The Resolution Foundation has published a report entitled Housing Outlook, written by their Research Director Lindsay Judge and their Principal … Continue reading "Review of the Resolution Foundation’s “Housing Outlook” report"
Summary This paper is written in the style of a report from the future (the year 2035), or more precisely, … Continue reading "Home Win: What if Britain Solved its Housing Crisis?"
Summary In recent years, we have seen a renewed interest in Britain’s imperialist past: the British Empire, the slave trade … Continue reading "Imperial Measurement: A Cost–Benefit Analysis of Western Colonialism"
Will Hutton, the well-known political commentator and former Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, has gone into print in The Guardian to attack … Continue reading "Empire, the slave trade, and Britain’s wealth"
Political arguments are often 80% about framing and vibes. A common rhetorical strategy in political debates is to present your … Continue reading "Rent control: the failed idea that never dies"
“A multimillion-pound luxury penthouse flat named after the revolutionary socialist thinker Friedrich Engels is the latest example of Manchester repurposing … Continue reading "Classics revisited: “The Housing Question” by Friedrich Engels (1872)"
Earlier this month, the IEA published the briefing paper Rent Control: Does it work? by Dr Konstantin Kholodolin from the German Institute … Continue reading "Rent controls: a response to Generation Rent"
Contents Summary Until very recently, Britain’s National Health Service used to be beyond argument. The reverence for the health service … Continue reading "The Denationalisation of Healthcare"
This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk Plus: “The Impact of Inequality on Asset Prices When … Continue reading "Book review: “The Trading Game” by Gary Stevenson (2024)"
This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk The Taxpayers Alliance have recently published a report on productivity in … Continue reading "Review: “Approaches to increasing productivity in healthcare” by Shimeon Lee (2025)"
This blog post was first published on IEA Insider. Subscribe at insider.iea.org.uk Socialists have revived the Marxist idea that the workers … Continue reading "The revival of the Marxist “False Consciousness” thesis, and its shortcomings"
