In this episode of the Swift Half with Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon is joined by Mail on Sunday Columnist Peter Hitchens to discuss the grammar school revolution.

You can buy Peter's latest book on the topic, 'A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System', here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revolution-Betrayed-Egalitarians-Wrecked-Education/dp/1399400088

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh talks to IEA Academic and Research Director James Forder about his latest paper on the Serious Fraud Office.

 

James' paper, 'Fraud Focus: Is the Serious Fraud Office fit for purpose?', can be read here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/fraud-focus-is-the-serious-fraud-office-fit-for-purpose/

The advent of AI programmes such as ChatGPT has many concerned. But how scared should we be of these innovations?

 

To discuss this, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh spoke to James Lawson, Senior Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute. James previously worked as a Senior Special Adviser in the Cabinet Office and prior to his role in government, he was a Director at Microsoft, as a CTO for Strategic Accounts.

The 9th of March 2023 marked 247 years since the release of Adam Smith's seminal book, The Wealth of Nations. With liberalism on the decline, this week's podcast asks the question, what can policymakers learn from Adam Smith?

IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths sat down with Eamonn Butler, Director of the Adam Smith Institute, to discuss this.

Eamonn's primer on Adam Smith can be found here: https://iea.org.uk/multimedia/video/eamonn-butler-adam-smith-a-primer

On this week's IEA Podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communictions Matthew Lesh spoke to Matthew Hodgson, Technical Co-Founder of Matrix.org. They discussed the importance of encrypted messaging and the likely impact of the Online Safety Bill on online privacy.

Recent research from the Fraser Institute's Realities of Socialism project shows that 53% of Brits under 35 regard socialism as their ideal economic model.

In this week's podcast, IEA Communications Officer discussed these findings with IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz and explored whether young people can be dissuaded from socialism.

What does the resumption of oil imports from the United States mean for the Venezuelan socialist regime?

To discuss this, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths spoke to Jesus Armas, former councillor in Caracas, Obama Scholar and Chief Executive Officer at Ciudadania Sin Limites.

The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news as EU and UK negotiators seem on the verge of a breakthrough deal. 

But what is the Protocol and is it working?

In this week's podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discussed this with Hugh Bennett, former member of the Brexit negotiating team and former Special Advisor to both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discusses China's transformation into a powerful tech giant with Telecom Industry expert John Pelson.

Matthew asked John about how China is aggressively taking over the technological space and is now leading the world in 5g technologies.

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Recent high inflation has not been exclusive to the UK.

Across Europe, many countries are experiencing the same phenomenon. But what has caused this and what can be done to control the damage already done?

To answer this, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh speaks to Adam Bartha, the Director of EPICENTER. They discuss EPICENTER's latest paper, 'Tackling Europe's Cost of Living Crisis', which explores the causes and solutions to Europe's inflationary problem.

The paper can be read here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/tackling-europes-cost-of-living-crisis/