institute of economic affairs

A rise in capital gains tax would make Trotskyites proud

At last, an interesting twist in the story of monetary policy

Backward step

Black Wednesday - A Re-examination of Britain's Experience in the Exchange Rate Mechanism

Blame our inadequate politicians for the slump, not the grasping bankers

Bubbles and How To Survive Them

Central Banking, Monetary Stability and Financial Stability (Volume 29.3)

Death of the company pension scheme

Deflation danger

Economists' letter spells out what went wrong

Euro-nonsense will cost insurance customers dear

Explaining the gap between mortgage rates and the Libor rate

Free Banking in Britain - Theory, Experience and Debate 1800-1845

Good Money

Governments are not things to be banked on, as Walter Scott recognised

Have the Banks Failed British Industry?

Inflation is 'exclusively caused by governments'

Issues in Monetary Policy

It's a mad, sad, rent-seeking world we're in

Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism

Less than Zero

Money, Inflation and the Constitutional Position of Central Bank

Money, Prices and the Real Economy (web version)

Money and Asset Prices in Boom and Bust

Money Still Matters - The Implications of M4X for Quantitative Easing (web publication)

Private Money

Reflections on Monetary Policy - Then and Now (web publication)

Removing the banks' comfort blanket

Should We Have Faith in Central Banks?

SMPC and MPC in agreement

SMPC members express concerns about monetary policy in the FT

SMPC votes to cut interest rates - October 2008

SMPC votes to hold interest rates

SMPC votes to hold interest rates - March 2009

The coalition government has been left with huge problems, and they must look to solve them soon

The ECB and the Euro: The First Five Years

The Liquidity Theory of Asset Prices

The Trouble With Markets

Tim Congdon on Boom and Bust

US bank bites the dust - what are the prospects for the UK?

Verdict on the Crash: Causes and Policy Implications

When Bubbles Burst: Surviving the Financial Fallout

Why a drastic interest rate cut will prolong the misery

Why the world has no need for central banks

Why today’s political class needs Ludwig von Mises

Black Wednesday - A Re-examination of Britain's Experience in the Exchange Rate Mechanism

27 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

Free Banking in Britain - Theory, Experience and Debate 1800-1845

09 March 2009

This classic text has recently been bought back into print

Have the Banks Failed British Industry?

01 July 1992

Less than Zero

01 April 1997

The case for a falling price level in a growing economy. A classic title from the 1990s

Money, Inflation and the Constitutional Position of Central Bank

17 April 2003

Money, Prices and the Real Economy (web version)

22 May 2007

Published by the IEA in association with Edward Elgar

Money and Asset Prices in Boom and Bust

05 September 2005

Tim Congdon argues that property and share price booms are caused by loose monetary policy

Money Still Matters - The Implications of M4X for Quantitative Easing (web publication)

18 March 2010

UK's fiscal profligacy is exacerbating the downturn

Private Money

01 March 1997

A mid-1990s title which explores the practical aspects of switching to the private issuing of currency

Reflections on Monetary Policy - Then and Now (web publication)

04 March 2009

How to cure debt-deflation

Should We Have Faith in Central Banks?

13 May 2002

The ECB and the Euro: The First Five Years

14 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.

Verdict on the Crash: Causes and Policy Implications

12 May 2009

A major new publication which challenges the myths and conventional wisdom regarding the recent banking crash

Central Banking, Monetary Stability and Financial Stability (Volume 29.3)

24 September 2009

How can future economic crises be avoided?

When Bubbles Burst: Surviving the Financial Fallout

24 June 2009

The launch of a timely new book looking at the fall-out from the financial crash

Why today’s political class needs Ludwig von Mises

22 July 2010

This event will explore why the work of Ludwig von Mises should be at the heart of practical policy thinking today

SMPC and MPC in agreement

15 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

SMPC votes to cut interest rates - October 2008

08 October 2008

SMPC changes direction to support interest rate cut by seven votes to two

SMPC votes to hold interest rates

05 January 2009

SMPC votes to hold rates but has uncomfortable message for the government

SMPC votes to hold interest rates - March 2009

04 March 2009

Concerns grow over the rising budget deficit

A rise in capital gains tax would make Trotskyites proud

19 May 2010

A rise in CGT will harm Britain's economy, argues Dr Richard Wellings on The Daily Telegraph blog

At last, an interesting twist in the story of monetary policy

06 February 2007

Philip Booth writes on the Shadow MPC and interest rates decisions in the Yorkshire Post

Backward step

18 June 2003

Letter in the Daily Telegraph By Prof. Philip Booth

Blame our inadequate politicians for the slump, not the grasping bankers

01 June 2009

Article by Philip Booth in the Yorkshire Post

Death of the company pension scheme

02 September 2004

We are watching the slow-motion dissolution of the traditional company pension - John Blundell writes for Yahoo Finance

Deflation danger

05 December 2008

Philip Booth in the Daily Telegraph on the perils of a deflationary shock

Economists' letter spells out what went wrong

12 May 2009

Statement on the financial crisis by IEA authors in the Daily Telegraph

Euro-nonsense will cost insurance customers dear

01 March 2004

Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman: MY BID for immortality, apart from my two sons, consists of Blundell's Law.

Explaining the gap between mortgage rates and the Libor rate

20 June 2008

Article by Trevor Williams in FT Advisor

Governments are not things to be banked on, as Walter Scott recognised

14 September 2006

Between the Lines by John Blundell in The Business

Inflation is 'exclusively caused by governments'

05 May 2003

Article in the Scotsman by John Blundell

It's a mad, sad, rent-seeking world we're in

22 September 2003

Latest article by John Blundell in The Scotsman

Removing the banks' comfort blanket

18 May 2009

Article by Philip Booth in the Sunday Times

SMPC members express concerns about monetary policy in the FT

30 June 2008

SMPC members take Bank of England Governor to task about causes of inflation in a letter to the FT

The coalition government has been left with huge problems, and they must look to solve them soon

25 May 2010

Professor Philip Booth speaks to Russia Today about the Queen's Speech

Tim Congdon on Boom and Bust

03 September 2006

Congdon warns about rapid increases in UK money supply in the Sunday Telegraph

US bank bites the dust - what are the prospects for the UK?

19 March 2008

Philip Booth writes in the Yorkshire Post

Why a drastic interest rate cut will prolong the misery

25 January 2008

Philip Booth examines the prospects for the economy in the Yorkshire Post

Why the world has no need for central banks

10 September 2006

Business Platform by John Blundell in The Business

Bubbles and How To Survive Them

01 October 2004

A non-technical guide to the economics of boom and bust

Good Money

10 August 2008

A lively new book which explores a fascinating historical challenge to state control of money

Issues in Monetary Policy

02 April 2009

This major title explores a series of issues within comtemporary monetary policy. Special Offer £35.00, Normal Price £39.99

Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism

08 August 2008

A major contribution to the continuing debate on macro-economic policy making from one of the UK's leading scholars. New Paperback Edition.

The Liquidity Theory of Asset Prices

02 October 2005

The Trouble With Markets

18 January 2010

One of the country's best known economists offers a trenchant and controversial analysis of the failings of the market system and offers some policy proposals for the future