16 December 2010
Government spending since 1st April 2010: £
[48.9p of every £ earned in the UK]
welcome to our website
New research shows for-profit schools vital if Britain’s education system is to be transformed15 December 2010 The IEA's latest publication released |
The new health White Paper - nudge or nannying?07 December 2010 Mark Littlewood appears on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme |
The government should not be giving money to the arts03 December 2010 Dr Steve Davies speaks to BBC Radio Scotland's Call Kaye programme |
Free trade, not Fair Trade, will pull poor people out of poverty02 December 2010 Prof Philip Booth writes for ConservativeHome |
A competitive process is needed to determine pay levels01 December 2010 Dr Steve Davies speaks to BBC Radio Wales |
Public health announcement undermines personal responsibility30 November 2010 Mark Littlewood comments on the latest health proposals |
Is the UK economy on the up?29 November 2010 Mark Littlewood appears in a live Sky News debate |
The private answer for improved services26 November 2010 Nick Hayns writes for the Yorkshire Post |
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Prof Gary Becker - Annual Hayek Lecture
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Good economic analysis is essential for good policymaking: the IEA is the home of good economic analysis applied to public policy. |
events
A Special Evening Event at the IEA16 December 2010 How free market and liberal is UKIP? An interview with UKIP Leader Nigel Farage |
An Occasional Lecture, by Prof Steven Horwitz11 January 2011 An Austrian Perspective on the Great Recession 2008-2009 |
IEA publications
Schooling for Money: Swedish Education Reform and the Role of the Profit Motive (web publication)15 December 2010 An analysis of how the profit motive drove competition and therefore improvements in the Swedish education system |
Transforming welfare - incentives, localisation and non-discrimination (web publication)12 November 2010 Radical solutions need to be sought to get people off welfare and back into work |
Fair Trade Without the Froth04 November 2010 A Dispassionate Economic Analysis of 'Fair Trade' |
recommended books
2010 Index of Economic Freedom28 January 2010 The latest edition of the popular title from the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal which explores the link between economic freedom and prosperity |
Housing Policy Transformed: The Right to Buy and the Desire to Own11 January 2010 An exploration of the 'Right to Buy' policy. Special Price £50.00, Normal Price £65.00 |
shadow MPC minutes
SMPC votes by knife-edge margin to hold Bank Rate - December 201006 December 2010 SMPC votes 5/4 to hold rate at 0.5% |
SMPC votes narrowly to hold Bank Rate - November 201001 November 2010 SMPC votes 5/4 to hold rate at 0.5% |
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