02 September 2010
IEA in the press
last twelve months
The BBC licence fee's time has passed31 August 2010 Mark Littlewood writes for ConservativeHome |
Fairness in government spending 'should not be judged simply by size of handouts'25 August 2010 Mark Littlewood appears on BBC Radio 4's Today programme to discuss criticism of the Government's most recent Budget as being 'unfair' |
Return prudence to accounting24 August 2010 IEA Chairman Prof. D.R. Myddelton writes to the FT letters page |
Britain's debts 'swell to £5tn'23 August 2010 The Daily Star reports on the IEA's evaluation of true government debt |
Government urged to reveal 'true' national debt of £4.8 trillion20 August 2010 The Daily Telegraph writes on the IEA's calls for the true national debt figure to be revealed |
Cass professors put the case for self-regulation19 August 2010 The FT Adviser writes on the IEA's calls for self-regulation in financial markets |
A solid enough start18 August 2010 Mark Littlewood writes for the Spectator's Coffee House blog |
How the Institute of Economic Affairs has influenced Coalition policy10 August 2010 In a regular feature on thinktank influence, ConservativeHome profiles the IEA's influence on Coalition policy |
Funding for the arts should not be through taxpayer subsidy10 August 2010 Mark Littlewood appears on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme to argue against state funding for the arts |
Lessons from history show self-regulation to be the best kind of control09 August 2010 Prof. Philip Booth writes for The Daily Telegraph |
Calls for Scotland to have its own stock exchange04 August 2010 The Herald speaks to Prof. Philip Booth to discuss the IEA's proposals for the creation of regional stock exchanges |
Government should scrap new City watchdog, says think-tank04 August 2010 City A.M. writes on the IEA's criticism of coalition plans for financial regulation |
Terry Arthur: Does Britain need a financial regulator?04 August 2010 Terry Arthur, IEA Fellow, writes for Conservative Home |
Fair exchanges a step in the right direction03 August 2010 Ruth Porter writes for the Yorkshire Post |
Contradictory demands02 August 2010 SMPC member, Professor Kent Matthews, discusses bank lending on BBC Radio 4's Today |
Send for the wonks29 July 2010 Mark Littlewood features in the Economist discussing the growing role of think tanks |
Vince Cable risks promoting another financial crisis28 July 2010 Philip Booth writes on Conservative Home about government meddling in the banking sector |
Regional stock exchanges could help SMEs raise equity finance27 July 2010 Philip Booth talks on BBC Radio 4's News Briefing about the need for less regulation of the financial sector |
Never again should so much be wasted by so few27 July 2010 Mark Littlewood writes for the Spectator's Coffee House blog |
BBC Radio 5 Live takes a look at delivery in the health service25 July 2010 Prof. J.R. Shackleton argues for reform of public sector practices |
BP: Beyond the Horizon25 July 2010 Richard D North discusses the future of fossil fuels on BBC Radio 4 |
BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze looks at the Big Society21 July 2010 Mark Littlewood argues that while the idea is well intentioned, greater government involvement risks even more crowding out of community |
Real test on public borrowing is yet to come20 July 2010 Mark Littlewood comments on the latest public sector borrowing figures on Sky's Jeff Randall Live |
Spontaneous community response cannot be centrallly planned19 July 2010 Mark Littlewood discusses the Big Society on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme |
Government wants to 'recast public sector'17 July 2010 Mark Littlewood argues on BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the relationship between the state and the citizen needs to change |
Switzerland has no official poverty statistics. So what?15 July 2010 Kristian Niemietz writes for Swiss Monthly Magazine: Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture |
Perpetuating the illusion that central planning is possible14 July 2010 Philip Booth writes for Conservative Home commending the idea of abolishing the census |
Time to Get Real13 July 2010 Philip Booth argues for shrinking the size of the state on Radio 4's Analysis programme |
Public sector pensions13 July 2010 Philip Booth speaks to the Economist about how public sector pensions should be reformed |
Public Sector Pensions Commission's report featured widely in the media07 July 2010 Initiated by the IEA and formed with a number of other organisations this Commission advocates major pension reform |
Don’t lecture the drinkers, just make them responsible05 July 2010 Mark Littlewood writes for the Yorkshire Post |
Should the unemployed work for benefits?04 July 2010 Mark Littlewood appears on the BBC programme 'The Big Questions' |
What should the Christian response be to welfare reform?04 July 2010 Philip Booth speaks to BBC Radio 4 about welfare reform |
The Church, and not the Chancellor, has the answer01 July 2010 Philip Booth writes for the Catholic Herald about the budget |
TPA and IEA host post budget briefing24 June 2010 A panel of leading economists give their take on the budget |
The price of entry24 June 2010 The Economist writes about Prof Gary Becker's proposals on immigration policy |
Okay, we've had the pain, now let's see some reform23 June 2010 Philip Booth writes on cuts for Public Service |
Is austerity working?22 June 2010 Richard Wellings argues on BBC World Service that private investment is key to recovering from recession |
A budget of woes? Where has our imagination gone?21 June 2010 Ruth Porter blogs for Reuters ahead of this week's budget |
Asia will be the world's new centre of gravity20 June 2010 The Telegraph profiles Prof. Gary Becker and his remarkable work |
Let’s make immigrants pay to come to Britain19 June 2010 Prof. Gary Becker writes for The Times on immigration |
Charge immigrants to enter the UK17 June 2010 Professor Gary Becker speaks to Evan Davis on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme about immigration reform |
Nobel Laureate Gary Becker says immigrants should pay17 June 2010 Gary Becker argues for a major shift in immigration policy in The Daily Telegraph |
Mark Littlewood joins 'Star Chamber' on Newsnight08 June 2010 Mark Littlewood appears on Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman to debate the role of the state and necessary cuts |
