Diseased, douched and doctored

Is there any scientific evidence that drinking or bathing in hot mineral waters has a therapeutic effect, or is it just a glorified placebo? Focusing on Britain's premier spa at Bath, this book examines how and why 'taking the waters' was regarded as an efficacious therapy by both patients and pr...

New paternalism meets older wisdom: looking to smith and hume on rationality, welfare and behavioural economics

Erik Matson argues that the new paternalist approach to policy is far too prescriptive, relying on inappropriate conceptions of rationality and welfare, and he looks to the works of Adam Smith and David Hume for a richer vision.

Sharing economy

Why you dread work: what’s going wrong in your workplace and how to fix it

Transport for humans

This is the moment. Climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and changing work–life priorities are shaking up long-held assumptions. There is a new way forward. This book maps out how to design transport for humans.

Platformland

Platformland describes the types of interaction we should expect from the next generation of public services, the digital platforms and infrastructure they will be built with, and the public sector design values needed to make them a reality. It includes 30 illustrated design patterns, 10 strateg...

Safe as houses?

Who decides who decides?

How to get ahead in hr

New private monies

Housing: where’s the plan?

With so many conflicting views and a balance to be struck between growth and conservation, what housing market outcomes might be regarded as a success for policymakers? This book attempts to give at least some answers, concluding with a list of criteria by which success might be judged along with...

Classical liberalism - a primer

Raising the roof

Raising the Roof addresses one of the key issues of our era - the UK's housing crisis.

Assessment and problem-based learning in the law curriculum

Assessment and Problem-Based Learning in the Law Curriculum addresses one of the big questions in legal education: how to adapt curriculum and assessment design for the skills development and employability agenda. The book explores the practical challenges faced by law schools in adapting to the ...

The economics of law

Economic analysis is increasingly being applied beyond its traditional precincts of the marketplace and the economy. One area where this has happened is in the economic approach to law: the application of economic theory (mostly price theory) and statistical methods to examine the formation, stru...

Facing up to climate reality: honesty, disaster and hope

Notre avenir européen

Le monde est confronté à de nombreux grands défis : des pandémies au changement climatique, de l’accroissement des inégalités aux problèmes liés à la numérisation. Dans un nouveau paysage mondial en rapide mutation, l’Europe doit chercher des solutions à ces difficultés pour donner suite à son im...

They meant well

How is it that so many major, government-sponsored projects can lose so much money? This book answers this question. Offering an account of the history of six major government project failures, it shows that failure results from mismanagement, lack of clear lines of responsibility and lack of acc...

Malaria and the ddt story

Malaria kills millions of people each year and hundreds of millions more suffer chronic illness. Economic development is inhibited and poverty is perpetuated. This work argues that action against malaria is over-centralised and narrowly focused, ignoring local conditions and concerns.

The profit motive in education: continuing the revolution

The UK government in common with the governments of many Western countries is in the midst of implementing policies to reform education. However, the government has, as a matter of principle, decided that profit-making schools cannot provide state-funded education even if they would lead to subst...

China, trade and power: why the west’s economic engagement has failed

From a Western point of view, the policy of economic engagement with China has failed.

The future of the commons

This short book provides a brief introduction to the work of the late Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Laureate in economics. Her work is of vital importance in understanding how we can manage difficult environmental problems without top-down government regulation. As Professor Ostrom suggests, examples...

Europe's social integration

Published in association with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), this book examines the four factors that challenge the fate of the European social model: globalization, monetary union, Eastern enlargement and digitalization. As a former EU Commissioner for Social Affairs, th...

Power cut?

The EU has also only been partially successful in promoting liberalisation and competition in electricity markets and the time is ripe for change. The author shows how the EU must learn the lessons from the UK's successful recent past - and the UK must re-learn them.

The itinerant economist

A fly on the wall, warts and all, description of what it was like to be a market economist during the extraordinary 25-year period that finance came to exert a disproportionate influence on the lives of almost everyone on the planet. It was quite a ride and not without its moments of pathos and h...

In from the cold

This book brings together some of the world's most successful Russia-dedicated portfolio managers, economists and market participants to share their personal experiences in this dynamic market. Many of the contributors have been active in Russia since the very inception of the market and each is ...

The future of finance

"The Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality"--Back cover.

Reinventing london

The financial sector has provided London with an extraordinary impetus for growth over a generation - but what will follow it? The regeneration of Kings Cross and the Olympic boroughs show what the next stage of London's growth will look like, with an economy driven by accountants and geeks, not ...

