IEA Podcast

IEA Director of Communications, Annabel Denham, discussed her recent paper for EPICENTER on UK gender pay gap (GPG) reporting with IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant. 

The gender pay gap has proven to be a hot topic for advocates of gender equality. Many see disparities in pay between men and women as systematic of the inequality of the sexes throughout society. 

The two discussed how we define the gender pay gap, how it is measured, whether complete pay equality between the sexes is possible, and what policies could help improve female pay.

Read Annabel's paper here.

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In the latest episode of the IEA podcast, Kieran Neild-Ali, IEA Communications and Marketing Assistant, discussed the UK's climate change strategy with IEA Chief Operating Officer Andy Mayer.

Andy analysed  the recent IPCC report, Labour's new 'Green New Deal' and the upcoming COP26 conference, highlighting the shortcomings of state intervention in tackling climate change. The pair discussed the free-market environmentalist alternative to heavy state interference and explored whether greener nations like the UK should make large polluters like China pull their weight in the battle to lower CO2 emissions. 

Publications cited in the podcast: 

IPCC report

Climate change targets are rising at a dangerous rate

Debate: The pros and cons of carbon taxes

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Professor Len Shackleton (Research and Editorial Fellow, IEA) sits down with Dr Nick Cowen to discuss Nick's chapter in the IEA's new book 'Having Your Say'. Nick's chapter focuses on tolerating extreme speech. You can read Having Your Say here - https://iea.org.uk/publications/havin...

Nick is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln where he teaches Key Social Science Concepts, Human Rights, Social Issues and Social Justice, Images of Crime and Applying Research.

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Last month, food and medicine shortages sparked riots in Cuba, with people rallying against the communist regime. Protesters were heard calling: “We have no fear” and “Down with the dictatorship” as they staged the biggest revolt against the government for decades.

IEA Communications & Marketing Assistant, Kieran Neild-Ali, sat down with Head of Political Economy Dr Kristian Niemietz to discuss the Cuban uprising, asking why some politicians on the left are often apologists for Castro's revolution. They discuss the history of the brutal regime and predict what could happen next for Cuba.  

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Kieran Neild-Ali, Communications and Marketing Assistant at the IEA, was joined by Economics Fellow, Julian Jessop, to discuss the ins and outs of inflation for the latest IEA podcast. The two discussed, what inflation is, how is it caused, is it dangerous and what policies can be used to control it. Julian delved into Quantitative Easing and its wider implications on monetary policy, discussing Modern Monetary Theory and its long-term impact on the UK economy.

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In the latest episode of the IEA Podcast, Kieran Neild-Ali, Communications and Marketing Assistant at the IEA, sat down with Head of Cultural Affairs, Marc Glendening, to discuss the Frankfurt School- giving listeners a beginner's guide to an important canon of thought which has greatly influenced the culture war we see today.

They explain the importance of the Frankfurter's influence on shifting Marxists away from classical Marxism to a holistic study of society and capitalism in the form of Critical Theory which argued capitalism doesn't just oppress people economically, but through culture.

The ideas of the Frankfurt School meant Marxist revolutionaries would no longer work towards a single, violent uprising of the working class, but would start a slow take-over of society’s key cultural and political institutions from the inside by elite-level activists.

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The IEA Book Club was delighted to host Jasper Becker (British author, commentator, journalist, and expert on Asian Politics) for an upcoming webinar on his latest book, ‘Made in China: Wuhan, Covid, and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy’. This virtual event took place on Monday 21st June and was chaired by Dr Stephen Davies (IEA Head of Education).

In Jasper’s latest book, he explores what we know, and still don’t know, about the origins of COVID-19, and how it was handled in China. We may never get all the answers, but much is already clear: China’s record as the origin of earlier pandemics, and its struggle to bring contagious diseases under control; its history as both a victim of biological warfare and a developer of deadly bioweapons.

When Covid broke out, Wuhan was building science parks to realise Beijing’s ambitions in biotech research. Whoever achieves global leadership of the gene-editing industry stands to harvest great power and wealth.

China has already challenged Western technological supremacy with 5G and in other industries. Yet this tiny, invisible virus has cruelly exposed a critical flaw in the Chinese political system: obsessive secrecy. The West wanted to trust the PRC, hoping that, as it prospered, it would become an open society. Made in China reveals how Beijing’s leaders have betrayed that trust.

This event was exclusive to IEA Book Club members. To find out more about the Book Club please contact us directly at [email protected]

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