Introduction – Why this book is needed F. A. Hayek (1899–1992) was one of the most important social thinkers of … Continue ...

Responding to the latest OECD economic outlook, Dr Valentin Boboc, Senior Economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “The OECD’s numbers confirm the country’s fiscal and economic ...

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Event registration limit has been reached. Dr Steve Davies will be delivering another speech on the same topic, but with more of a political angle, on the 11th of February. You can find details for ...

Sin taxes can cost poor families up to ten times more than they cost the wealthy There should be no debate about whether taxes on food, alcohol, tobacco and soft drinks (‘sin taxes’) are regressive.

The overview highlights the academic consensus on harmful consequences. Most studies (56 out of 65) find that rent controls succeed in lowering rents for controlled units, as intended. However, 14 out ...

The policy reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic will increase budget deficits massively in all the world’s leading countries. The deficits will to a significant extent be monetised, with heavy state ...

Britain is moving in a decidedly cashless direction. In the decade between 2012 and 2022, cash payments fell from 54 per cent to 14 per cent according to UK Finance. This isn’t happening because of ...

Each year, the Government publishes international energy price comparisons. The data is sourced from the IEA and covers industrial and domestic gas and electricity prices. The latest data for 2023 was ...

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Since 2019, there have been many attempts to put a cost on achieving net zero by 2050, with wildly different results. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has repeatedly revised down its estimates for ...

This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Official figures recently published by HMRC indicate a huge rise in illicit tobacco sales in the UK since 2021. The ...