Julian Jessop will discuss the slowdown in productivity growth after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Some economists think this slowdown might be structural and long-lasting (‘secular stagnation’ ...

IEA International Programmes Manager Harrison Griffiths has written for the Critic about the uncertain future of Europe’s economic stability. Harrison wrote: “On an individual level, lies do not ...

Labour Reimagined: Policies for the Future of Work? I am delighted to invite you to an upcoming IEA panel discussion, ‘Labour Reimagined: Policies for the Future of Work? ’. This event will occur on ...

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop was referenced in the Express on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to the EU. The article said: “Julian Jessop of the Institute of Economic Affairs said the ...

This blog post was first published on Institute of Economic Affairs Insider on Substack. Subscribe to receive IEA blogs straight to your inbox as soon as they are published. This is the sixth in a ...

Amongst commentators critiquing the NHS and suggesting alternative healthcare models, the conversation does not progress particularly far. It tends to start with a suggestion that we need to look ...

“The US in the late-19th century did have huge economic advantages which helped it become an industrial juggernaut, but these had little to do with tariffs. Among other factors, US industry had access ...

Responding to the Chancellor’s speech on economic growth Tom Clougherty, Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “The Chancellor is saying all the right things on growth and ...

The Freeports strategy announced by the previous government attempted to address today’s challenges with yesterday’s recipes, lacked the necessary deregulatory framework and failed to address key ...

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is hosting a Sixth Form Conference in partnership with the Perse School on Wednesday 15th January 2025. At the conference, students will have the opportunity to ...

Commenting on the announcement of the AI Opportunities Action Plan, Matthew Lesh, Public Policy Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “AI is already having a ...

I stumbled across a copy of Professor Alan Evans’s book No Room! No Room! in one of the IEA’s archives a few years ago when I was looking for something completely unrelated, started reading a few ...