The danger of 'Something Must Be Done'04 June 2010 Mark Littlewood is interviewed on Radio 5 Live about gun laws, marriage and the coalition's performance |
Letter by prominent free-marketeers argues against CGT rise30 May 2010 Letter in The Daily Telegraph by prominent free market think tankers and economists argues that CGT rise will destroy growth, enterprise and jobs |
Doomed by Democracy?30 May 2010 Mark Littlewood argues that the green lobby has over played it's hand on climate change on BBC Radio 4's 'Ethical Man' |
Shock in store for Council Taxpayers27 May 2010 Quality contracts are not as good as claimed, writes John Hibbs in Route One |
The coalition government has been left with huge problems, and they must look to solve them soon25 May 2010 Professor Philip Booth speaks to Russia Today about the Queen's Speech |
Being realistic about public spending cuts does mean expecting job losses24 May 2010 Mark Littlewood discusses the £6 billion of public spending cuts announced today, with Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 |
Gambling with the Golden Years24 May 2010 While reform of state pensions has been kicked in to the long grass, private schemes are being squeezed ever-harder, writes Philip Booth in House Magazine |
Rebuilding our economy will hurt23 May 2010 Mark Littlewood argues on BBC Radio 5 live that cuts will be difficult, but are necessary |
The Greed Imperative23 May 2010 Professor Philip Booth is interviewed on BBC Radio 4 on why self-interest is necessary |
Tories have gained nothing by accepting this extra tax on savings and investment20 May 2010 Philip Booth's article in the Yorkshire Post |
IEA warns against Coalition policy on Capital Gains Tax19 May 2010 Professor Philip Booth argues on Conservative Home that the Coalition policy on CGT is seriously damaging |
Making the country work again19 May 2010 Dr Richard Wellings writes in the Telegraph that Britain needs a policy of radical welfare reform |
A rise in capital gains tax would make Trotskyites proud19 May 2010 A rise in CGT will harm Britain's economy, argues Dr Richard Wellings on The Daily Telegraph blog |
Europe should have allowed Greece to default17 May 2010 Philip Booth writes in City AM about the need for fiscal responsibility |
The Lib-Con coalition might just work12 May 2010 Mark Littlewood blogs for The Telegraph about how the new coalition government could be a good thing for liberalism |
Liberalism could be a good thing11 May 2010 In an article on Critical Reaction Mark Littlewood argues a blue/yellow coaltion might now be the best option |
Hung Parliament11 May 2010 Across a range of broadcast media, Mark Littlewood is arguing that deficit reduction requires stable government |
Oil spill will not transform BP or the industry11 May 2010 Richard D North's letter to the editor of the Financial Times |
Intellectual fads will not benefit the world's poor07 May 2010 Kristian Niemietz suggests in the Catholic Herald that Caritas Europa's campaign to eliminate poverty is ill-conceived |
Restoring United Kingdom’s economy to top of next PM’s agenda30 April 2010 Mark Littlewood explains the need for spending cuts on Russia Today |
A Taxing System27 April 2010 Philip Booth in Financial World on the costs of collecting taxes |
What Are Hung Parliaments And Do They Matter?27 April 2010 Philip Booth discussed the possible significance of a hung Parliament on Sky with Jeff Randall |
The singles vote24 April 2010 Mark Littlewood argues on BBC Radio 4 that parents shouldn't get preferential treatment in the tax system |
Fifty economists wrong on public spending cuts20 April 2010 Letter by Philip Booth in The Daily Telegraph |
Liberal Democrat manifesto plans not radical enough14 April 2010 On BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight Mark Littlewood argues the Liberal Democrats need to cut public spending as well as increasing the tax-free threshold |
The cull that leaves no root stock12 April 2010 The inspection and regulation of small businesses has reached crisis proportions, and the next government must provide a respite |
"IEA warns that both Labour and Tories underestimate spending cuts"11 April 2010 The Sunday Telegraph writes about a new report from the IEA on government spending |
Ask the leaders: Who is Nick Clegg?05 April 2010 Mark Littlewood critiques the lack of radicalism in the Liberal Democrats on Channel 4 News |
An Independent View from the IEA03 April 2010 Enterprise needs liberalism – but are the Liberal Democrats liberal? |
Debate on Ofcom's latest announcement31 March 2010 Mark Littlewood debates Ofcom's latest demands on SKY News |
Football doesn’t need Labour to kick it into shape30 March 2010 IEA Advisory Council member Prof. Len Shackleton writes in The Times warning about the danger of government regulation of football. |
Selling off unnecessarily state-owned assets29 March 2010 Mark Littlewood discusses how to cut the national debt in an article on ConservativeHome |
Philip Booth comments on the BA strikes29 March 2010 In a letter in the Evening Standard Philip Booth discusses BA's history |
Philip Booth discusses striking on Newsnight27 March 2010 Philip Booth argues trade unions not necessary in a competitive labour market |
Moral Maze debates right to strike26 March 2010 IEA's Professor Patrick Minford argues for free competition in labour markets on Radio 4 |
Bishops keep out of the headlines by talking common sense!25 March 2010 Philip Booth in the Catholic Times on the Catholic Bishops' pre-election advice |
Lib Dems should be much clearer on cutting the deficit23 March 2010 Mark Littlewood interviewed on The Daily Politics Show |
Price of tax collection hits small business hardest22 March 2010 Philip Booth interviewed on video by Reuters |
Christians not "morally bankrupt" if they do not support a Tobin Tax16 March 2010 Philip Booth in Catholic Herald on the assertion by Catholic agency head that opposition to the Tobin Tax is morally bankrupt |
Urgent need to cut public spending10 March 2010 Philip Booth discusses the budget deficit and the public sector pay freeze on the BBC News Channel and Radio Five Live |
Why I have reservations about the "Nudge" philosophy07 March 2010 Article by Philip Booth on ConservativeHome |
The debt crisis and the prospect of a hung parliament03 March 2010 Mark Littlewood interviewed on BBC2's Newsnight |
UK needs to cut deficit rapidly01 March 2010 Philip Booth discusses the fiscal crisis and the pound on Bloomberg TV |
