IEA Podcast

How can the UK protect itself from recession? In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh interviews the Head of Policy at Britain Remade, Sam Dumitriu, to learn how the UK can protect itself from an impending recession With a new OECD report predicting an economic recession in 2023, Matt and Sam talk about the UK can change its housing and renewable energy policies to insulate itself.

Is Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement fair?

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh interviews IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop to better understand the impacts of Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement on the economy.

Julian and Matt discuss Jeremy Hunt's goals with his budget amongst the rising inflation and fear of the coming recession. How will these changes affect citizens and are they fair to everyone?

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With Rishi Sunak initially poised not to attend, many are asking, is the UN's annual climate summit a waste of time?

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh sits down with Conservative Environment Network Director Sam Hall to discuss this question.

Is our immigration system working?

Following Home Secretary Suella Braverman's recent Commons speech in which she likened the scale of illegal immigration to an 'invasion', many are now questioning whether the UK's immigration system is fit for purpose.

To discuss this, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh sat down with Daniel Pryor, Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute.

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.