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IEA looking for new Operations Interns19 August 2010 Hardworking, bright individuals sought for internships |
Prof. J.R. Shackleton wins the 2010 Seldon Award13 July 2010 The IEA is delighted to announce the winner of this prestigious award, presented at our recent Hayek lecture |
Tim Montgomerie talks to IEA about Tory failure to win a majority and the challenges ahead23 May 2010 Conservative Home's Tim Montgomerie talks to IEA about election campaign |
IEA appoints Steve Davies as Education Director07 May 2010 The IEA is delighted to be expanding the scope of its work in this vital area |
Gary Becker to give the Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture - 17 June 201028 April 2010 Gary Becker (Nobel Laureate) on The Challenge of Immigration |
The IEA seeks exceptional individuals for four important new roles12 April 2010 Positions in communications, development and operations. Closing date: April 30th |
Ruth Porter joins the IEA as Communications Manager23 March 2010 Appointment will boost the dissemination of free market ideas |
The IEA seeks an exceptional individual to take on the role of Education Director21 March 2010 The closing date for applications is March 30th 2010 |
2010 Hayek Essay Contest17 March 2010 Examine whether authoritarian capitalism is a viable alternative to its Western liberal version |
John Blundell awarded honorary doctorate27 February 2010 University of Buckingham honours IEA's Distinguished Senior Fellow |
2010 National Free Enterprise Award presented23 February 2010 Eamonn Butler and Madsen Pirie are honoured for their outstanding work |
IEA Climate Change Debate Videos Available23 December 2009 Videos of Fred Singer, Nigel Lawson, Mike Hulme and Sam Frankhauser available for download |
Philip Booth on Radio 4 Sunday Programme23 December 2009 Philip Booth will take part in a discussion on inequality on the Radio 4 Sunday Programme on 27th December |
Corporate social responsibility agenda is unreasonable and inefficient22 December 2009 IEA symposium criticises CSR as a dangerous attack on property rights |
Public Sector Pensions Commission launched17 December 2009 New body will address the problem of £1.1 trillion of unfunded liabilities |
Philip Booth talks on the benefits of globalisation at St Martin-in-the-Fields12 November 2009 Looking on the bright side of economic life... |
Philip Booth on Sky news on the economy11 November 2009 Philip Booth on unemployment and the Bank of Englands projections |
Mark Littlewood Appointed Director General of the IEA26 October 2009 The Institute of Economic Affairs has appointed Mark Littlewood as its next Director General |
Philip Booth on a 'jobless recovery'22 October 2009 In a short videocast hosted by Cass Business School, the BBC's Alex Ritson interviews Philip Booth |
IEA authors win Nobel Prize for Economics13 October 2009 Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson share 2009 award |
Philip Booth addresses Securities and Investment Institute's Annual Lecture25 September 2009 At the Securities and Investment Institute's Annual Lecture, Philip Booth explained how radical deregulation of the financial sector was necessary (but not sufficient) to restore trust in the City |
Announcing the winners of the 2009 IEA Student Essay Competition21 September 2009 First prize (£1,000) goes to Andrew Peter Burnie |
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IEA seeks outstanding individual for the role of General Director04 August 2009 The closing date for applications is 28 August |
IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture, 2009 - audio file available30 June 2009 James Tooley's lecture "A Beautiful Tree" available on audio file |
John Blundell to step down as Director General29 June 2009 John Blundell, the IEA's Director General and Ralph Harris Fellow will as of 31st December 2009 resign both positions to become the Institute's Distinguished Senior Fellow |
Should capitalism have a future?15 April 2009 John Meadowcroft to debate with a representative of the Socialist Party on 23 April |
Philip Booth lectures on Catholicism and Capitalism at Westminster Cathedral30 March 2009 A full transcript of the lecture is now online |
SMPC votes to hold interest rates - March 200904 March 2009 Concerns grow over the rising budget deficit |
Philip Booth appears on Radio 4's Beyond Belief02 March 2009 Debate on the welfare state |
IEA paper shortlisted for prize12 February 2009 Half a Cheer for Fair Trade shortlisted for Society of Business Economists' prize |
Philip Booth to speak on Catholicism and Capitalism06 February 2009 Faith Matters series at Westminster Cathedral |