Regional policy: living on borrowed time?28 February 2010 Richard Wellings argues against subsidies to the North on Radio 4 |
How the next government can lower business costs by simplifying the tax system20 February 2010 Article by Richard Wellings on ConservativeHome |
Time for a change for Brownite bishops16 February 2010 Philip Booth in the Catholic Herald on welfare policy |
Climategate is just the tip of the iceberg16 February 2010 Article by David Henderson in The Australian |
Taxing the Sheriff of Nottingham will harm the poor12 February 2010 Letter in The Daily Telegraph on proposals to impose a "Robin Hood" tax on banks |
"Total madness" of 21-hour working week12 February 2010 Mark Littlewood debates with the New Economics Foundation on Radio 4's Today Programme |
Make students pay more!11 February 2010 Philip Booth in the Independent on how to make students pay higher fees without upsetting the Treasury |
The Conservatives must give their proposed Swedish-style "free schools" a lot more freedom25 January 2010 Article by Philip Booth on ConservativeHome |
Economic freedom is essential if the UK is to flourish20 January 2010 Mark Littlewood discusses the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom on Radio 5 |
Privatise the Tube and deregulate the buses09 January 2010 Richard Wellings debates with Ken Livingstone on LBC |
Too many regulations - too little empowerment05 January 2010 In an article for Public Servant, Mark Littlewood argues it's time to stop pretending the state has all the answers |
Mark Littlewood discusses the state of the UK economy on Al Jazeera04 January 2010 Britain's high-tax, high-regulation culture threatens productivity growth |
Dire need for fiscal plan27 December 2009 Letter by IEA economists in The Sunday Times on the need to reduce Britain's budget deficit |
Blond's encyclical21 December 2009 Philip Booth examines the ideas of Phillip Blond and their influence on David Cameron in an article for Standpoint |
The fiscal stimulus for transport - has it worked?18 December 2009 No, argues Richard Wellings in Transportation Professional |
Andrew Lilico calls for spending cuts on Radio 4's Today Programme15 December 2009 SMPC member argues UK's huge budget deficit threatens recovery |
Leave bankers alone, argues Mark Littlewood on The Daily Politics show08 December 2009 Financial sector is vital to the UK |
Mark Littlewood discusses free markets on Radio 4's Today Programme07 December 2009 Debate with Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing |
Phillip Blond has many sound and original policies03 December 2009 Unfortunately the original ones are not sound and the sound ones are not original, argues Philip Booth on ConservativeHome |
Taxpayers will suffer as politicians carry on spending25 November 2009 Article by Richard Wellings in Offshore Investment |
Thanks, I'll take my hip elsewhere24 November 2009 Article on NHS funding by Philip Booth in The House Magazine |
Copenhagen will fail - and quite right too23 November 2009 Article by Nigel Lawson in the Times |
S. Fred Singer appears on The Daily Politics show23 November 2009 Leading climate change expert debates with Bob Watson from DEFRA |
Ethics alone will not prevent financial crises15 November 2009 Article by Philip Booth in the Financial Times |
IEA Fellow David Henderson discusses corporate social responsibility on Radio 403 November 2009 Does CSR undermine the competitive market economy? |
The Tories need a rethink on the minimum wage28 October 2009 Article by Mark Littlewood for the Daily Telegraph (online) |
Can the UN promote freedom and dignity?27 October 2009 Philip Booth in the Catholic Herald on International Institutions and Caritas in veritate |
Superpower could pay high price for its spending spree20 October 2009 Article on US economic policy by Richard Wellings in the Yorkshire Post |
Nobel Pursuits for Cameron & Co19 October 2009 Article by Philip Booth in the Daily Telegraph explaining the lessons of Ostrom's and Williamson's work |
Adam Smith would not be optimistic in today's economic world30 September 2009 US may slip from first- to third-world status, argues Charles K. Rowley in the Daily Telegraph |
Osborne's plans don't add up15 September 2009 Letter by Richard Wellings in the Evening Standard on the need for substantial cuts to public spending |
Free hand to the free market09 September 2009 Philip Booth argues in The Tablet that if we want a less oligopolistic financial sector we need less regulation |
catch up
Mixed messages on development aid in papal encyclical23 July 2009 Pope Benedict calls for more aid in Caritas in veritate - but with reservations |
Should the government cut arts funding?22 July 2009 Yes, argues John Blundell in an article for Total Politics |
Caritas in veritate - article by Philip Booth in the Catholic Herald17 July 2009 New social encyclical should not be scanned for its practical policy proposals, argues Philip Booth |
Fight to keep dirty thoughts at bay05 July 2009 In an article for the Sunday Times, John Blundell argues we need to guard think tanks against undue influence |
Catholic social teaching not 'left wing'30 June 2009 Philip Booth on Radio 4 on Pope Benedict's forthcoming encyclical |
It is time to put Europe on hold16 June 2009 Article by Sir Samuel Brittan in the Financial Times |
There is no marketplace in British education12 June 2009 Philip Booth in the Catholic Herald on Archbishop Nichols' lecture on education |
Why PPPs may offer poor value for money08 June 2009 Article by Richard Wellings in Public Sector Executive |
Blame our inadequate politicians for the slump, not the grasping bankers01 June 2009 Article by Philip Booth in the Yorkshire Post |
Removing the banks' comfort blanket18 May 2009 Article by Philip Booth in the Sunday Times |
Economists' letter spells out what went wrong12 May 2009 Statement on the financial crisis by IEA authors in the Daily Telegraph |
John Blundell appears on Reason TV07 May 2009 Lecture on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher |
Margaret Thatcher's revolution06 May 2009 Article by John Blundell in The Washington Times |
Faith, Hope and the Free Economy30 April 2009 Article by Philip Booth in Standpoint |
Philip Booth on the budget in Public Servant28 April 2009 Debt Disaster and Public Service Reform |
Philip Booth appears on Radio 4's Today Programme20 April 2009 He discusses the pros and cons of "fair trade" |
