication)13 December 2006 Pensions legislation could bankrupt major British companies |
Savings in the absence of functioning property rights (web publication)07 November 2006 An analysis of saving for old age in Nigeria |
The Corruption of Universal Suffrage (web publication)05 June 2006 A new analysis of the relationship between tax, consent and the tyranny of the majority |
The Railways, the Market and the Government02 June 2006 An incisive analysis of the future of the railways |
Europe After the 'No' Votes26 April 2006 Professor Patrick Messerlin plots an economic future for the EU. |
The BBC's Climate Change Meltdown (web publication)24 March 2006 IEA Media Fellow Richard D North Examines the BBC's presentation of the climate change debate |
I, Job (web publication)09 March 2006 An essay inspired by 'I, Pencil' by Leonard Reed |
Were 364 Economists All Wrong?08 March 2006 A discussion of the impact and legacy of the seminal 1981 Budget. |
Wheels of Fortune09 February 2006 Self-funding infrastructure and the free market case for a Land Tax |
The Benefits of Tax Competition20 December 2005 Richard Teather sets out the enormous benefits that flow from tax competition. |
Can a New Nuclear Power Programme Be Justified? (web publication)07 December 2005 As the government appears ready to go nuclear, Colin Robinson and Eileen Marshall urge caution |
The Awful Truth About Sweden (web publication)02 December 2005 Is contemporary Sweden really the most successful society the world has ever known? |
'Rednecks' and 'Weird People at the IEA': Moving the Climate Change Debate Forward (web publication)22 November 2005 Has the Green Movement really won the climate change argument? Energy shortages will influence us more than climate catastrophe (or the Greens), argues Richard D North |
Sir Humphrey's Legacy: the true cost of public sector pensions (web publication)15 November 2005 A new estimate of Britain's public sector pensions burden |
The Dangers of Bus Re-regulation26 October 2005 Professor John Hibbs examines the dangers of re-regulating the bus industry. |
Aid, Trade and Good Governance: can we make poverty history? (web publication) - Philip Booth10 October 2005 In the 11th IEA Discussion Paper, Philip Booth asks whether world leaders at the Edinburgh G8 meeting were focusing on the right issues |
Money and Asset Prices in Boom and Bust05 September 2005 Tim Congdon argues that property and share price booms are caused by loose monetary policy |
The Brit-Irresponsibles (web publication)03 August 2005 In the 19th IEA Current Controversies paper David Franklin examines the decline of responsible Britain |
The Road to Serfdom19 July 2005 The Reader's Digest condensed version of 'The Road to Serfdom'. Now includes 'The Intellectuals and Socialism' |
Crime: Economic Incentives and Social Networks29 June 2005 A unique title that applies the latest economic thinking to the problem of crime |
Black Wednesday - A Re-examination of Britain's Experience in the Exchange Rate Mechanism27 April 2005 Alan Budd examines sterling's ERM exit in the light of the UK's economic performance since 1992. There are also commentaries from Derek Scott, Tim Congdon and Samuel Brittan. The book can be purchased or a pdf can be downloaded below the summary |
Is Trade Justice? Is Fair Trade Fair? (web publication)25 April 2005 In the 10th IEA Discussion paper, Philip Booth discusses the economics of the trade justice movement's proposals from a Christian perpsective |
The Economics of Fire Protection: From the Great Fire of London to Rural/Metro (web publication)15 April 2005 n the 9th IEA Discussion Paper, Jennifer Anne Carlson analyses the myths and realities of private fire protection |
The European Constitution: What It Really Says07 April 2005 A guide to what the adoption of the proposed European Constitution will really entail |
Economy and Virtue29 March 2005 the moral case for the market economy |
The Way Out of the Pensions Quagmire17 March 2005 This book provides an analysis of the current problems of pension provision in the UK and a radical plan for reform. |
Waging the War of Ideas06 March 2005 A new and expanded edition of this popular IEA book |
Towards a Liberal Utopia?09 February 2005 In this, the IEA's fiftieth anniversary special, numerous commentators and IEA friends reflect on the prospects for liberty over the next fifty years |
Public Service Broadcasting Without the BBC?07 February 2005 Essential reading for all those interested in quality broadcasting in a competitive market environment |
