“The bill therefore acts as a stealth tax on working people, suppressing their wages but without the bit that the government desperately needs: revenue. Notably, the costs fall both on those working, ...

Our Head of Lifestyle Economics Chris Snowdon has written for The Critic on Britain’s underground tobacco trade. The article said: “The growth of the black market explains why tobacco tax revenues ...

Our Executive Director Tom Clougherty’s comments on Treasury borrowing have been quoted in the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, and the … Continue reading "Rising borrowing ‘makes tax rises inevitable’" ...

Commenting on the latest Government borrowing figures, Tom Clougherty, the Executive Director at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “The latest borrowing figures ...

In this short classic, Friedrich von Hayek argues that our thinking is governed by language which reflects an earlier mode of thought. Important analytical problems are in large measure obscured by ...

In this Institute of Economic Affairs Podcast, Managing Editor Dan Freeman interviews Aymen Aulaiwi, DPhil student at Lincoln ...

In this Institute of Economic Affairs briefing, Director of Communications Callum Price interviews Professor Len Shackleton, ...

The Taxpayers Alliance have recently published a report on productivity in the healthcare sector. It is a subject on which, despite its salience, we know remarkably little. In most other sectors, ...

Commenting on the OBR’s fiscal risks and sustainability report, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “It is hard not to feel sympathy ...

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Commenting on GDP figures showing the UK economy shrank for the second month in a row, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow … Continue reading "UK economy needs stronger growth, not more tax rises" ...