Sums for local councils don't add up24 March 2009 Philip Booth writes on public sector pensions in the Evening Standard |
Make your own mind up about Fairtrade26 February 2009 Philip Booth writes about Fairtrade in the Catholic Herald |
Mortgage policy built on sand24 February 2009 Letter by Richard Wellings in the Evening Standard |
How to defuse the demographic time bomb10 February 2009 Article by Nick Silver in Investment Pensions Europe |
Bad luck for our children07 February 2009 Philip Booth discusses the growing debt burden in the Yorkshire Post |
Oh Christmas tree, why must the state grow thee?24 December 2008 Article by John Blundell in the Wall Street Journal |
The Conservatives must stick to free-market principles08 December 2008 Article by Richard Wellings in The House Magazine |
Deflation danger05 December 2008 Philip Booth in the Daily Telegraph on the perils of a deflationary shock |
Grey power time bomb30 November 2008 Philip Booth in Standpoint on the problem of the ageing voter |
The environment - a message of hope, not despair26 November 2008 Philip Booth writing in the Catholic Times on the environment |
Bishops should tread carefully in their response to the financial crash04 November 2008 Article by Philip Booth in the Catholic Times |
Blundell's Blast: Economists calculate the cost at £8 billion01 November 2008 John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Autumn 2008 |
Keynesian over-spending won't rescue the economy26 October 2008 Letter by IEA economists in the Sunday Telegraph |
Liberal Democrats are slowly rediscovering liberalism...23 October 2008 Philip Booth in House Magazine on the Liberal Democrats and the prospects for the Conservatives |
Government intervention on mortgages will slow down financial recovery23 October 2008 Letter by Richard Wellings in the Daily Telegraph |
Taxation and economic growth16 October 2008 Article by Richard Wellings in Offshore Investment |
We will all pay the bill for this blank cheque to the banks29 September 2008 Article by Richard Wellings in the Yorkshire Post |
Thumbs down for Bush's bailout to save Wall Street26 September 2008 Article by Philip Booth in the Yorkshire Post |
Entrepreneurs in Ideas23 September 2008 Article in Ariadne Capital Journal by Philip Booth |
Despite all the pain, we must not bail out the struggling banks19 September 2008 Article by Richard Wellings in the Yorkshire Post |
The FSA should join the roll of City failures18 September 2008 Article by Philip Booth in the Daily Telegraph |
Blast: How much time does the average beat officer spend on patrol and how effective is that time?25 August 2008 John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Summer 2008 |
Coal's revival can help to curb energy bills06 August 2008 Article by Richard Wellings in the Yorkshire Post |
Grey voters tighten their grip on ballot box05 August 2008 Article by Philip Booth in the Yorkshire Post |
Consumer choice in health02 July 2008 Article by John Spiers in the Yorkshire Post about the Darzi review |
SMPC members express concerns about monetary policy in the FT30 June 2008 SMPC members take Bank of England Governor to task about causes of inflation in a letter to the FT |
The new Silk Road?21 June 2008 Keith Boyfield and Angus Miller on securing the UK's natural gas supplies |
Explaining the gap between mortgage rates and the Libor rate20 June 2008 Article by Trevor Williams in FT Advisor |
Deregulation needed to boost industry05 June 2008 Article by Richard Wellings in Industrial Focus |
We must face the facts over cash and choice22 May 2008 Article on public services by John Spiers in the Yorkshire Post |
Plea to chef Gordon Ramsay: “Stay in the kitchen, Gord!”15 May 2008 Article by John Blundell on food regulation |
Blundell's Blast: Forces for Good01 May 2008 John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Spring 2008 |
How foreign aid can damage the poorest28 March 2008 Philip Booth on development aid in the Catholic Herald |
Loosen regulations and privatise the Bank27 March 2008 Institutions must be allowed to fail, argues Philip Booth in the Daily Telegraph |
US bank bites the dust - what are the prospects for the UK?19 March 2008 Philip Booth writes in the Yorkshire Post |
Cameron on wrong track23 February 2008 Letter on food security by Richard Wellings in the Yorkshire Post |
Fair trade proponents should have more humility28 January 2008 Philip Booth writes on fair trade in the Catholic Times |
Let's sell organs27 January 2008 Letter on kidney transplants by Richard Wellings in the Sunday Express |
Why a drastic interest rate cut will prolong the misery25 January 2008 Philip Booth examines the prospects for the economy in the Yorkshire Post |
Britain no longer free16 January 2008 Britain has been demoted to the category of "mostly free" countries in the latest edition of the Heritage Foundation/IEA Index of Economic Freedom |
France needs reform09 January 2008 Philip Booth argues in House Magazine that President Sarkozy must reform French labour markets and pensions systems |
Blundell's Blast: Who wants to be a billionaire?30 November 2007 by John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Autumn 2007 |
Radical Agenda for the Conservative Party01 November 2007 Philip Booth argues in House Magazine that the Conservatives should return welfare to the market |
Private enterprise will steer us to better roads30 October 2007 In an article for the Yorkshire Post, Richard Wellings argues that the provision of transport infrastructure needs to be more closely linked to consumer demand |
Naughty George!25 October 2007 In a letter to the Guardian, John Blundell responds to George Monbiot's comments about the IEA |
The Origins of the IEA24 October 2007 John Blundell looks back at the IEA's very first publication and a pivotal article in Newsweek by Henry Hazlitt |
Letter to The Times on trade and development from Philip Booth and nine others30 September 2007 Under-developed countries should liberalise trade too |
Politicians should not control faith-based education24 September 2007 Philip Booth in an article in the Catholic Times questions the excessive state control of faith-based education and proposes that finance for education should be directed through parents and not schools |
Rocky Road Ahead18 September 2007 Philip Booth on the Northern Rock Crisis in the Yorkshire Post |
Should firms that create rubbish pay?16 September 2007 Letter on the Conservative Party's 'Quality of Life' proposals by Richard Wellings in the Mail on Sunday |