railway.com: Parallels between the early British railways and the ICT revolution14 January 2005 The IEA's latest publication is essential reading for anybody interested in the so-called 'new economy'. |
The Land Use Planning System18 December 2004 John Corkindale argues for the privatisation of the land use planning system |
The Global Education Industry15 December 2004 |
The ECB and the Euro: The First Five Years14 December 2004 Professor Otmar Issing, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, assesses the first five years of the euro's life. |
Climate Alarmism Reconsidered17 November 2004 A robust examination and critique of statist solutions to energy and environmental problems. |
Pricing Our Roads: Vision and Reality06 November 2004 A lucid investigation of the economic, environmental, practical and congestion effects of the adoption of road pricing |
To Tax or What to Tax? (web publication)22 September 2004 In the 18th IEA Current Controversies paper, David Franklin offers a fresh analysis of the waste of taxpayers' money by government |
The Role of Business in the Modern World27 July 2004 David Henderson examines the role and conduct of business today, against the background of changes over the last sixty years |
The Euro as Politics09 July 2004 Professor Pedro Schwartz argues that the political implications of the UK joining the euro are more important than the economic implications |
Unshackling Accountants06 July 2004 Professor D R Myddelton argues that over-regulation of accounting is likely to lead to more bad practice and accounting scandals |
IEA Yearbook of Government Performance 2002/200322 March 2004 A survey of government performance across a range of indicators |
Free Markets Under Siege01 March 2004 Richard A. Epstein explains how getting the 'easy questions' right may be more important than solving the 'hard questions' |
Capital Controls: A 'Cure' Worse Than The Problem?17 February 2004 |
Friend or Foe? What Americans should know about the European Union (web publication)26 January 2004 8th IEA Discussion Paper |
Corporate Governance: Accountability in the Marketplace12 January 2004 Dr Elaine Sternberg lucidly defines the purposes of corporate governance and analyses different models of corporate regulation. |
Estimating the Financial Impact of the West End's Theatre Critics (web publication)06 January 2004 A new research paper estimates that critics reviews benefited West End theatre by £19m in 2003 but that the impact of The Evening Standard was negative by nearly £2m. |
Government Failure: E. G. West on Education05 December 2003 |
21C Flatearthers (web publication) - David Franklin30 September 2003 17th in the series of IEA Current Controversies Paper |
The Regulation of Financial Markets15 August 2003 |
Developments in Corporate Governance (web publication) - Jonathan Djanogly13 August 2003 With commentaries by Elaine Sternberg and Terry Arthur |
Fishing for Solutions01 July 2003 |
School Choice Fallacies In The U.S (web publication) - John Merrifield23 June 2003 8th in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Paddle Your Own Canoe (web publication) - David Franklin08 May 2003 |
A Market in Airport Slots01 May 2003 Four authors examine the possibility of creating a market in take-off and landing slots at airports |
A Penny on the Post Too Little, Too Late, Too Intrusive (CC 14) - Ian Senior01 May 2003 |
Money, Inflation and the Constitutional Position of Central Bank17 April 2003 |
More Nonsense on Stilts: Mr Bentham Is At It Again (web publication) - Anthony De Jasay08 April 2003 7th in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Financial Services Regulation Lectures (web publication)13 March 2003 6th in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Aspects of the Economics of An Ageing Population (web publication) - Philip Booth27 February 2003 5th in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Health Care: Can Britain Learn From France? (web publication) - Walter Elkan26 February 2003 4th in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Simplifying the Taxation of Pensions (web publication) - Philip Booth and Deborah Cooper24 January 2003 |
The Pros and Cons of Government Regulation (web publication) - Joseph Porket23 January 2003 3rd in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Property, Prosperity and Poverty (web publication) - Wendell Cox20 November 2002 Trends and Choices in Land Use Policy |
Employment Tribunals: Their Growth and the Case for Radical Reform15 November 2002 Professor Shackleton examines the role of employment tribunals and considers whether they can be justified in present day conditions |