In honour of Norman Barry30 January 2009 Conference at Buckingham University to celebrate the work of Norman Barry |
SMPC votes to hold interest rates05 January 2009 SMPC votes to hold rates but has uncomfortable message for the government |
New Adam Smith Ties21 November 2008 The IEA's range of Adam Smith ties has been refreshed ahead of the Christmas season |
Professor Norman Barry17 November 2008 A great loss to classical liberalism |
Evening panel discussion on public sector pensions30 October 2008 MPs from all three major political parties join the debate |
SMPC votes to cut interest rates - October 200808 October 2008 SMPC changes direction to support interest rate cut by seven votes to two |
Philip Booth attacks the Archbishop of Canterbury's comments on financial regulation25 September 2008 Article on the IEA blog |
Announcing the winners of the 2008 IEA Student Essay Competition12 September 2008 First Prize (£1000), Jennifer Quigley-Jones |
IEA blog launched02 September 2008 A new forum for discussing economic issues |
Put airport slots up for auction16 July 2008 Flying empty aeroplanes to keep landing slots should never happen happen |
Call for papers on 'Islam and the market economy'13 June 2008 For the June 2009 issue of Economic Affairs |
Seventeenth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture 200804 June 2008 Freeholds and Freedom: The Importance of Private Property in Promoting and Securing Liberty |
Grove City College at the IEA22 May 2008 |
Chandran Kukathas on Hayek's Liberalism21 May 2008 Key aspects of Hayek's thought discussed on Philosophy Bites |
D. R. Myddelton gives the first Chris Tame Memorial Lecture18 April 2008 D. R. Myddelton speaks on slimming down the state |
A new way of bringing back classic IEA books – ‘print-on-demand’17 April 2008 From Spring 2008 the IEA is launching a new initiative to bring back out-of-print titles |
Philip Booth responds to Matthew Taylor's call for a new type of politics15 April 2008 Article on civil society in Work and Spirit |
Student and Teacher Workshop - Videos19 March 2008 Videos of presentations at the recent IEA student and teacher workshop available |
Prohibitions featured on Radio 4's You and Yours05 March 2008 Philip Booth speaks on gambling, gun control and the sale of body parts |
IEA Law and Economics Seminar05 March 2008 Cento Veljanovski of Case Associates talks about Catching Cartels |
Seminar to mark the 40th Anniversary of Populorum Progressio28 February 2008 Philip Booth speaks on foreign aid at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome |
IEA National Free Enterprise Award 2007 Presented26 February 2008 Who has scooped the silver trophy this year? |
Coase Scholarships for UK Economics Students21 February 2008 Full fee and maintenance offer at the University of Buckingham |
Introduction to the work and history of the IEAJohn Blundell, former Director General and Ralph Harris Fellow, talks about the purpose and origins of the IEA |
Britain's experience with nuclear power has been disastrous11 January 2008 Government plans risk imposing further costs on consumers and taxpayers |
Remembering Milton Friedman16 November 2007 (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) |
Announcing the winners of the 2007 IEA Student Essay Competition16 November 2007 First prize (£1,000): Arthur Ma (City of London School for Boys) |
The IEA Political Economy Conference 200714 November 2007 The speakers examined policy issues in the fields of pensions, welfare and “wellbeing”, as well as taxation and government spending levels over the long term |
Keith Boyfield gives evidence to the House of Lords Committee on Regulators13 November 2007 SRPC Chairman discusses the scope of economic regulation |
IEA audio presentations12 November 2007 Presentations by authors of IEA monographs |
Inheritance Tax Should Be Abolished10 October 2007 Rather than tinkering at the edges, an IEA publication lays out the case for abolishing death duties |
Crossrail can by funded without government grants, argues IEA study05 October 2007 Large infrastructure projects need not burden the general taxpayer |
An Interview with Professor D. R. Myddelton on 18 Doughty Street04 October 2007 Professor D. R. Myddelton speaking on the IEA’s latest publication They Meant Well, Government Project Disasters |
IEA Student Essay Competition 2007 - Students 18 and under30 September 2007 1st prize £1000, 3 runner up prizes of £500 |
Congratulations to the most popular university in England13 September 2007 General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs would like to congratulate both staff and students of the University of Buckingham |