No Need for Slogans02 August 2007 Article on Corporate Social Responsibility by Philip Booth in The Tablet |
How Alex Salmond could save Scottish business by axing rules and red tape25 July 2007 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Planning policies that brought flood misery16 July 2007 Article by Richard Wellings in the Yorkshire Post |
Who's going to tackle public sector pensions head-on?10 July 2007 Article by Philip Booth on public sector pensions in Public Servant |
Revenue raiders07 July 2007 Letter on new powers for tax officials by Richard Wellings in The Independent |
From romantic to realist, one man's journey toward council reform03 July 2007 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
The simple way to attract more taxpayers and raise more tax revenue26 June 2007 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Popes, Bishops and the Economy of the Free Market10 June 2007 Article by Philip Booth in the Catholic Times |
Pensions Problems Around the World16 May 2007 Article in The Actuary by Philip Booth, Oskari Juurikkala and Nick Silver |
Inequality, taxation and globalisation07 May 2007 In a letter to the Telegraph (unpublished) IEA Editorial and Programme Director Philip Booth criticises Telegraph City commentator for peddling old myths on the causes of inequality |
Private Pensions Crisis23 April 2007 IEA Fellow Nick Silver on the private pensions crisis and how it has been encouraged by regulation |
Why recycling isn't really saving the planet04 April 2007 Richard Wellings writes on environmental issues for the Yorkshire Post |
Back to the beat26 March 2007 Letter by John Blundell in The Sunday Telegraph |
The great tinkerer22 March 2007 Richard Wellings comments on the Budget for The Business online and The Spectator online |
Time for Scotland's first independent university15 March 2007 Between the lines by John Blundell |
Britain’s Corporate Tax System: time to lead the world again02 March 2007 Philip Booth, IEA Editorial and Programme Director writing in the CBI's Magazine, Business Voice |
Blundell's Blast: Orphanage has lessons for all01 March 2007 by John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Winter 2007 |
Give man the earth and he will look after it20 February 2007 Catholic Bishops' thinking on environment in need of revision: article in Catholic Times by Philip Booth |
Deeply Unsatisfactory19 February 2007 Article by Keith Boyfield in The Wall Street Journal |
We need a new agenda for more radical reform15 February 2007 Core Values by John Blundell in The Business |
Scots Greys are in full flight to warmer climes08 February 2007 Between the lines by John Blundell |
At last, an interesting twist in the story of monetary policy06 February 2007 Philip Booth writes on the Shadow MPC and interest rates decisions in the Yorkshire Post |
Spin doctors, not scientists, control climate change debate05 February 2007 Letter by John Blundell in the Daily Telegraph, in response to 'Scientists: Only man can stop climate disaster' (03 February) |
Why the spirit of noble capitalism is still vital today24 January 2007 Article by John Blundell |
Smoking ban threatens property rights05 December 2006 Letter in Metro by Richard Wellings |
Blundell’s Blast: Buckingham is number one11 November 2006 by John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Autumn 2006 |
A property rights approach is needed to conserve fish stocks06 November 2006 Letter in the Daily Telegraph |
How gold-plated civil service pensions are dividing the nation19 October 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Sell-off the three Rs to really deliver education01 October 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Time to end the madness over social housing27 September 2006 Subsidies should be paid directly to tenants, says Peter King in the Yorkshire Post. |
Enclaves punch above their weight with the EU24 September 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Time to challenge state's role in our universities21 September 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Governments are not things to be banked on, as Walter Scott recognised14 September 2006 Between the Lines by John Blundell in The Business |
Why the world has no need for central banks10 September 2006 Business Platform by John Blundell in The Business |
Tim Congdon on Boom and Bust03 September 2006 Congdon warns about rapid increases in UK money supply in the Sunday Telegraph |
Let's get really subversive and convert Guantanamo Bay into a free-trade port10 August 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
How the West was won and may be in danger of losing30 July 2006 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
More children, better economy?24 July 2006 Peter Nolan, Environment Director of the Freedomn Institute and Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director of the IEA, write in the Catholic Times on immigration, population growth and the environment |
Why it’s time to put more TNT under the Post Office23 July 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Corruption, religion and economic growth20 July 2006 Article by Philip Booth in the Catholic Herald |
Rival post delivery is a welcome first step, but why stop at a duopoly?14 July 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
A Call to Alms10 July 2006 Article by Philip Booth in Catholic Times promoting philanthropy rather than aid to help the world's poor |
One man’s magnificent mission to free millions from poverty09 July 2006 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
How the return of the wolf could deliver a real business opportunity06 July 2006 Between the lines by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Why McJobs present a genuine opportunity for young workers02 July 2006 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
Town Blight29 June 2006 Philip Booth in The Daily Telegraph on planning policy |
Blundell’s Law says that results equal the opposite of intentions25 June 2006 Core Values by John Blundell |
Socialism in concrete: the evidence in ugly new towns11 June 2006 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
Mutual ownership would re-awaken many organisations08 June 2006 Between the lines by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Why industrialists must stop being ashamed of capitalism04 June 2006 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
