Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall welcomes Professor Christian Bjørnskov to discuss the life and work of two economists - Gordon Tullock and James Buchanan. Christian is a Professor at the Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aahrus University.

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on the book ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler.

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant Kieran Neild- Ali sits down with Professor Forrest Capie to discuss his latest IEA research paper ‘UK Debt in Perspective’ which he co-authored with Professor Geoffrey Wood. 

The paper gives historical context to the current UK debt figures, which currently stand at around 100 per cent of national income. The authors find that from the beginning of the industrial revolution to the present day, the UK debt-to-income ratio has mostly been at the current level, or higher. At the same time, living standards have been transformed for the better.

Listen to the webinar launch of our latest trade paper, titled Eastern Promise: Assessing the Future of UK-India Trade , authored by IEA Trade Fellow Shanker Singham.

The new research explores the opportunities for a UK-India partnership including a trade deal, access to market for food and drink and other exports, and prospects for a new geopolitical ally in Asia. It examines the main challenges, and progress to date.

Panellists include the paper's author, Shanker Singham, Imran Khan MP, Dinesh Dhamija and Syed Kamall, the IEA's Acting Academic and Research Fellow. The event was chaired by IEA Director General Mark Littlewood.

This episode was originally live streamed on the IEA YouTube Channel.

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant Kieran Neild discusses new IEA research by Dr Juan E. Castañeda on the shortcomings of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).

In the last decade, MMT has gained traction as a set of policy proposals which can deliver economic prosperity to citizens without conventional concerns for government debt and budget constraints.

Dr Castañeda covers the central theme's of his new paper and explains what MMT is, why it is a dangerous economic theory and what would have happened to the UK had the government implemented full MMT policies.

You can read Modern Monetary Theory: Why it can’t provide sustained economic growth and low inflation here.

Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall welcomes Dr Onkar Ghate to discuss the life and work of the great 20th century philosopher Ayn Rand. Onkar is Chief Philosophy Officer and Senior Fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute and has taught philosophy for over ten years at the Institute’s Objectivist Academic Centre. 

‘School of Thought’ is the IEA discussion series based on the book ‘101 Great Liberal Thinkers’ by Dr Eamonn Butler. 

'101 Great Liberal Thinkers' is available to download for free on the IEA website here.

Dr Stephen Davies, Head of Education at the Institute of Economic Affairs sits down with Imran Ahmad Khan, Member of Parliament for Wakefield, to discuss the future of British foreign policy, free trade and international development.

This episode is part of the IEA’s Foreign Affairs series.

IEA Acting Academic and Research Director Syed Kamall discussed the future of UK competition policy with John Penrose MP and the IEA's Head of Regulatory Affairs Victoria Hewson.

The episode largely focused on John Penrose's recent independent review of the UK’s competition framework called Power to the People.

John and Victoria analyse the new challenges facing UK competition policy, including the UK's exit from the EU and new technology. They also look at ways the UK could improve regulation to retain UK businesses and debate whether the digital economy needs more or less regulation. 

The Northern Ireland Protocol is a protocol of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement that covers the special situation in the island of Ireland. Its terms were negotiated in 2019 and concluded in December 2020. The Protocol has been a thorn in the side of UK-EU relations ever since the UK left the transition period and entered a new trading relationship with the EU on 31st December 2020.

Trade disruption between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and threats of invoking Article 16 of the Protocol by the EU over Covid vaccine supplies have soured relations and brought the protocol under scrutiny on both sides of the channel.

Syed Kamall, Acting Academic and Research Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, sits down with Victoria Hewson, IEA Head of Regulatory Affairs, and journalist Owen Polley to explain the Protocol and discuss its implications.

On the 3rd March the Chancellor delivered a much anticipated and important Spring Budget. Days before the Chancellors statement, Policy Advisor to the IEA Director General Sam Collins and IEA Policy Analyst Alexander Hammond produced a new research paper called 20 taxes to scrap: How to grow the UK economy by simplifying the tax system.

Unfortunately, the Chancellor failed to embrace Sam and Alex’s pro-growth policies and instead decided to spend and tax his way out of the economic crisis.

Emma Revell, Head of Public Affairs at the IEA, discussed the Budget and tax reform with Sam and Alex in another original IEA podcast.