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Video
5 Jul 2012
Dr Steve Davies asks whether UK debt is too high, and what the government can do about the deficit.
27 Jun 2012
The IEA was delighted to host renowned economist Dr Arthur Laffer on 27th June. He was in the UK advocating lower and flatter taxes as the key to economic growth. He suggests high tax rates alter people's behaviour and act as a...
25 May 2012
Prof Philip Booth discusses austerity in the Eurozone and historical precedents for cutting government spending and avoiding tax increases.
23 May 2012
Philip Booth debates Richard Murphy and Mike Lewis on the morality of tax at the RSA.
18 May 2012
Speakers
Welcome - Constantin Cotzias - Director, Bloomberg Europe. Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs.
Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs (Chair)
Roger Bootle, Managing Director, Capital...
16 May 2012
The Institute of Economic Affairs held an exclusive head-to-head debate on Drugs: The War We Never Fought between Peter Hitchens and Chris Snowdon.
Journalist, broadcaster and author Peter Hitchens (whose new book provides the title for this...
26 Apr 2012
Video of Prof. Ronald Coase and Ning Wang, authors of How China Became Capitalist, which opened the IEA Book Launch
26 Apr 2012
The book launch for the new IEA co-published book by Nobel Laureate Prof Ronald Coase and Ning Wang.
Speakers include:
Dr Kerry Brown - Head of Asia Programme, Chatham House
Charles Dumas - Chairman, Lombard Street Research
19 Apr 2012
In this episode of 'Cass Talks', Prof. Philip Booth discusses the financial risks within the British and European Economy.
He explains the effect quantitative easing has had in the UK and some of the ways the current European...
29 Mar 2012
The 2012 Hayek Lecture, delivered by Professor Elinor Ostrom on 'The Future of the Commons'
22 Mar 2012
The first speaker of the IEA/TPA post-Budget brieifing, Matt Sinclair, Director of the TPA.
22 Mar 2012
The second speaker on the IEA/TPA post-Budget briefing panel, Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser, Arbuthnot Banking Group; former Head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors
22 Mar 2012
The third speaker in the IEA/TPA post-Budget briefing panel, Andrew Lilico, IEA Shadow Monetary Policy Committee and IEA fellow; Director and Principal of Europe Economics
22 Mar 2012
The final speaker at the IEA/TPA post-Budget briefing, Prof. Philip Booth, Editorial Director at the IEA
27 Feb 2012
The introductory session for the IEA's inaugural Growth Forum.
Speakers include:
Kwasi Kwarteng MP
Sajid Javid MP
27 Feb 2012
The first panel of the Growth Forum held at the Institute of Economic Affairs on Infrastructure.
Speakers include:
Kwasi Kwarteng MP
Sam Gyimah MP
Matt Sinclair
Andrew Sentance
27 Feb 2012
The second panel discussion at the IEA/FEG Growth Forum on job creation and education.
Speakers include:
Len Shackleton
Elizabeth Truss MP
Priti Patel MP
David Rutley MP
27 Feb 2012
The third panel discussion from the FEG/IEA Growth Forum on taxing and spending.
Speakers include:
Andrew Tyrie MP
David Ruffley MP
Graeme Leach
Alister Heath
23 Feb 2012
An overview of the 2012 State of the Economy Conference.
8 Feb 2012
An evening panel discussion tackling the question of whether there should be a specific government department covering the areas of media, culture and sport.
Speakers include:
- David Elstein, Chairman, openDemocracy;
- Dominique Lazanski...