Public sector pensions scandal not addressed by White Paper30 May 2006 Article in the Yorkshire Post by IEA Editorial and Programme Director Philip Booth |
We don’t need to sink public funds into bailing out canals28 May 2006 Core Values by John Blundell in The Business |
The only way to solve the water crisis is a meter in every home21 May 2006 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
Blair’s true mantra: regulation ... regulation ... regulation14 May 2006 Core Values by John Blundell in The Business |
One vision does not suit all09 May 2006 Letter by John Meadowcroft in The Times Public Agenda Section |
Counting the Cost of Regulation01 May 2006 Philip Booth questions the need for financial regulation in the Parliamentary Monitor |
Flat tax champion who ignored the economists30 April 2006 Business Platform by John Blundell in The Business |
Crofting reforms are entirely sensible - as shown by the protests27 April 2006 Between the lines by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Digital should signal era of no interference23 April 2006 Media File by John Blundell in The Business |
Why Cameron keeps his MEPs under wraps23 April 2006 Letter in responce to John Blundell's Cameron’s deafening EU silence last week |
Cameron’s deafening EU silence16 April 2006 Political Notebook by John Blundell in The Business |
Working prisons could save cash and souls13 April 2006 Between the lines 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 |
Scots and water09 April 2006 Letter in response to John Blundell's Loch Ness monster found: the sale of Scottish Water last week |
Loch Ness monster found: the sale of Scottish Water02 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 |
Let’s pay for peerages and solve party funding crisis19 March 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
McLibel is wrong about burgers15 March 2006 John Blundell attacks the myth that McJobs are dead-ends with no training |
Conspiracy at the heart of the European Union12 March 2006 Article by John Blundell in the Business |
Why Third World aid is no solution for poverty05 March 2006 Following John Blundell’s Capitalist Manifesto Against UK Poverty last week, he now puts his analysis of the cure for Third World Poverty |
Why John Blundell is wrong about art subsidies04 March 2006 Response to Blundell's Capitalist Manifesto Against UK Poverty last week |
The Old Firm: give them a profitable dose of competition in England02 March 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
A business manifesto to make poverty history26 February 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
The Miracle of Privatisation22 February 2006 First published in The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty |
Privatisation turns liabilities into assets19 February 2006 Article by John Blundel in The Business |
Time to end medieval use of our maritime assets26 January 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
It’s all going wrong in Latin America22 January 2006 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
US is not the only one to misconstrue menace of EU15 January 2006 Readers' Letters to The Business in response to John Blundell's article |
Washington still blind to true nature of the EU08 January 2006 Article by John Blundell in the Business |
Blundell's Blast: Thoughts on Planning01 January 2006 by John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Winter 2006 |
Set our forests free19 December 2005 John Blundell argues in The Sunday Telegraph that the Forestry Commission should be abolished and its acres turned into lottery prizes |
Markets have always been a moral force12 December 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
The Welfare State We're In01 December 2005 Article on Yahoo Finance by John Blundell |
Pensioners and Production - a comment on the Turner Report30 November 2005 IEA Fellow and Actuary Terry Arthur provides a light-hearted comment on the Turner report |
Unilateral free trade is the key to prosperity27 November 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Blair’s police belong back on the streets27 November 2005 The Sunday Times Comment by John Blundell |
It's ok to buy goods made with child labour25 November 2005 In an article in the Catholic Herald, Philip Booth argues we should not worry if our children's Christmas presents are made by other people's children |
A Big Chill Will Heat Up Energy Debate24 November 2005 IEA Media Fellow Richard D North writes in The Daily Telegraph on climate change |
EU cows are paid more than third-world families14 November 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Red tape makes EU the best club to be excluded from07 November 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Urge to regulate buses shows that lessons of the past are ignored03 October 2005 By John Blundell, Personal view in The Daily Telegraph |
Red tape revolution? Not at Barroso’s bureaucracy factory02 October 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Labour market regulation: some comparative lessons26 September 2005 A comparative analysis of labour market regulation in Europe and North America |
Postal reform won’t deliver a truly competitive market11 September 2005 John Blundell discusses forthcoming changes in postal regulations |
The Fairness of Flatness10 September 2005 In an article in Parliamentary Monitor, Philip Booth urges the Liberal Democrats to adopt the flat tax |
'Bra wars' should have no support from EU consumers09 September 2005 We all gain from free trade with China and should not give support to temporary protectionist measures, argues Philip Booth in The Tablet. If we suffer unemployment from the opening of trade, it is our internal labour market policies that are at fault |
Why motorists are being pumped dry31 August 2005 In an article in the Yorkshire Post, John Meadowcroft argues for a radical rethinking of taxes on motorists |
Let's hear it for our supermarket20 August 2005 John Blundell in The Business argues that Britain's supermarkets are a great success story |
Pressures on the housing market in the face of restrictions19 August 2005 Philip Booth responds to The Times article on economics on house building on the green belt |
The advantages of autonomy09 August 2005 John Meadowcroft argues in The Parliamentary Monitor that MPs should not fear greater devolution to local authorities |
Cutting tax rates equals higher revenues and higher growth03 August 2005 Article by John Blundell |
