London Publishing imprint: 71 books
by Ralph Buckle, Tim Hewish, John C. Hulsman
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Discussions on the outcome of a potential referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU have been characterised by political grandstanding, at the expense of serious economic analysis. With Brexit now a real possibility in the next Parliament, the IEA today releases a report outlining four different...
Federal Britain: The Case for Decentralisation
The Case for Decentralisation
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The UK has the most centralised system of government amongst major economies. This results in poorer services, lower economic growth and higher taxes. We have also developed an approach to devolution that is incoherent and unstable. This short book proposes an entirely new set of constitutional arrangements....
Power Cut? How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets
How the EU Is Pulling the Plug on Electricity Markets
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
By any measure, the privatisation and liberalisation of the UK energy industry was an enromous success. And yet the public are not convinced. As energy expert Carlo Stagnaro shows in this important book, the re-regulation of the market in the UK, together with policy developed at the EU level, has...
by Kristian Niemietz
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Socialism is strangely impervious to refutation by real-world experience. Over the past hundred years, there have been more than two dozen attempts to build a socialist society, from the Soviet Union to Maoist China to Venezuela. All of them have ended in varying degrees of failure. But, according...
Sea Change: How Markets and Property Rights Could Transform the Fishing Industry
How Markets and Property Rights Could Transform the Fishing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Government management of fisheries has been little short of disastrous. In many regions, valuable fish stocks have collapsed as a result of overfishing. Ill-conceived regulation also means that every year millions of tons of edible fish are thrown back dead into the sea. While an absence of established...
by Eamonn Butler
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
This primer aims to provide a straightforward introduction to the principles, personalities and key developments in classical liberalism. It is designed for students and lay readers who may understand the general concepts of social, political and economic freedom, but who would like a systematic presentation of its essential elements.
Education, War and Peace: The Surprising Success of Private Schools in War-Torn Countries
The Surprising Success of Private Schools in War-Torn Countries
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
The authors of Education, War & Peace travelled to Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Sudan to conduct research on education in these conflict-affected countries. They uncovered an inspiring story of entrepreneurs stepping into the breach and providing low-cost private schooling to large numbers...
Working to Rule: The Damaging Economics of UK Employment Regulation
The Damaging Economics of UK Employment Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Employment regulation has been growing rapidly. This has not exclusively, or even mainly, come from the European Union. Recent UK governments have added such significant new measures as the National Living Wage, workplace pensions and the Apprenticeship Levy. The costs of such regulation are frequently...
Facing Up to Climate Reality: Honesty, Disaster and Hope
Honesty, Disaster and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2019
We are used to hearing that the climate crisis is serious, but still tractable if we start acting on it soon. The reality is different. Things are going to get much worse, for a long time, whatever we now do – though hardly anyone wants to admit it. This book from the Green House collective offers...
Opting Out: Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society
Conscience and Cooperation in a Pluralistic Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Should people with deeply held objections to certain practices be allowed to opt out of involvement with them? Should a Christian baker who objects to homosexuality be allowed to deny service to a customer seeking a cake for a gay wedding? Should a Catholic nurse be able to refuse to contribute to...
Policy Stability and Economic Growth – Lessons from the Great Recession
Lessons from the Great Recession
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
John Taylor is one of the foremost economists of our generation. His ideas were implemented in central banks across the world during the period of price stability, economic growth and financial stability that followed the 1980s. Of course, this period culminated in the financial crisis of 2008, which...
by Jagadeesh Gokhale
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
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 past...
by John Blundell
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
This paper discusses how wars of ideas can be waged, using the author's extensive experience, both as director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and at other classical liberal think tanks. John Blundell begins his stimulating collection of published essays, reviews and introductions...
by Geoffrey E. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
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 this...