The last government occasionally paid homage to individual freedom, but pursued heavy-handed policies from seeking to ban tobacco for future generations to new online speech regulations and harsh ...

To paraphrase the old adage, ‘if you’re not a socialist by 25, you have no heart, and if you’re not a conservative by 35, you have no brain’. However, polling suggests that younger generations are ...

Sixth form entries: ‘How does monetary policy work? Explain how monetary decisions affect main macroeconomic outcomes such as the nominal GDP and inflation’. Undergraduate entries: ‘Explain how ...

With the general election now a distant memory, and two months into the Labour Party’s victory, the ever-evolving battle of ideas for the future of the right is well and truly underway. But what ...

The IEA is an educational charity and free market think tank. Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets ...

The IEA is an educational charity and free market think tank. Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets ...

Commenting on new data which show that the rate of inflation remained at 2.2% in August, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The ...

Responding to the Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates at 5%, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The Bank of ...

Contents Summary Until very recently, Britain’s National Health Service used to be beyond argument. The reverence for the ...

We are thrilled to welcome Charles Moore as a guest speaker for the next in our In Conversation series with senior figures across public life. This event will be taking place on Tuesday 17 th ...