Mozambique: It's not just about aid17 July 2005 Letter by Dr John Meadowcroft in The Independent |
Bono's Struggle Does Not Help30 June 2005 Johan Wennström argues that the Third World may not benefit from the 'help' of Bono and the other Live8 stars |
Make Poverty History?27 June 2005 Article by Philip Booth in the Catholic Times on the "Make Poverty History" campaign |
Blundell's Blast: Private Adoption the sensible option27 June 2005 The author highlights the dreadful outcomes for children in our so-called ‘care’ system |
Solving problems of our greying population - John Blundell's latest article in The Scotsman10 June 2005 WHATEVER views we have about mass immigration or asylum seeking, it is not possible to be unaware of the phenomenon. As an economic liberal, I have a prejudice in favour of the free movement of labour. People move to improve their prospects |
Will the new EU members end farming in Scotland?10 June 2005 Article in the Scotsman by John Blundell |
Nationalisation replaced by regulation is blight on UK10 June 2005 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
Burke and Hare show us the way in stem cell debate10 June 2005 Core Values by John Blundell |
If only the Middle East could agree to trade goods, not blows10 June 2005 Core values by John Blundell in The Business |
Nothing to smile about as we ponder Victorian's legacy10 June 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Goodbye prudence as Mr Brown starts meddling07 June 2005 Article by John Meadowcroft on the folly of Gordon Brown's housing proposals in the Yorkshire Post |
Is There A Conflict Between Commercial Gain and Concern for the Poor?01 June 2005 In a sample article from the June 2005 Economic Affairs, James Tooley and Pauline Dixon examine the evidence from private schools for the poor in India and Nigeria |
Companies exist only to trade-nothing else25 May 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
What would a Gordon Brown Premiership be Like?24 May 2005 Philip Booth writes in the Parliamentary Monitor about the problems a Gordon Brown premiership might bring. Mark Seddon, former editor of Tribune, provides an alternative view. |
Morning Star reviews IEA pensions publication20 May 2005 'The Way Out of the Pensions Quagmire' is described as evidence of the dangers of liberal economics |
Blundell's Blast: An Open Letter to Chief Constables18 May 2005 by John Blundell in Association Management Quarterly, Winter 2005 |
Promises and why we vote the way we do15 May 2005 John Blundell in The Business comments on the 2005 UK general election |
Inheritance Tax - Is the New Tory Policy 'Too Timid'?01 May 2005 Barry Bracewell Milnes once again calls for inheritance tax to be scrapped |
Inheritance tax only makes the rich richer01 May 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
Fair trade will lead to more misery for Africa27 April 2005 Article by John Meadowcroft in the Yorkshire Post |
Why Locals-Only Housing is Bad Economics, Impractical and Immoral12 April 2005 Article by John Meadowcroft on "Locals-Only Housing" in the Yorkshire Post |
Get Big Mother Out of Our Lives04 April 2005 Philip Booth writing in the Guardian on a radical vision for policymakers over the next fifty years |
Lessons of the past 50 years show need to create a free-market Utopia07 March 2005 John Blundell writes the personal view column in The Daily Telegraph |
Ten winning ideas to put the Tories back in power01 March 2005 John Blundell writes in The Business |
Why Charity is Better than State Welfare18 February 2005 Article in The Catholic Herald written by Philip Booth |
Tax all income over a threshold at a flat rate11 February 2005 Letter to the Financial Times by Philip Booth |
Proof that capitalism is a triumphant force31 January 2005 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
The sums just don't add up!23 January 2005 Letter to the Mirror by Professor Philip Booth |
Terry Arthur, IEA Fellow, writes on pensions in The Times17 January 2005 Proposals for a citizens' pension |
Try, Beloved Country - Rumors of South Africa’s decline are greatly exaggerated01 December 2004 Article by John Blundell on Reason Online |
Families don't need interfering Nanny Hodge01 December 2004 Letter in the Daily Telegraph by Professor Philip Booth |
20th Anniversary of the Creation of BT23 November 2004 How Joseph rang up a global revolution -article in Yahoo Finance by John Blundell |
Think-Tank Thinking11 November 2004 Director General John Blundell responds to Steve Waters piece in The Guardian |
College Votes04 November 2004 Letter by Professor Philip Booth to The Guardian |
'Thinking smaller' idea preposterous05 October 2004 John Blundell responds to an article in The Financial Times which stated that think-tanks are 'thinking smaller' |
Disciple of Adam Smith believes no national asset too sacred to sell25 September 2004 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman on Yahoo Finance |
Capital supports ethical trading23 September 2004 John Blundell's letter to The Times on Ethical Trading |
Death of the company pension scheme02 September 2004 We are watching the slow-motion dissolution of the traditional company pension - John Blundell writes for Yahoo Finance |
ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF THE WORLD: 2004 ANNUAL REPORT31 August 2004 The Washington Times - James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, The Fraser Institute, |
Personal view: Water markets may prove the way to stave off water wars30 August 2004 By Roger Bate. Personal View in The Daily Telegraph |
Who's your top ten Scotsman?22 July 2004 John Blundell lists his top ten Scots who have done the most to advance freedom...do you agree? |
Looking from the wrong end of the telescope22 July 2004 Philip Booth writes in The Daily Telegraph on the plight of African nurses |
Letter by Professor Philip Booth in The Daily Telegraph07 May 2004 Burden of Childcare |
EU has no historic imperative for UK26 April 2004 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Allowing the Developing World to Compete21 April 2004 Letter in The Financial Times, written by Dr John Meadowcroft |
The case for an end to 'capital punishment'15 April 2004 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
End apathy: Make VAT a local sales tax15 April 2004 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
