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This week the headlines have been dominated by the energy crisis unfolding across Britain and much of the world. A shortage in the supply of gas, causing a spike in energy prices, coupled with a state-imposed price cap has led to energy companies going bust, and larger suppliers unable to meet demand from new customers.

To explain the current energy crisis, Kieran Neild, IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant, was joined by James Forder, our new Academic & Research Director at the IEA and Dr Lawrence Haar, who is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Brighton University School of Business and Law. 

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In this episode of The Swift Half with Snowdon, Chris is joined by Anthony Warner, also known as The Angry Chef. They discuss all things from public health and COVID-19, to obesity and fad diets. Anthony Warner is a British chef and food writer and the author of the Angry Chef blog. His first book, The Angry Chef, has been seen as a reaction to and debunking of food faddism.

You can purchase a copy of Anthony's book 'The Angry Chef' here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Angry-Chef-S...

Chris and Anthony also discuss Anthony's latest book 'Ending Hunger: The quest to feed the world without destroying it' - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ending-Hunge...

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On Wednesday 15th September the Free Market Forum (FMF) launched its first paper, ‘30 ideas for 2030’. It brought together the ideas of MP’s academics and IEA experts who set out a vision for a better, brighter Britain by the end of this decade.

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant Kieran Neild- Ali was joined by Emma Revell, IEA Head of Public Affairs and Head of the Free-Market Forum and a contributor to the 30 ideas for 2030.  IEA Head of Regulatory Affairs Victoria Hewson also joined the podcast to discuss her contribution to the FMF paper, discussing trade policy and tariffs elimination. 

Read '30 Ideas for 2030' here.

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Listen to Dr William Easterly's lecture at THINK2021.

William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which won the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award. He is the author of three books: The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor(March 2014), The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Harm and So Little Good (2006), which won the FA Hayek Award from the Manhattan Institute, and The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (2001).

THINK 2021 was held on Saturday 12th June where a collection of world leading economists and thinkers from all over the globe came together and gave talks, held discussions and hosted Q and As. The conference was kindly supported by Vernon Hill II.

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After much speculation, Boris Johnson finally announced his plan to address the social care crisis on Tuesday 7th September. As the UK population continues to age, costs for looking after our older people are increasing. Reluctance by previous governments to tackle the issue has left a funding gap of approximately £5-14BN. 

The PM announced there will be 1.25% rise in National Insurance Contributions (NIC) for both employers and employees and tax on the share of dividends will also go up by 1.25%.  

The government has named the tax the Health and Social Care levy and it will come into force in April 2022.  The rise in NIC could see around 25 million working age people pay extra tax whilst retiree’s stay off the hook. This has raised issues around intergenerational fairness.

So how should we fund social care? Can increased taxation close the funding gap and give the elderly the care they deserve? Should we look to alternative models for funding later life care? And what does this latest policy say about the landscape of British politics today?  

In the latest IEA Podcast,  IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant Kieran Neild-Ali sat down with Harry Fone, Campaign Manager at the TaxPayers’ Alliance, and Professor Len Shackleton, IEA Editorial & Research Fellow, to discuss social care funding. 

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In this episode of The Swift Half with Snowdon, Chris is joined by Baroness Fox of Buckley, better known as Claire Fox. They discuss all things from COVID-19 to House of Lords reform.

Claire recently wrote a chapter called 'Liberty: Beyond Left or Right?' in the IEA's new book 'Having Your Say'. Free speech is considered by both right and left as negotiable or even dispensable when faced with issues such as Covid-19 or Black Lives Matter. In such circumstances our political elites pursue a particular narrative through mainstream and social media and effectively ‘cancel’ those who express opposition or even mild doubt.

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You can find out more about the Battle of Ideas here - https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/

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Recent data from the Office for National Statistics suggests drug related deaths in England and Wales are at the highest rate since records began in 1993, and have increased year on year since 2013. Critics argue that the war on drugs has been lost, and the UK must embrace more liberal drug laws to prevent deaths. Polling suggests the British public are warming to the idea of legalising cannabis, implying UK drug policy could see change in the coming years.

IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant, Kieran Neild-Ali, was joined by Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA, to discuss the legalisation of cannabis. They spoke about the effect of addiction on free will- asking whether drug addicts can make rational choices for themselves and whether this damages the liberal case for legalisation. 

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In this episode, Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, speaks to Stuart Ritchie, a Scottish psychologist and science communicator known for his research in human intelligence. He has served as a lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London since the summer of 2018.

They talk about the situation in Afghanistan, IQ and Covid and vaccine scepticism.

The Swift Half with Snowdon is a bi-weekly YouTube episode where Christopher speaks to a guest on a variety of topics. Catch-up on the full playlist here. 

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