“The latest jump in UK inflation to 3.8% in July was not a big surprise – the Bank of England was already expecting an increase to 4% in September. But rising inflation will continue to eat into real ...

Flying to Scotland from Southampton on a fine day recently, my eye soon picked up the brown streak across southern central counties that is the route of HS2. Earth works are almost complete, and much ...

“The Invisible Doctrine. The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)” by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison Review by Anthony J. Evans In his recent book, co-authored with ...

What do the auctions look like? For those that of you with a penchant for legislation, it’s all set out in the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Auctioning Regulations 2021, but for everyone ...

Given the high economic costs of fraud, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 aims to address the well-known deficiencies of the common law’s approach to corporate criminal liability ...

I was recently watching the video “ Are Populists Destroying Democracy? ” on the IEA’s Youtube channel, in which the IEA’s Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz interviewed Swedish political scientist ...

Introduction Each year, the Government publishes international energy price comparisons. The data is sourced from the IEA and covers industrial … Continue reading "We’re number one… in unaffordable ...

Karl Marx’s influence among intellectual elites underwent a massive rebound in recent years. In 2018, mainstream publications including the New … Continue reading "Marxism is back – but Marxists ...

Modified version of a table that appeared in a blog for the Center for Global Development12 ‘Robin Hood in reverse’ aid, whereby relatively rich regions of upper-middle-income countries receive ODA ...

New IEA research highlights the clear economic consensus that rent controls do far more harm than good.

Private schools are, on the whole, a good thing. They give parents greater choice in their children’s education, provide the state sector much needed competition and attract money from abroad by ...

Colonialism and the slave trade were, at best, minor factors in Britain’s prosperity and may have been net lossmakers. An … Continue reading "Empire and slavery did not make Britain rich, finds new ...