Recent Developments in Economics13 September 2007 IEA Seminar for 6th form students |
Mark Pennington joins Great Green Debate on Channel Four06 September 2007 Panel discuss climate change policy |
IEA plays host to BBC Radio 4's ‘Hecklers’ programme16 August 2007 Panel debates tax breaks for foreign multi-millionaires |
Sixteenth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture 200710 July 2007 Governments need not fund science |
Broadcasting and Telecoms Regulation04 July 2007 Peter Phillips, Partner - Strategy and Market Developments, OFCOM speaks at the IEA |
McJobs debate - McJob, McCheque, McWonderful29 May 2007 Sir Digby Jones and other notables joined the IEA's Director General John Blundell in calling for the OED entry on McJob to be changed |
John Blundell speaks at the Heritage Foundation30 April 2007 Achieving Change: What We Can Learn From Margaret Thatcher |
IEA wins the 2007 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award26 April 2007 Prize for The Welfare State We're In by James Bartholomew |
An Interview with Professor Colin Robinson on 18 Doughty Street12 April 2007 Professor Robinson speaking on the IEA’s latest publication Capitalism: A Condensed Version by Arthur Seldon |
The economics of happiness05 April 2007 Policymakers should steer clear of the well-being agenda, argue IEA authors |
Gordon Tullock at the IEA28 March 2007 Gordon Tullock visits the IEA to celebrate the re-launch of his famous book The Vote Motive |
2006 Winner of The National Free Enterprise Award25 March 2007 Who has won the silver award this year? |
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Lord (Ralph) Harris of High Cross on 18 Doughty Street. com23 March 2007 A chance to view a television programme on the event online |
Arthur Seldon Award for Excellence 2006 presented22 March 2007 David B Smith wins Seldon Award for his book Living with Leviathan: Public Spending, Taxes and Economic Performance |
Philip Booth speaks on Free Trade and Fair Trade14 March 2007 Debate on free trade and fair trade with representatives from Oxfam, the Fairtrade Foundation, Cranfield University and the New Economics Foundation organised by Churches Together in Woking |
John Meadowcroft awarded book prize28 February 2007 The Ethics of the Market placed 3rd in Templeton Enterprise Awards |
MODEC26 February 2007 IEA ‘Hobart’ Lunch attendee launches a new generation of whisper quiet, pollution free commercial vehicles |
NO BLACK DRESS PLEASE!20 February 2007 A Celebration of the Life and Work of Lord (Ralph) Harris of High Cross |
2007 Index of Economic Freedom launched at the IEA06 February 2007 UK ranked 6th in the world |
Raising the school leaving age could lower standards01 February 2007 Choice and competition are preferable to compulsion |
Milton Friedman Day - Monday 29th January31 January 2007 A video interview with the great economist can be downloaded |
John Blundell meets President FW De Klerk23 January 2007 The Reform Club, London |
SMPC and MPC in agreement15 January 2007 Though most City economists did not expect last Thursday's interest rate rise, the IEA's SMPC had called for a rise at its meeting ten days earlier |
John Blundell speaking on the European Union04 January 2007 September 2006 lecture at The Heritage Foundation |
Mark Pennington responds to the Barker Review06 December 2006 Centralisation is not the answer to England's planning problems |
Government report advocates road pricing01 December 2006 Congestion will be reduced and network performance improved |
I, Job becomes a website!27 November 2006 An essay inspired by 'I, Pencil' by Leonard Reed |
Supernannies or a return to personal responsibility?21 November 2006 Author questions the expanding role of the state |
RIP Milton Friedman 1912-200616 November 2006 Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman dies at 94 |
John Blundell in Guatemala13 November 2006 In Guatemala City John Blundell discusses how to privatise an orphanage and pays tribute to Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon |
20th Anniversary of Bus De-regulation01 November 2006 This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the implementation of the 1985 Transport Act which paved the way for the de-regulation of the bus industry |
The Stern Report on the Economics of Climate Change31 October 2006 IEA study questions the rationale for government intervention |
The passing of Lord Harris of High Cross19 October 2006 One of the IEA's four founding fathers |
IEA author awarded a major prize by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation28 September 2006 Dr Mark Pennington has been awarded the prize for his contribution to the understanding of the spontaneous order |