Education and Modernity (web publication) - Professor Dennis O'Keeffe01 November 2002 2nd in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
Returning Planning to the Market (web publication) - Mark Pennington18 October 2002 An Agenda for Private Land Use Control |
Competition Commission: BAA London Airports Inquiry (DP1) - Stephen Littlechild17 October 2002 1st in the series of IEA Discussion Papers |
A Tribute to Peter Bauer25 September 2002 |
Post-Communist Transition: Some Lessons16 September 2002 Lessons learnt during the transition from communism to liberal democracy in Eastern Europe |
Should Britain Join The Euro?09 September 2002 the Chancellor's Five Tests Examined |
Euthanasia for Death Duties30 August 2002 A comprehensive analysis of the failings of Inheritance Tax |
Fifty Economic Fallacies Exposed01 August 2002 A collection of short journal columns which refute some common economic fallacies. |
The Poverty of Development Economics22 July 2002 The latest edition of this classic text in development economics. |
The Dilemma of Democracy01 June 2002 |
Should We Have Faith in Central Banks?13 May 2002 |
Britain's Relative Economic Performance 1870-199916 April 2002 One of Britain's leading economic historians offers new insights on the UK's recent economic revival |
Regulators, Competition and Transitional Price Controls20 March 2002 A Critique of Price Restraints in Electricity Supply and Mobile Telephones |
Liberating the Land: The Case for Private Land-Use Planning18 March 2002 |
Bastiat's 'The Law'02 January 2002 |
A Globalist Manifesto for Public Policy01 January 2002 The case for free trade |
HIV and AIDS in Schools30 November 2001 |
Misguided Virtue: False Notions of Corporate Social Responsibility.05 November 2001 A robust critique of the now fashionable idea of corporate social responsibility |
The Road to Serfdom01 November 2001 The Reader's Digest Condensed Version |
Lectures on Regulatory and Competition Policy31 October 2001 |
Buckingham at 25: Freeing the Universities from State Control08 October 2001 |
Saving Our Streams24 September 2001 the Role of the Anglers' Conservation Association in Protecting English and Welsh Rivers. |
A Plea to Economists Who Favour Liberty: Assist the Everyman09 July 2001 |
Malaria and the DDT Story01 May 2001 How the DDT ban has killed millions in developing countries |
A conversation with Harris and Seldon01 May 2001 |
Capitalism, Morality and Markets01 April 2001 |
The Changing Fortunes of Economic Liberalism01 April 2001 A wide ranging title which looks at the decline and subsequent revival of economic liberalism |
Immigration Policy for an Age of Mass Movement (web publication)10 March 2001 |
Anti-Liberalism 2000: The Rise of New Millennium Collectivism05 March 2001 |
WHO, What and Why?01 March 2001 |
HIV and Aids in Schools: Compulsory Miseducation01 March 2001 |
Regulating Utilities New Issues, New Solutions01 February 2001 |
World Turned Rightside Up, The31 January 2001 |
Transport Policy: the Myth of Integrated Planning01 January 2001 |
Reforming EU Farm Policy: Lessons from New Zealand01 January 2001 |
Towards Self-Governing Schools01 January 2001 In this challenging paper Dr Dick Atkinson asks why local education authorities are needed. Finding reasons lacking, he puts forward a proposal for all schools to be self-governing and thereby removed from the debilitating effects of politicised education. |
Training Too Much?01 January 2001 A Sceptical Look at the Economics of Skill Provision in the UK |
Cutting the Costs of Crime: The Economics of Crime and Criminal Justice01 January 2001 |
Open Networks: a Solution to Britain's Broadband Problems? (web publication)01 January 2001 Britain's Broadband market has some serious problems. This article is a response to this situation, and has three purposes |
The Postal Services Bill: Competition is Coming (web publication)01 January 2001 |
Competition in the Water Industry (web publication)01 January 2001 This paper examines the state of the regulated water and sewerage industry in England and Wales (hereafter the 'water industry') and, in particular, the respective roles of competition and regulation |
The Political Economy of Climate Change Science (web publication)01 January 2001 |
Briefing on Energy Efficiency (web publication)01 January 2001 |
Fifty Years of the Town and Country Planning Acts01 January 2001 |
Internationalisation of Financial Service (web publication)01 January 2001 A Trade-Policy Perspective |