A man with the potential to change millions of lives05 April 2004 John Blundell's latest article in The Scotsman. Economists can rarely claim to be heroes. Few, very few, can have suffered murder attempts for their views. Too many economists get lost in their footnotes. |
Letter in theTimes written by John Meadowcroft, iea Research Fellow27 March 2004 Was 1976 really the best year? |
Edinburgh should be paying dividend not levying tax22 March 2004 The latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
The Anniversary of The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayek15 March 2004 John Blundell's article in The Wall Street Journal Europe |
'Patriotism' is just bad economics08 March 2004 The latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman - Elections are auctions. Every time the politicians have an appointment with their electorate, the volume of dud economics is turned up |
Letter from John Meadowcroft in The Guardian04 March 2004 What does the decision by the government to cap council tax bills mean? |
Euro-nonsense will cost insurance customers dear01 March 2004 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman: MY BID for immortality, apart from my two sons, consists of Blundell's Law. |
Economic truths of child labour - the latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman23 February 2004 EVERY high street in Scotland offers us items created by people whose poverty we can barely imagine. The tea in our cups was plucked by young women earning pennies in Sri Lanka. Our coffee has similar origins |
All would be Smiles better if we read a forgotten classic10 February 2004 John Blundell writes in The Scotsman |
Non Market Forces09 February 2004 Letter in The Daily Telegraph written by John Blundell |
Mission to Mars must go private to succeed02 February 2004 John Blundell writes in The Scotsman: President George Bush's declaration that he will authorise a manned colony on the Moon and human bases on Mars have jolted me. You would have to have a stunted imagination not to be moved by such adventures |
Financial rules are chaining firms down19 January 2004 John Blundell writes about financial regulation in his latest article to appear in The Scotsman |
The key to success lies in being able to manage their own affairs10 November 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Popular revolt needed to break airlines' stranglehold13 October 2003 John Blundell writes in The Scotsman about the bureacracy surrounding airlines |
A one-sided approach to free trade29 September 2003 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
It's a mad, sad, rent-seeking world we're in22 September 2003 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
It's time to free our services from the grip of the nanny state08 September 2003 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Key lessons we can learn from Slovaks25 August 2003 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Forgotten hero offers new view of politicians28 July 2003 Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Trade unions: as spurious as rain-makers?17 July 2003 John Blundell writes for The Scotsman |
Game set and match for role of finance on tennis court23 June 2003 Article by John Blundell in the Scotsman 23/06/03 |
Milburn was going in the right direction18 June 2003 Letter in the Telegraph by Prof. John Spiers |
Backward step18 June 2003 Letter in the Daily Telegraph By Prof. Philip Booth |
Time to set sail towards a new ethos in business16 June 2003 Article in the Scotsman by John Blundell |
Taxing times for the 'unfree'02 June 2003 Monday View in The Daily Mail by John Blundell |
Today's the taxman's final reckoning - for now02 June 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Solution to planning'fiasco' lies in the the past12 May 2003 Article in "The Scotsman" by John Blundell |
Put Airport slots up for Auction11 May 2003 Article in The Business by Keith Boyfield |
Inflation is 'exclusively caused by governments'05 May 2003 Article in the Scotsman by John Blundell |
Scotland would do well to follow Brazil's example28 April 2003 Article in the Scotsman by John Blundell |
Finding the right price for the right to fly25 April 2003 Article in the Financial Times by Keith Boyfield |
Time for the BBC to tune into the vision of a plc22 April 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Human tissue option is not a macabre option07 April 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Why being kind may be cruel to poor countries31 March 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Why Brunel and Gates run along parallel lines21 March 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Ideology is dead - long live consumer politic18 March 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Scotsman |
Why the UK needs to get more friendly on savings24 February 2003 Article by John Blundell in The Business |
State Control of Housing is a Disaster25 January 2003 Leter by Philip Booth in The Daily Telegraph |
Professor Philip Booth in the Telegraph04 December 2002 Leter by Philip Booth in The Daily Telegraph |
There is more than one way to put out a fire!15 November 2002 As the first 48 hour fire strike gets under way John Blundell comments on how fire brigades can be run in better - and cheaper ways |
The debate on adoption08 November 2002 Leter by John Blundell in The Daily Telegraph |
New paper by Patrick Minford hits the press09 September 2002 Article by Prof Patrick Minford in the Glasgow Herald |
IEA is still the oldest and biggest daddy of them all!14 July 2002 Article by Ed Vaizey the Sunday Times |
John Blundell is this week's European Observer03 July 2002 The Global Tax Cartel Cometh - Wall Street Journal Europe |
What's the WTO reading?14 March 2002 Guess what Mike Moore, the organisation's Director General, is reading... |
IEA author Barry Bracewell-Milnes hits the press04 March 2002 Everyone is talking about it...on Monday The Sun said 'Axe the Tax' and on Tuesday The Scotsman wrote that 'Inheritance Taxes are the Final Insult' |
Market Failure and Government Failure in Broadcasting01 December 2000 |
Trust and Privacy on the Net01 June 2000 With the growth of the Internet has come a lot of talk about privacy. In a recent cover story in The Economist, "The End of Privacy," the magazine warned that "threats to traditional notions of privacy will proliferate." It cites a survey showing that 80 percent of Americans worry about what happens to information collected about them. |
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