Freedom Week in Cambridge July 200618 July 2006 A seminar exploring the principles behind the free market and individual liberty |
Fifteenth Annual IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture 200628 June 2006 Hayek, the Market and the Environment: A US Perspective |
The Welfare State We're In by James Bartholomew13 June 2006 Launch of the revised and updated paperback edition |
Results of IEA Student Essay Competition 2006 Announced25 May 2006 Student from Highgate School is the winner of the 2006 Student Essay Competition |
President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic vistits IEA after Honorary Degree ceremony10 May 2006 A reception for President Klaus at the IEA attended by Lady Thatcher |
Regulating Risk in a Free Society27 April 2006 Too big a risk to leave the regulation of risk to politicians! Comment by Philip Booth at a Thomas More Institute Meeting |
Cameron’s deafening EU silence16 April 2006 Political Notebook by John Blundell in The Business |
The lessons of Dubai? Let’s build some more British isles09 April 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
From prudence to penury27 March 2006 Article by Professor Philip Booth published in Parliamentary Monitor, March 2006 |
What future for the BBC?14 March 2006 IEA author Sir Alan Peacock makes an important contribution to the debate on the future of the BBC |
Conspiracy at the heart of the European Union12 March 2006 Article by John Blundell in the Business |
John Blundell at the Membership Development Awards08 March 2006 John Blundell spoke on the role of voluntary sector and presented the Outstanding Achievement Award |
The inaugural Seldon Award 2005 presented27 February 2006 James Bartholomew wins Seldon Award for his book The Welfare State We're In |
The Flat Tax by Alvin Rabushka23 February 2006 Evening Lecture at the IEA |
Real cost of taxes now more than half UK GDP12 February 2006 Research published by the IEA shows the indirect cost of the tax system to be far greater than usually realised – about 12% of national wealth |
Providing "good quality " jobs "with meaning"09 February 2006 John Blundell argues this is exactly why McDonald's is an overwhelmingly positive force. |
Still good for mind and body after 50 years!08 February 2006 Fisher's legacy continues |
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by S D Levitt & S J Dubner07 February 2006 John Blundell reviews |
IEA National Free Enterprise Award 2005 Presented06 February 2006 Who has scooped the silver trophy this year? |
IEA’s 23rd Annual The State of the Economy Conference06 February 2006 Overcoming key challenges to sustainable economic growth |
The truth is dazzling: capitalism = prosperity29 January 2006 John Blundell praises The Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom |
Farewell to the man who made Hong Kong29 January 2006 The obituary of Sir John Cowperthwaite by John Blundell |
Memorial Service for Arthur Seldon CBE (1916-2005)11 January 2006 A service of thanksgiving was held to mark life and work of IEA co-founder and first Editorial Director. |
John Blundell in Guatemala08 January 2006 Visiting University Francisco Marroquín |
IEA STUDENT PUNDIT OF THE YEAR AWARD15 December 2005 Win the chance to be interviewed by a TV personality in a London TV studio and £2000 in cash prizes! |
IEA Student Essay Competition 200614 December 2005 Write a newspaper editorial and win a great prize! |
Facing up to the better regulation challenge01 December 2005 Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive of OFGEM, addresses the ‘better regulation agenda’ in a lecture given at the IEA |
Government Embraces Phonics - At Last...01 December 2005 in 1997 the IEA published a landmark publication on teaching children to read. Today the government has finally caught up |
China and Europe: The Fatal Conceit28 November 2005 In the fourteenth annual Hayek Memorial Lecture, political commentator and television presenter Andrew Neil discusses the future of economic freedom in China and Europe |
The European Union, Economic Freedom and Prosperity: A View Influenced by the IEA's Ideas23 November 2005 The President of the Czech Republic, Professor Vaclav Klaus, gave the IEA’s 50th Anniversary lecture at Cass Business School on 23 November 2005 |
'Beyond Regulation'14 October 2005 1st 2005 Beesley Lecture, presented at the Royal Society of Arts, 4th October 2005 |
The passing of Dr Arthur Seldon CBE11 October 2005 One of the IEA's four founding fathers |
A major new monument to all who fought in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 194023 September 2005 Among those listed is the late Sir Antony Fisher, IEA founder |