Ten Years of European Merger Control05 December 2000 A lecture given on 5th December 2000 as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Professor Seabright |
Concurrency or Convergence?28 November 2000 Competition and Regulation under the Competition Act |
Opening European Electricity and Gas Markets15 November 2000 |
A Review of Privatisation and Regulation Experience in Britain07 November 2000 This is the draft of a lecture given on Tuesday 7th November as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Dr Selzer |
Regulation Without the State... the Debate Continues01 November 2000 |
Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle01 November 2000 |
New Gas Trading Arrangements31 October 2000 Below is the draft of a lecture given on Tuesday 31st October as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Professor Yarrow |
A Critique of Rail Regulation31 October 2000 Below is the draft of a lecture given on 17th October 2000 as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA |
Moving to a Competitive Market in Water24 October 2000 Below is the draft of a lecture given on Tuesday 24th October 2000 as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Professor Robinson |
The New Electricity Trading Arrangements in England and Wales10 October 2000 Below is the draft of a lecture given on 10th October 2000 as part of the 'The Beesley Lectures: Lectures On Regulation Series X 2000' organised by Professor David Currie of the London Business School and Professor Colin Robinson of the IEA. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Professor Currie |
Overfishing: the Icelandic Solution01 September 2000 |
Government: Whose Obedient Servant? A Primer in Public Choice01 September 2000 |
Education for Citizenship01 June 2000 |
Earth Report 200001 May 2000 |
Hayek, Currency Competition and European Monetary Union01 April 2000 |
The GMO Battle18 March 2000 Stories from the Troubled Beginning of the Biological Century |
Fur and Freedom: in Defence of the Fur Trade01 March 2000 |
Privatisation, Competition and Regulation01 February 2000 The Twenty-ninth Wincott Memorial Lecture delivered on 14th October 1999. Includes a forward by Geoffrey Owen. |
What Price Civil Justice?01 February 2000 |
Economic Freedom of the World: 2000 Annual Report01 January 2000 |
Political Correctness and Public Finance01 January 2000 |
Regulating Utilities: a New Era?01 December 1999 |
Gas: Regulatory Responses to Social Need23 November 1999 Below is the draft of a lecture given on Tuesday 23rd November 1999 as part of the IEA's Regulation Lecture series organised by the late Michael Beesley of the London Business School. This is reproduced with the kind permission of Catherine Waddams Price. |
Tropical Rain Forest: A Political Ecology of Hegemonic Mythmaking01 November 1999 |
New Protectionists: The Privatisation of US Trade Policy, The01 November 1999 |
A New Deal for Airports01 November 1999 This is a draft of a lecture given on Tuesday 16th November 1999 as part of the IEA's Regulation Lecture series organised by the late Michael Beesley of the London Business School. This is reproduced with the kind permission of David Starkie |
Teacher Education in England and Wales01 October 1999 |
A code Of Conduct For NGOs -- a Necessary Reform01 October 1999 |
Canada Leaves Greenpeace Red-Faced11 July 1999 |
Global Greens, Global Governance01 June 1999 |
Wild in Woods: The Myth of the Noble Eco-Savage01 May 1999 |
Property Rights and the Environment01 March 1999 |
Understanding the Process of Economic Change01 March 1999 Short introduction to the New Institutional Economics by Nobel laureate Douglass C North. |
Rethinking Higher Education01 December 1998 This tightly argued paper asks two fundamental questions about the nature of higher education in this country. Does Britain provide too much higher education, and are the current funding mechanisms fair and efficient? Lange's answers to these questions are controversial, but make a timely contribution to this on-going debate. |
The Intellectuals and Socialism01 October 1998 |
Does CITES Work? Four Case Studies01 August 1998 |
Biotechnology Regulation in America and Europe01 August 1998 Viewed in a Cultural Framework |
Regulating Financial Markets: a Critique and Some Proposals01 July 1998 |
Education Without the State01 April 1998 Functional illiteracy, youth delinquency and lack of technical innovation all point to the failures of state schooling, raising the question of why government should be involved in education at all. In this radical study Dr. James Tooley provides a damning critique of the justifications for state schooling and proposes practical policies to increase market provision of education. |
