IEA Podcast

What's wrong with digital markets regulation? What new powers will the CMA have? In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the ICLE Lazar Radic. They discussed their new paper Digital Overload: How the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill’s sweeping new powers threaten Britain’s economy, which they co-authored along with Dirk Auer from the ICLE. To read the full paper, visit https://iea.org.uk/publications/digital-overload-how-the-digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-bills-sweeping-new-powers-threaten-britains-economy/ Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Belief in big government is almost uncontroversial on the political left. But is the state really the best means to achieve leftist ends?On this episode, Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths speaks with George Mason University Professor Peter Boetkke to discuss the work of Don Lavoie. In his books National Economic Planning: What is Left? and Rivalry and Central Planning, Lavoie made the left-wing case for individual liberty and free markets.National Economic Planning: What is Left?https://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram/research/books/rivalry-and-central-planning Rivalry and Central Planninghttps://www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram/research/books/national-economic-planning#:~:text=National%20Economic%20Planning%3A%20What%20Is%20Left%3F%20is%20as%20comprehensive%20as,policymakers%20of%20every%20political%20persuasion. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Can European free movement survive?In this week's IEA Podcast, Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh speaks to Dr Emmanuel Comte to discuss whether freedom of movement in Europe is sustainable. Dr Comte is a historian and expert on European migration, specialising in free movement. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy and a lecturer at the Vienna School of International Studies. Emmanuel also authored The History of the European Migration Regime, published by Routledge in 2018. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Sweden's large welfare state leads some to argue that the country is a case study of successful socialism...but that's not quite the full story.Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths and Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz discuss 'The Mirage of Swedish Socialism', new research by Johan Norberg which charts Sweden's surprisingly complex economic history. 'The Mirage of Swedish Socialism' was published as part of the Fraser Institute's 'Realities of Socialism' project. Find out more here: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/realities-of-socialism Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Is there a Gender Pay Gap? Do the statistics really tell us the whole story? Why are childcare costs so high? In this week's episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim sits down with the Deputy Comment Editor at the Telegraph Annabel Denham to debunk the Gender Pay Gap, and discuss possible solutions to cut childcare costs.   Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

This is an audiobook version of the Institute of Economic Affairs publication 'Bangers and Cash: Cutting red tape to put Britain at the centre of the cultivated meat revolution', written by Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy at the IEA. The full publication can be read at: https://ieapublication.podbean.com/e/bangers-and-cash-cutting-red-tape-to-put-britain-at-the-centre-of-the-cultivated-meat-revolution-by-matthew-lesh/This audiobook was read by Cormac Diamond. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Why do authoritarian governments oppress women in different ways to men? How has social media facilitated the freedom movement in oppressive regimes?In this episode of Breaking Barriers, IEA Communications Officer and Linda Whetstone Scholar Reem Ibrahim speaks to the Founder of More To Her Story, Sarah Little. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Is China In Jeopardy?China's extraordinary rise to global superpower once appeared to be unstoppable, but now the country is facing a number of difficulties, sending shockwaves throughout the Chinese economy.On this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh sits down with George Magnus, Associate at the China Centre at the University of Oxford. Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe

Jamie Whyte, IEA Senior Research Fellow, discusses the rise of post-liberalism and national conservatism, their critiques of classical liberalism and individualism, and the potential impact of right-wing authoritarianism on government. They also explore the dangers of cancel culture and express hopes for a revolt against the state.

How do we tackle crime?In this week's episode of the IEA Podcast, join us as Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths engages in a candid conversation with Research Assistant Daniel Freeman. Together, they delve deep into the pressing issue of crime in the United Kingdom and explore potential solutions to address this critical challenge.  Get full access to Institute of Economic Affairs | Insider at insider.iea.org.uk/subscribe