In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh spoke to Co-founder of London YIMBY John Myers about the state of UK housing policy and whether Sunak's government will lead the sector in a pro-growth direction.

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after just 44 days in office, making her the shortest-ever holder of the role.

The announcement came in the wake of negative market reactions to her radical 'mini budget', scrapping almost of all of her tax cutting policies and subsequent internal party disarray.

Much will be said of her premiership, but for now we must ask ourselves, what went wrong?

To answer this, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh is joined by Andrew Lilico. In addition to being an Economics Fellow at the IEA, Andrew is Executive Director and Principle of Europe Economics and was supportive of Truss' pro-growth agenda.

With cryptocurrencies taking the financial world by storm, many central banks are now considering adopting digital currencies of their own. Although few have taken such action, many have concerns about how a central bank digital currency might impact financial privacy.

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh sits down with Dr Chris Berg, Associate Professor at RMIT University and co-founder of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub, to discuss these concerns.

Recorded on October 7 2022

With the extreme market reaction caused by the Chancellor's 'mini budget' and the Prime Minister falling in the polls, many are asking, 'Has Trussonomics failed?'

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy, Matthew Lesh, sits down with IEA Director General, Mark Littlewood, to discuss her performance so far.

Recorded on September 27 2022.

 

Kwasi Kwarteng's fiscal announcement has caused quite the storm, with the removal of the 45p rate of income tax and abolition of the cap on bankers' bonuses drawing mixed reviews.

The Chancellor's bold tax cuts have sent shockwaves through the foreign exchange market, causing the pound to slump to record lows.

However, the question remains, will these reforms bring about long term growth rates of 2.5%?

In this episode of the IEA podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh sits down with Tom Clougherty, Head of Tax at the Centre for Policy Studies, to answer this question.

Recorded on September 16 2022.

The energy crisis is terrifying consumers and with prices soaring, the government has imposed a cap on costs to help the worst affected.

But, will a price cap solve our energy crisis or cause long-term economic issues?

In this week's podcast, Matthew Lesh, IEA Head of Public Policy, sits down with Andy Mayer, IEA Energy Analyst, to discuss the UK's energy crisis and its potential solutions.

Recorded on September 27th, 2022.

With long waiting lists hampering treatment, public faith in the NHS is dwindling.

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy, Matthew Lesh, is joined by Kate Andrews, Economics Editor at The Spectator, to discuss the how the NHS can be improved and to answer the question of whether it is a broken institution.

This Summer has been characterised by many as a 'Summer of discontent'. We have seen a sharp increase in strike action and a return to the union demands and behaviour that came to define the 1970s.

This trend has led many to consider firstly, if such behaviour is justified and secondly, whether the government has the power to restrict the unions' capacity to strike.

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, Matthew Lesh, IEA Head of Public Policy, is joined by Professor Len Shackleton, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Buckingham University, to discuss these questions.

You can read Professor Shackleton's latest paper on strike action, here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/summertime-blues-unions-strikes-and-the-law-in-2022/

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, Matthew Lesh is joined by Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford. In this informative instalment, they discuss the energy market. From the way it operates to the current high price of energy, they answer a variety of commonly asked questions.

The IEA Podcast has returned with a new host, Matthew Lesh, IEA Head of Public Policy.

 

On this episode, Matthew is joined by Graham Gudgin, Chief Economic Adviser at Policy and Honorary Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. The topic of their discussion is tax cuts, a focal point of the Conservatives leadership race, and whether they are inflationary.