IEA Podcast

Is Australia Defeating the NIMBYs? What is the solution to high housing costs?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Chris Rath, an Australian politician who currently serves as the Opposition Whip in the New South Wales Legislative Council.

Colin Wilson was one of the most adventurous cultural rebels of the past century, and yet certainly one of the least understood.

In this episode of Parallax Views, IEA Head of Cultural Affairs Marc Glendening sat down with acclaimed historian Gary Lachman, to discuss Wilson's fascinating life and work.

What are the benefits of tax competition? Does increased competition improve the efficiency of tax collection?

In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Richard Teather, a leading British academic and consultant specialising in offshore tax.

In October, Rishi Sunak announced plans to introduce a generational ban on tobacco sales which will forbid anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes, loose tobacco, heated tobacco, shisha and cigarette papers.

Where does this leave smokers today and in the future? Is the government opening a new front in the war on drugs and what are the implications for crime, tax and personal liberty?

This panel, hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs, discussed the government’s plans to implement the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Panelists:

Reem Ibrahim - IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar (Chair)

Craig Whittaker MP - Member of Parliament for Calder Valley

Christopher Snowdon - IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics

Mark Oates - Director of WeVapeUK

Paul North - Director of Volteface

Prohibition 2.0: Critiquing the Generational Tobacco Ban: https://iea.org.uk/publications/prohibition-2-0-critiquing-the-generational-tobacco-ban/

What is Danish capitalism? Why are there common misconceptions about Denmark's economy?

In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Stefan K. Sløk-Madsen, Head of Education at the Danish economic think tank CEPOS.

Will the CMA's new powers undermine investment?

This is the audio from a panel hosted by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which discussed the government’s Digital Markets and Competition Bill.

The discussion built on the IEA's recent publication, “Digital Overload”, written by the ICLE’s Dirk Auer and Lazar Radic and the IEA’s Matthew Lesh: https://iea.org.uk/publications/digital-overload-how-the-digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-bills-sweeping-new-powers-threaten-britains-economy/

The paper focuses on the extensive new powers given to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to tackle alleged anticompetitive practices in digital markets by the DMCC Bill. These powers threaten to undermine investment in the UK digital sector and associated innovation because of cumbersome, unclear and ever-changing rules – along with a lack of accountability. Firms may seek to minimise the risk of falling afoul of the new regime and incurring hefty fines and stringent remedies, meaning the UK’s position as a ‘science and technology superpower’ will be undermined.

Panellists:

• Matthew Lesh (Chair)


• Stephen Hammond (MP for Wimbledon)


• Matt Sinclair (Senior Director at the Computer & Communications Industry Association)


• Verity Egerton-Doyle (Antitrust & Foreign Investment Counsel at Linklater)


• Dirk Auer (Director of Competition Policy International Centre at Law and Economics)

Does the Autumn Statement end 'big government'? Are these measures sufficient to get the British economy back on track?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop, to discuss this week's autumn statement.

Can Javier Milei save Argentina? Is dollarisation the key to Argentinian's inflation problems?

Javier Milei, a libertarian economist, has won a decisive victory in the Argentinian presidential election. Labelled "El Loco" (the madman) by his critics, Milei has proposed a radical agenda including ditching the local currency, the peso, in favour of the US dollar, abolishing the central bank, reducing public spending by 15% of GDP, and privatise state-owned enterprises. He also wants to reduce the number of ministries from 24 to just 8, including closing the ministries of culture, women, health and education.

To discuss what Milei’s election means, the IEA's Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sat down with Dr Axel Kaiser, a leading South American libertarian author and political scientist based in Chile. He is also a personal friend of Javier Milei.

Is the news industry broken? How have digital platforms impacted journalism?

In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications and Matthew Lesh sits down with Marc Edge, a Canadian journalist, author, and academic.

To learn more, check out the IEA's publication 'Breaking the News: Should digital platforms be required to fund news publishers?': https://iea.org.uk/publications/breaking-the-news-should-digital-platforms-be-required-to-fund-news-publishers/

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Will free markets save the world?

In this video, IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz sits down with Swedish author and historian of ideas Johan Norberg.

In his latest book, Norberg argues that large sections of the political and economic establishment talk about the global economy as a geopolitical zero-sum game, where we have to fight to control new innovations, and introduce trade barriers. He states the case for capitalism and the vital role played by the free market in today's uncertain world.

To learn more, check out the full book: https://www.amazon.com/Capitalist-Manifesto-Johan-Norberg/dp/1838957898

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