Inside Thatcher's Monetarist Revolution01 March 1998 |
Ethics and the Arms Trade01 January 1998 |
Living Down the Past: How Europe Can Help Africa Grow01 January 1998 |
Economic Freedom of the World: 1998/9 Interim Report01 January 1998 |
Regulating Utilities: Understanding the Issues01 January 1998 Utility regulation in Britain has now entered a phase in which debate is no longer so much concerned with whether it is preferable to rival systems but with how to shape the'regulatory contract' in monopoly areas and, in potentially competitive areas, how to ensure rivalry. |
Chaos, Management and Economics01 January 1998 The best selling IEA title of the 1990s, it applies chaos theory to the social sciences |
Does the Past have a Future? The Political Economy of Heritage01 January 1998 |
Democratic Values and the Currency01 January 1998 |
Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom01 December 1997 Contributions from Robert Balling, Roger Bate, Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Deepak Lal and Thomas Gale Moore. |
The Debate on Higher Education01 November 1997 |
Environmental Education01 September 1997 |
Regulating Utilities: Broadening the Debate01 September 1997 |
Down to Earth II: Combating Environmental Myths01 August 1997 |
How Markets Work: Disequilibrium, Entrepreneurship and Discovery01 June 1997 A modern classic of Austrian economic theory |
Conservation and the Countryside: by Quango or Market?01 April 1997 |
Beyond Universities: A New Republic of the Intellect01 April 1997 |
Less than Zero01 April 1997 The case for a falling price level in a growing economy. A classic title from the 1990s |
Why Schoolchildren Can't Read01 March 1997 Bonnie Macmillan describes the findings of the most up-to-date experimental research on beginning reading instruction. Research points decisively to the need for direct teaching of certain key skills in order to produce maximum reading success. |
Private Money01 March 1997 A mid-1990s title which explores the practical aspects of switching to the private issuing of currency |
Green Goods: Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment01 March 1997 |
Learning From The Past, Freeing Up The Future (web publication)01 January 1997 |
Should Developing Countries Have Central Banks?01 July 1996 |
Regulating Utilities: a Time For Change?01 June 1996 |
Markets and the Media01 March 1996 |
Accountants Without Standards? Compulsion or Evolution in Company Accounting01 October 1995 |
Taking the Measure of Poverty:01 October 1995 |
Taxes, Benefits and Family Life01 September 1995 |
Utility Regulation: Challenge and Response01 May 1995 the State of Britain's Regulatory Regime |
The Political Economy of Land Degradation01 May 1995 |
Rhinos: Conservation, Economics and Trade-Offs01 April 1995 In this paper Michael 't Sas-Rolfes carefully examines the benefits and costs of reopening the trade in rhino products. He suggests a strategy for managing the opening of this trade to increase the probability that rhinos as a wild species will survive. |
Free Trade, 'Fairness' and the New Protectionism01 March 1995 |
Down to Earth: A Contrarian View of Environmental Problems01 February 1995 |
The Minimum Wage: No Way to Help the Poor01 January 1995 |
Elephants and Ivory: Lessons from the Trade Ban01 November 1994 |
Do We Need the IMF and the World Bank?01 September 1994 |
Global Warming: Apocalypse or Hot Air?01 August 1994 |
Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not?01 March 1994 An IEA classic setting out the case for the legalisation of recreational drugs |
Should the Taxpayer Support the Arts?01 September 1993 |
Predicting the Unpredictable?01 October 1992 |
Have the Banks Failed British Industry?01 July 1992 |
The Myth of Social Cost: a Critique of Welfare Economics01 February 1992 |
Choice, Contract, Consent: A Restatement of Liberalism01 June 1991 |
Regulating European Labour Markets: More Costs than Benefits?15 February 1991 |
Choice in Currency: A Way to Stop Inflation01 February 1976 F A Hayek's classic paper on free banking |
Economic Freedom and Representative Government31 October 1973 F. A. Hayek's groundbreaking analysis of how to preserve economic freedom in a democracy |
The Confusion of Language in Political Thought02 April 1968 F. A. Hayek's classic pamphlet |
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