Fraser Economic Freedom of the World Index Released10 September 2005 The latest Fraser Institute Economic Freedom of the World Index shows that economic freedom leads to both peace and prosperity |
US Flat Tax Expert Speaks at the IEA08 September 2005 US Flat Tax Expert, Dan Mitchell spoke to a packed house at the IEA, promoting the virtues of the flat tax |
US Interior Secretary Gale Norton visits the IEA01 July 2005 |
Margaret Thatcher's Revolution - How it happened and what it meant10 June 2005 On Monday 6th June the authors of a newly published book presented their contributions at a panel discussion at the IEA |
The Economic Consequences of Road Pricing09 June 2005 IEA publication shows the costs and benefits from the introduction of road pricing |
IEA participates in new study of enterprise-based solutions to African poverty27 May 2005 The John Templeton Foundation has announced the winners in its What Works in Enterprise-Based Solutions to Poverty grant competition |
Tim Congdon on cutting the size of the state24 May 2005 In an IEA lecture Tim Congdon proposes a radical reduction in the size of government and the abolition of income and coporation tax. |
Results of IEA Student Essay Competition 2005 Announced04 May 2005 Students from Wallington, Highgate, High Wycombe and Birkdale are the winners of the 2005 Student Essay Competition |
Will India become an economic superpower or will there be "meltdown" in the Indian economy?27 April 2005 Leading Indian economist, Dr. Subroto Roy discusses the prospects of the Indian economy and warns of dangers ahead. |
Is Trade Justice Just? Is Fair Trade Fair?25 April 2005 At a "Churches Together" meeting on trade justice in mid-Sussex, Philip Booth outlined the case against some of the trade justice movement's proposals. |
Education Policies for the 21st Century20 April 2005 Professor James Tooley claims that new ideas for education will flow to the West from the developing world |
Towards a Liberal Utopia?09 February 2005 Eighteen liberal academics set out their vision of a liberal utopia in a special publication to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the IEA |
The Housing Market and the Wider Economy24 January 2005 Speech by Kate Barker, MPC, Bank of England, at the IEA State of the Economy Conference |
John Blundell gives key note opening speech on Waging the War of Ideas in Croatia06 January 2005 First International Leaders Summit and the launch of the Adriatic IEA. |
Student Essay Competition - Students 18 and under21 December 2004 1st prize £1000, 3 runner up prizes of £500 |
Lord Harris celebrates his 80th at IEA with Lady Thatcher and other guests16 December 2004 IEA Founder President toasts his birthday with friends. |
Fairly Dangerous02 December 2004 Philip Booth writes on the trade justice movement and fair trade |
2004 Winner of The National Free Enterprise Award01 December 2004 Who has won the silver award this year? |
Winner of IEA National Free Enterprise Award Announced29 November 2004 Who has scooped the silver trophy this year? |
Czech President Vaclav Klaus visits the IEA21 October 2004 Speaking at a breakfast meeting on democracy and freedom in Europe |
Nominations for The Annual Free Enterprise Award01 October 2004 Who has made the greatest contribution to the market economy? |
Building Public Value: the BBC's new philosophy24 September 2004 In a speech to the IEA, David Elstein critiques the hazy thinking and flawed economic logic underlying the BBC's 'Building Public Value' report |
David Elstein hits out at BBC's 'Building Public Value' report24 September 2004 In a speech to the IEA, David Elstein critiques the hazy thinking and flawed economic logic underlying the BBC's 'Building Public Value' report. |
Lessons from Privatisation01 September 2004 The latest edition of the IEA's journal, Economic Affairs, provides prospective on the UK's experience of privatisation |
One Economy, Many States01 August 2004 In the thirteenth annual Hayek lecture, Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator of the Financial Times, sets out why globalization works |
Globalisation is our only future27 July 2004 "The great cause that motivated some of the best to enter politics for the last hundred years was the yearning to help 'the poor'. " |
Looking from the wrong end of the telescope22 July 2004 |
Pricing Our Roads: Vision and Reality22 July 2004 Stephen Glaister and Daniel Graham |
How Granton could be a new Venice20 July 2004 The latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Remember Blundell's Law30 June 2004 The latest article by the General Director of the IEA , John Blundell, In the Scotsman |
Should the DTI force the travel industry to reduce prices at peak times?17 June 2004 No says Dr John Meadowcroft |
