Are we finally going to solve the housing crisis? Earlier this week, the Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer came out in favour of building 1.5 million new homes if elected. Sir Keir also described himself as a YIMBY or ‘Yes in my back yard’ because he opposes new homes getting blocked by local objections. In this week's podcast, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths sits down with IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz to discuss the housing crisis. Get full access to Ins...
Oct 13, 2023•26 min
How can we revive liberalism in an age of conformity? Can we sustain a liberal nation-state? In this episode of Parallax Views, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening sits down with Lord David Frost. Lord Frost is a former British diplomat, civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was also Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 to December 2021. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affai...
Oct 09, 2023•35 min
Is the British state broken? From the chaotic early response to covid-19, to record-long NHS waiting lists and a broken planning system, the British state appears unable to solve many political problems. In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Professor Alexander Evans OBE to discuss whether the British state is broken. Alexander is a Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics, and former Strategy Director at the Cabinet O...
Oct 06, 2023•24 min
Why Is Britain's Infrastructure So Expensive? There is mounting speculation this week that the government intends to abandon the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 over skyrocketing costs. The link, meant to reach from London to Manchester via Birmingham, could now cost well over £100 billion. This is the latest in a long string of eye-wateringly expensive infrastructure projects. In this week's IEA Podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Head of Po...
Sep 30, 2023•36 min
This week, the Institute of Economic Affairs published a new paper by Sir John Redwood, The New Great Inflation: How Western Central Banks Got It Wrong…and What They Should Do About It. In this video, IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemetz spoke to Rt Hon Sir John Redwood. A Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford he has been a Cabinet Minister and Shadow Cabinet Minister, the chairman of a public listed industrial group, the co-founder of an investment management business and ...
Sep 30, 2023•21 min
How did women make the West rich? Why do governments and societies seek to police women's bodies? In this week's episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim sat down with Victoria Bateman, a British feminist economist and academic, specialising in economic history. She is a fellow in economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Victoria is also the author of The Sex Factor: How Women Made the West Rich, and Naked Feminism: Breaking the...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 5 min
What's wrong with digital markets regulation? What new powers will the CMA have? In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the ICLE Lazar Radic. They discussed their new paper Digital Overload: How the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill’s sweeping new powers threaten Britain’s economy, which they co-authored along with Dirk Auer from the ICLE. To read the full paper, visit https://iea...
Sep 22, 2023•33 min
Belief in big government is almost uncontroversial on the political left. But is the state really the best means to achieve leftist ends? On this episode, Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths speaks with George Mason University Professor Peter Boetkke to discuss the work of Don Lavoie. In his books National Economic Planning: What is Left? and Rivalry and Central Planning, Lavoie made the left-wing case for individual liberty and free markets. National Economic Planning: What is Left? https...
Sep 20, 2023•27 min
Can European free movement survive? In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh speaks to Dr Emmanuel Comte to discuss whether freedom of movement in Europe is sustainable. Dr Comte is a historian and expert on European migration, specialising in free movement. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy and a lecturer at the Vienna School of International Studies. Emmanuel also authored The History of the Eu...
Sep 15, 2023•41 min
Sweden's large welfare state leads some to argue that the country is a case study of successful socialism...but that's not quite the full story. Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths and Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz discuss 'The Mirage of Swedish Socialism', new research by Johan Norberg which charts Sweden's surprisingly complex economic history. 'The Mirage of Swedish Socialism' was published as part of the Fraser Institute's 'Realities of Socialism' project. Find out more h...
Sep 15, 2023•34 min
Is there a Gender Pay Gap? Do the statistics really tell us the whole story? Why are childcare costs so high? In this week's episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim sits down with the Deputy Comment Editor at the Telegraph Annabel Denham to debunk the Gender Pay Gap, and discuss possible solutions to cut childcare costs. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Sep 11, 2023•28 min
This is an audiobook version of the Institute of Economic Affairs publication 'Bangers and Cash: Cutting red tape to put Britain at the centre of the cultivated meat revolution', written by Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy at the IEA. The full publication can be read at: https://ieapublication.podbean.com/e/bangers-and-cash-cutting-red-tape-to-put-britain-at-the-centre-of-the-cultivated-meat-revolution-by-matthew-lesh/ This audiobook was read by Cormac Diamond. Get full access to Institute of...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Why do authoritarian governments oppress women in different ways to men? How has social media facilitated the freedom movement in oppressive regimes? In this episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim speaks to the Founder of More To Her Story, Sarah Little. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Sep 09, 2023•37 min
Is China In Jeopardy? China's extraordinary rise to global superpower once appeared to be unstoppable, but now the country is facing a number of difficulties, sending shockwaves throughout the Chinese economy. On this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with George Magnus, Associate at the China Centre at the University of Oxford. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Sep 08, 2023•32 min
With national conservatism on the rise, has the political Right abandoned freedom? On this week’s episode of Moral Sentiments, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths speaks to IEA Senior Research Fellow Jamie Whyte about the ideology behind the creeping authoritarianism within conservatism. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Sep 07, 2023•37 min
How do we tackle crime? In this week's episode of the IEA Podcast, join us as Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths engages in a candid conversation with Research Assistant Daniel Freeman. Together, they delve deep into the pressing issue of crime in the United Kingdom and explore potential solutions to address this critical challenge. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Sep 01, 2023•30 min
Should we tax negative externalities like air pollution? Join us for a thought-provoking debate on one of London's most contentious policies, Sadiq Khan's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Andy Mayer, the Energy Analyst at the Institute of Economic Affairs, argues against the ULEZ scheme, emphasising its potential economic and social implications. On the other side of the debate, Daniel Freeman, Research Assistant at the Institute of Economic Affairs, makes the case for the ULEZ, highlighting its ...