The legal foundations of free markets

In this book, Stephen Copp has brought together some of the world's leading figures in the field of law and economics to discuss questions that are central to our understanding of how a free-market economy operates. Though most people accept that a free economy cannot exist in a legal vacuum, imp...

Dilemma of democracy pb pb

States that governments have been taking control of activities - 'public' goods, 'public' utilities, welfare and local government services - which would have been better left to the private sector. This book argues that attempts to correct market 'imperfections' have created over-government.

Central bank independence

Surviving and thriving in the age of ai

The world is experiencing a rapid rise in the use of artificial intelligence, sparking fierce debate about its impact on both business and society. This book cuts through the noise and acts as a guide on how to survive and thrive in the age of AI. By providing an accessible collection of short, p...

Privatisation, competition and regulation

Rethinking drug courts: international experiences of a us policy export

What are drug courts? Do they work? Why are they so popular? Should countries be expanding them or rolling them back? These are some of the questions this volume attempts to answer.

Brexit 2015

During 2013-14, the IEA ran a competition ('BREXIT') to find the best blueprint for Britain outside the EU, with the objective of securing a free and prosperous economy should it choose to leave. This book brings together Iain Mansfield's winning submission with edited versions of three other con...

Universal healthcare without the nhs

The book draws on a wealth of international evidence to develop a vision for a new and better universal healthcare system for the UK based on consumer sovereignty, freedom of choice, competition and pluralism.

Islamic foundations of a free society

The authors writing here demonstrate that Islam is not only compatible with liberalism, but is inherently liberal.This book provides ammunition to those who wish to battle the claim that Islam and freedom are incompatible.

Prohibitions

This collection of essays examines those areas where the freedom of individual men and women to voluntarily engage in mutually advantageous exchanges is prohibited or restricted by government. The authors critically examine the economic and philosophical rationale for the prohibition of alcohol, ...

Cutting the costs of crime

Should britain join the euro?

European economic and monetary union is driven by politics. This work argues that the economic costs and benefits of Britain's membership can and should be assessed. This is an analysis of the cases for and against Britain adopting the Euro. It concludes that EMU, as it is constituted and planned...

Fifty economic fallacies exposed (revised)

Whilst it is impossible to argue that the earth is flat without fearing ridicule, fallacies in economics are widespread. Such fallacies pervade the intellectual sphere and even influence policy. Professor Geoffrey Wood of the University of Buckingham exposes such popular economic fallacies in thi...

Taxes, benefits and family life

CONTENTS: The Problem Revisited; How the Traps are Baited: 1994 Compared with 1979 & 1982; Scale of the Problem & Priority for Change; Causes of the Problem; There is an Alternative; Summary & Conclusions.

Ralph harris in his own words

When Lord Harris of High Cross (Ralph Harris) died, in October 2006 at the age of 81, the tributes to him described him as one of the 'men who changed Britain'. This book selects from Ralph's considerable opus, revealing that economics need not always be a 'dismal science'. It is suitable for aca...

Redefining the poverty debate

The political debate about poverty is entirely dominated by groups calling for more income transfers to the poor. However, now that the scope of our welfare state has reached - or even surpassed - Scandinavian levels, surely this approach has run its course. Award-winning author Kristian Niemietz...

How woke won

Woke has conquered the West. Identity politics, cancel culture and trans ideology reign. The values of ‘inclusivity’ and ‘diversity’ dominate politics, academia, the media, big business and the very language we speak. Censorship and public shaming are the price you pay for dissent. Woke has won –...

An introduction to schools of economic thought

This guide for lay readers covers the main schools of economic thought in world history. Eamonn Butler provides a clear, jargon-free introduction to the ideas, debates and people that have had an impact, for better and worse, on human prosperity and welfare. From Aristotle to Adam Smith and Karl ...

Europe

Beyond universities

Waging the war of ideas

Discussing how 'wars of ideas' can be waged, this work features essays, reviews and introductions that show how the founders of the IEA successfully fought the conventional 'planning' wisdom of the 1960s and 1970s, providing the ideas which, by the 1980s and 1990s, had brought about increased fre...

The challenge of immigration - a radical solution

How can market-based solutions help solve the challenges of immigration? Nobel Prize winner Prof. Gary Becker, in this IEA Occasional Paper, proposes a radical policy which, if implemented by the coalition government, could raise over �600 million a year. Prof. Becker proposes that visas to work ...

Resilience of services

Failures of digital systems cause service outages and data breaches that have major negative effects both on the economy and on society, internationally. The number and scale of these issues continues to grow. This book brings together data and thinking from more than 200 experts to provide both ...

A new global deal

Pandemics, climate disasters, financial crises, food insecurity, poverty, digital transformation and wars are just a few of the complex global challenges that societies must face up to. And yet the world governance systems that are currently in place are not capable of dealing with such challenge...