Africa's plight will not end with aid14 June 2004 IN A week packed with news did you notice president Robert Mugabe’s declaration he is going to nationalise all the farmland in his already much blighted Republic of Zimbabwe? |
Budding entrepreneurs must not be afraid of risk culture07 June 2004 The latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
John Blundell in The Daily Telegraph on banning smoking in pubs and restaurants02 June 2004 Public Houses are Private Places |
Better Off Out?01 June 2004 John Meadowcroft argues that Denis MacShane may not be the best person to oversee our constitutional negotiations |
Report on the IEA's first annual Political Economy Conference20 May 2004 Read what Frank Field MP had to say on anti-social behaviour and how Oliver Letwin MP defended his tax policies |
Read John Blundell's speech to The Heritage Foundation, Washington13 May 2004 At the 27th Annual Resource Bank Meeting |
John Blundell in The Wall Street Journal Europe06 May 2004 De Soto: A Hero Of Third World Capitalism |
Latest Newsletter from the iea28 April 2004 To read all the up-to-the-minute news and views from the iea please download our most recent newsletter. |
IEA authors call for a new model for Europe22 April 2004 An alternative constitution for the EU has been proposed in a report released by the IEA. |
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation15 April 2004 |
Review of The 2004 Index of Economic Freedom by John Blundell15 April 2004 From the mostly unfree Albania (ranked 80th) all the way to the repressed Zimbabwe (ranked 153rd of 155) |
Congratulations to IEA friend Anne Applebaum who has won the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction08 April 2004 In her best-selling book Gulag, Anne Applebaum acknowledges the support of the IEA, where a packed Westminster launch took place last spring |
Congratulations to Hernando de Soto01 April 2004 The Institute of Economic Affairs would like to congratulate internationally recognised economist, property rights activist and iea friend Hernando de Soto for winning the second biennial Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. |
Winners of Student Essay Prize Announced02 March 2004 The prizes will be awarded at The 60th Anniversary of The Road to Serfdom party at the iea on March 10th. |
Latest Newsletter from the IEA25 February 2004 The latest news, views, events and publications from the IEA. |
In the Wake of the Hutton Report03 February 2004 John Meadowcroft, iea Research Fellow calls for the licence fee to be radically reformed |
John Blundell is on the board of advisors for The Tax Payers' Alliance03 February 2004 A newly formed group campaigning for lower taxes has called for the Department of Trade and Industry to be scrapped and accused the Government of wasting £50billion a year |
State Pension Morass30 January 2004 What is the relationship between state and private pensions |
January Newsletter from the IEA22 January 2004 Read what John Blundell has been saying about financial rules, see what events are coming up, read the latest publication and find out what is coming out next month. Sign up if you would like to receive this newsletter by email. |
Adam Smith Presentation Silver21 January 2004 A marvellous new gift range available through the IEA |
Christmas Newsletter from the iea12 December 2003 Read the latest news and views from the iea |
Trade can only benefit both partners17 November 2003 ECONOMICS is at its most rewarding when it contradicts banality. Our intuition, or even our common sense, is not always the best guide. |
November Newsletter from the iea05 November 2003 For a comprehensive guide to what is happening at the iea during the month of November. |
Student Essay Competition - Entries must be submitted by Wednesday 10th December 200321 October 2003 An essay contest for students aged 18 or under. £1000 for first place and three £500 winners |
October Newsletter from the iea05 October 2003 Details of what is happening at the iea during the month of October |
Is there something in the water in Scotland?30 June 2003 By John Blundell |
Gulag: A History of the Soviet Concentration Camps20 June 2003 Remarks from the book launch by author Anne Applebaum, columnist and member of the Editorial Board of the Washington Post |
Bill Emmott's speech from the 12th Annual Hayek Memorial Lecture17 June 2003 from the book 20:21 Vision |
Time to set sail towards a new ethos in business16 June 2003 Article in the Scotsman by John Blundell |
Student Essay Prize Winners Announced20 May 2003 |
Middle class is made to pay too high a burden19 May 2003 |