Sep 01, 2023•33 min
Is the UK overregulating tech? In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Head of Tech and Innovation at the Centre for Policy Studies Matthew Feeney to discuss the failure of the government's regulatory efforts in digital space. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Aug 25, 2023•29 min
The government's recent decision to allow products to continue to carry the EU CE mark has been painted by many as a Brexit climbdown. But is this really the case? To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to Fred De Fossard, Head of the British Prosperity Unit at the Legatum Institute. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Aug 18, 2023•28 min
Mariana Mazzucato is considered one of the most influential economists of modern times and her book, 'The Entrepreneurial State', has prompted a debate over industrial policy and the role of the state in innovation. But what should free-marketeers make of this? To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to Alberto Mingardi, Director General of Istituto Bruno Leoni, Italy’s free‐market think tank. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Inside...
Aug 11, 2023•27 min
Inheritance tax is back in the news again after HMRC revealed that 49,400 more estates will be paying the tax due to threshold freezes. To discuss whether the widely unpopular levy is wrong, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to Senior Economist at the Tax Foundation, Alan Cole. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Aug 04, 2023•29 min
In both our private and public institutions, the right to free speech is increasingly under threat, but how should we lead the fight back? To discuss this, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening spoke to Baroness Fox. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Coutts’ de-banking of Nigel Farage, in part over his political views, has caused a political storm and led to calls for a new duty on banks to uphold free speech. To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to writer and former MEP, Ben Habib. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe
Jul 28, 2023•26 min
The UK's competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has recently u-turned on a move to block Microsoft's controversial acquisition of game maker Activision. Is the CMA's precautionary approach to competition regulation liberal, and what would the seminal liberal economist F.A Hayek have to say about it? To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to IEA Law and Economics Fellow Dr Cento Veljanovski. Cento has recently authored an IEA re...
Jul 21, 2023•30 min
A new study by the Competition and Markets Authority claims that high supermarket profits are pushing up fuel prices. This comes amid widespread claims that profiteering is driving inflation. But is this all true? To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Jul 07, 2023•19 min
Sweden is often portrayed as one of socialism's success stories, but is this entirely accurate? In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh talks to Dr Nima Sanandaji, President of the European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform, to discuss his article in the latest issue of Economic Affairs arguing that Sweden was an early market innovator. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Jul 03, 2023•42 min
Chaired by IEA Energy Analyst and Chief Operating Officer Andy Mayer, the IEA Book Club was delighted to host author and journalist Ross Clark to discuss his latest book, “Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won’t Even Save the Planet)”. This event took place on Tuesday 13th June at the IEA offices. You can find out more about how to join the IEA Book Club here: https://iea.org.uk/iea-book-club/ You can also purchase a copy of the book here: https://www.amazon...
Jun 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min
The average mortgage rate has risen above 6 per cent, representing the highest rate since the mini-budget fiasco of last year. But why is this the case? To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to Joseph C. Sternberg, Political Economics columnist at The Wall Street Journal and member of the newspaper's editorial board. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Jun 23, 2023•32 min
This week, the IEA released Edwin Van De Haar's 'Human Nature and World Affairs: An introduction to Classical Liberalism and International Relations Theory'. In this recording, IEA Head of Education Dr Steve Davies speaks to Van De Haar about what classical liberals should think about the international realm. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe...
Jun 21, 2023•18 min
Why do some nations prosper while other fail? This is a question that has troubled social scientists for centuries and it is the topic of a new book, 'Institutions and Economic Development: Markets, Ideas and Bottom-Up Change', co-authored by Dr Bryan Cheang and Dr Tom G. Palmer. In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh speaks to Dr Cheang to discuss the book and why economic growth is vital to national success. You can buy the book here: https://link...
Jun 16, 2023•28 min
