Summary In 2023, the global total fertility rate (TFR) fell to 2.2 children per woman, below the population replacement rate … Continue reading "Mind The Fertility Gap: Why people stopped having babie ...

Foreword In the early 2010s, a number of campaign groups made the case for the introduction of what they called … Continue ...

The IEA is partnering with Cambridge Global Connect to offer research internships to international students passionate about economics and public policy. Through this initiative, the IEA is expanding ...

Kevin served the IEA with distinction for twenty-three years on the Board of Managing Trustees. He was a dedicated and committed trustee whose scrutiny of our affairs was both fearless and ...

This article was first published on the Institute of Economic Affairs Substack. Official figures recently published by HMRC indicate a huge rise in illicit tobacco sales in the UK since 2021. The ...

Commenting on the new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The ...

Given the high economic costs of fraud, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 aims to address the well-known deficiencies of the common law’s approach to corporate criminal liability ...

I was recently watching the video “Are Populists Destroying Democracy?” on the IEA’s Youtube channel, in which the IEA’s Editorial Director Kristian Niemietz interviewed Swedish political scientist ...

While most people would probably agree that individuals should be free to consume adult entertainment even if others find it morally objectionable, few would argue that children should have access to ...

Until very recently, Britain’s National Health Service used to be beyond argument. The reverence for the health service often precluded anything resembling a rational discussion around it: the social ...

The overview highlights the academic consensus on harmful consequences. Most studies (56 out of 65) find that rent controls succeed in lowering rents for controlled units, as intended. However, 14 out ...

Private schools are, on the whole, a good thing. They give parents greater choice in their children’s education, provide the state sector much needed competition and attract money from abroad by ...