Put Airport slots up for Auction11 May 2003 Article in "The Business" by Keith Boyfield |
Thttp://iea3.politicos.ws/editor/records.jsp?action=ime for the BBC to tune into the vision of a plc22 April 2003 Article in the Scotsman 22/04/03 |
IEA Essay Competition26 February 2003 An Essay Contest for Students aged 18 and under. |
Professor Philip Booth proposes market solutions to the "affordable" housing problem26 February 2003 In a speech to Conservatives 4 Cities, Philip Booth suggests that political parties need to put central planning of housing behind them and embrace the market. Otherwise, housing will remain more expensive than it needs to be |
The Magic of choice07 February 2003 Tom Miers from the Institute of Economic Affairs writes about how to reap the full benefits of competition in public services. |
Have farmers got the "balls" to look after their pigs?29 January 2003 The iea asks "WHY do farmers throughout the country have 90 days to put a toy in every pigsty or face up to three months in jail." |
IEA adopts African privatisation jingle.14 January 2003 Buy the hippest song for 2003 about privatisation, 14 January 2003 |
Think Tank Adopts African Privatisation Jingle18 December 2002 IEA, the leading market orientated think tank, has adopted a song for Christmas which extols the virtues of privatisation. |
New merchandise on sale for Christmas14 November 2002 Make someone happy by giving them a fluffy freemarket friend! |
MPS Conference October 200216 October 2002 550 members, guests, fellows and partners from all but 50 countries attended the Mont Pelerin Society conference in October for six days. |
Only 300 left of limited edition print 'Westminster Village'16 October 2002 |
Vernon L Smith wins Nobel Prize15 October 2002 Member of IEA Academic Advisory Council wins 2002 prize in Economics |
Pssst what's the next good idea?07 October 2002 |
P.T.Bauer (1915-2002)27 September 2002 |
Black or White According to Taste23 September 2002 Speeches and quotes from the 10th anniversary discussion of the events surrounding Britain's exit from the ERM, held at the IEA. |
On Friedman's 90th birthday we still need his remedy30 July 2002 Written by John Blundell for the Daily Telegraph |
Worldcom, Enron and all that...05 July 2002 What JB has to say |
Exciting new merchandise on sale!02 July 2002 The fluffiest free-market economist you'll ever meet! |
New 1000 word summaries to accompany all books17 June 2002 Capital Controls by Forrest Capie |
Hollywood here we come!14 June 2002 IEA features in American Documentary |
Swedish models at the IEA30 May 2002 Health care models that is! |
Forest fires in Sydney23 May 2002 John Blundell discusses the latest devastation of Forest Fires in Sydney |
Welcome new trustees22 May 2002 welcome to the two new brains to the IEA Board of Managing Trustees. They are: Carolyn Fairbairn and Patrick Minford. |
Rwanda... of all places22 May 2002 |
Nick Crafts paper hit with British press22 May 2002 Britain's Relative Economic Performance, 1870 - 1999 is a hit with the media |
The Economics of Sport: A Symposium07 May 2002 |
The Templeton Forum On Markets and Morality27 March 2002 |
IEA website gains impressive star rating14 March 2002 Williams de Broe Guide to Economic Websites |
Europe: In or Out - a recent debate held by the IEA06 February 2002 Over 250 people attended |
'Globalisation' Is The Best Hope For The Poor, Says IEA Author04 February 2002 2001 Hayek Memorial Lecture |
Speeches available to read from EU debate03 February 2002 IEA Debate |
'Seen and Heard' by John Blundell10 December 2001 |
Another lesson in pricing13 November 2001 |
Dodge City to Economic Success06 November 2001 |
From Dodge City to Economic Success Story06 November 2001 How community policing has transformed the city of Lowell, Massachusetts |
Great Quote09 October 2001 IEA |
Talking of Novels05 August 2001 |
Bastiat 200010 July 2001 |
Slide Rule08 June 2001 |
New Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham09 May 2001 |
EU Jurisprudence and The Competition Act02 April 2001 |
Competition and the Art of Writing13 March 2001 Adapted from Remarks Delivered at the Institute for Economic Affairs, London |
Oil and Gas Producing Countries in the Twenty-First Century13 February 2001 |
The Right to Roam in Sweden01 January 2001 IEA on How Public Access Causes Environmental Degradation by Per Ericson |
Genetically Modified Nonsense01 January 2001 IEA Event |
Culling to be Kind01 January 2001 Roger Bate, Director of the IEA Environment Unit, argues that culling of elephants and sale of their ivory makes sense both economically and environmentally |
Trading Ivory Will Help Conservation01 January 2001 |
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