Category Archives: iea

Differences in the earnings of women and men are increasingly being used to justify regulation of the private affairs of employers and employees… Continue reading →

How is it that so many major, government-sponsored projects can lose so much money?… Continue reading →

At the outset of the euro, there was strong opposition to Britain’s participation from most free-market economists. However, economists took more nuanced positions with regard to participation by the majority of current euro zone member states… Continue reading →

It is often assumed that government intervention is required to bring to fruition large scale infrastructure projects… Continue reading →

In this classic introductory public choice text, Gordon Tullock analyses the motives and activities of politicians, civil servants and voters… Continue reading →

It has become fashionable for politicians to extol the virtues of the family. Yet, in this economic analysis of family policy, Patricia Morgan shows how politicians… Continue reading →

In March 1981, 364 economists agreed to write to The Times arguing strongly against the then government’s monetary and fiscal policy… Continue reading →

This paper discusses how ‘wars of ideas’ can be waged, using the author’s extensive experience, both as director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs… Continue reading →

This monograph examines the growth of public spending in the UK. Using empirical evidence… Continue reading →

1. There is a resurgence of interest in the ‘Austrian School’ of economics, notably the work of Menger, Mises and Hayek. 2. In contrast to neoclassical economics, the Austrian school has… Continue reading →