New europe's old regions

Examines the policies that should be used to address the poor economic performance of New Europe's old industrial and agricultural regions. This title intends to show that, if new-style regional policies are introduced without policies aimed at liberalisation, lower taxes and reduced employment p...

Education without the state

Functional illiteracy, youth delinquency and lack of technological innovation all point to the failures of state schooling. This book proposes lowering the school leaving age to 14, and giving young people two years' state funding for them to use in a Lifelong Individual Fund for Education (LIFE)...

Financial stability without central banks

" This publication is based on research that forms part of the Paragon Initiative." -- page facing title page.

Lectures on regulatory and competition policy

Offers positive proposals for extending the reach of competitive markets and refutes some major economic fallacies. This volume contains twelve lectures in - competition policy and the form it should take; the proper place of regulation in competitive and monopolised markets; and the content of e...

Crime

Although economic factors may not cause crime, different economic circumstances can increase or decrease the likelihood that an individual who may feel inclined towards criminal behavior will commit a crime in practice. This book shows how fresh developments in economics can be applied to the ana...

The post-growth project

This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn't grow.For decades, it has been widely recognised that there are ecological limits to continuing economic growth and that different ways of living, working and organising our economies are urgently required. This urgen...

The railways, the market and the government

The debate on rail privatisation often seems to focus on very narrow issues. Examining the history of government intervention in the railways and the privatisation process, this monograph discusses the future of railway policy. It is interested for those with an interest in railway policy and the...

The weaponization of trade

Road to serfdom/ intellectuals cb

"Socialism" has particular appeal to intellectuals - the teachers, journalists and other commentators who pass comment on public policy without any special expertise on economic matters. This work explains the enduring appeal of socialist ideas.

Imperial measurement: a cost–benefit analysis of western colonialism

Kristian Niemietz looks at the economics of imperialism, drawing on data from various European colonial empires to cast doubt on the claim that empire was a crucial factor in the West’s rise to prosperity. Instead, far from being a story of plunder leading to sustained growth, the story of empire...

Public service broadcasting without the bbc?

Do we need the imf and the world bank?

Economy and virtue

Explores the relationship between virtue, morality and alternative forms of economic organisation. This work analyses how a free society both relies on and promotes values. It argues that we cannot judge the market economy by observing the obvious process of 'getting and spending'.

Regulating utilities and promoting competition

Reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy. This book presents chapters on a number of topics, contributed by academics and independent commentators, as well as regulators and heads of the competition authorities.

The government debt iceberg

Nobody who has even a passing acquaintance with economics could fail to realise that Western governments are highly indebted. Current generations have been consuming at the expense of future generations. However, just how indebted are we? The government measures how much it has borrowed to meet p...

In focus

This book provides a timely discussion of public service broadcasting and the future of the BBC. It is a blueprint for how the BBC could be freed from the shackles of the state to become a major player on the world media stage. It deserves attention from those with an interest in the BBC and broa...

A globalist manifesto for public policy

Identity is the new money

This book argues that personal identity is changing profoundly and that money is changing equally profoundly. Cash will be replaced by a proliferation of new digital currencies.

Foundations of a free society

This important book outlines the core principles that define a free society. It provides an accessible introduction to the institutions and policies necessary to preserve and enhance individual freedom. The author also sets out the wider benefits of free societies. A combination of small governme...

Sir humphrey's legacy

Estimates that public sector pension liabilities are about GBP1trillion - but the government publishes estimates of the liabilities of only half this level. The author states that if costs are made transparent, we can start to change the nature of public sector schemes, to the benefit of workers ...

The bric road to growth

This book looks at the latest prospects for the 'BRIC' economies and other newly emerging drivers of global economic growth. What can be learned from them, and how can the 'old world' adapt?

The tyranny of nostalgia

This book describes and interprets the economic and political history of the past half a century, examining the challenges confronted by successive governments and their chancellors, the policies employed for good or ill, and – running through it all – the desperate search for a panacea that coul...

Capitalism

The market system has, since the eighteenth century, brought enormous gains in living standards, in contradiction to the Marxist theories that predicted capitalism's collapse. This title explains why, despite its apparent imperfections, the market system is infinitely preferable to the alternatives.

Architect of prosperity

This is a book about Sir John Cowperthwaite - the man Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman identified as being behind Hong Kong's remarkable post-war economic transformation.

From crisis to confidence

From crisis to confidence not only describes the process through which the economy must go through before a full recovery after the financial crash, it also describes the journey that must be travelled by the discipline of economics.