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  • The Cost of Net Zero

    By David Turver

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13Jan

The Cost of Net Zero

Download Summary Since 2019, there have been many attempts to put a cost on achieving net zero by 2050, with … Continue reading "IEA"
30Oct

Mind The Fertility Gap: Why people stopped having babies and how economic freedom can help

Summary In 2023, the global total fertility rate (TFR) fell to 2.2 children per woman, below the population replacement rate … Continue reading "IEA"
17Oct

EDI Nation: The growth of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion bureaucracy and its costs

Foreword In the early 2010s, a number of campaign groups made the case for the introduction of what they called … Continue reading "IEA"
25Sep

Economic Freedom of the World: 2025 Annual Report

The index published in Economic Freedom of the World 2025 measures the degree to which people in 165 jurisdictions around the globe are allowed to make their own economic choices. In the year with the most recent data (2023), the most-economically free jurisdictions were Hong Kong (1st), Singapore (2nd), New Zealand (3rd), Switzerland (4th), the United States (5th), Ireland (6th), Australia and Taiwan (tied for 7th), Denmark (9th), and the Netherlands (10th).
19Sep

Class Act: The case for reforming Britain’s class action regime

Summary Recent years have seen sharp growth in the number and scale of class actions filed before the UK Competition … Continue reading "IEA"
21Aug

Anti-Capitalism and Public Health

Summary The literature on policy-making in public health academia portrays the interests of many industries as being implacably opposed to … Continue reading "IEA"
14Jul

Liberating the Labour Market

Contents Summary A free competitive market offers wide opportunities for individuals and businesses and is compatible with the framework of … Continue reading "IEA"
07Jul

An Introduction to Schools of Economic Thought

Contents Foreword Studying economics especially at university can be a sterile and lifeless endeavour. In four out of five classes, … Continue reading "IEA"
13Jun

Economic Affairs (45.2)

This edition of Economic Affairs is available here. EDITORIAL Introduction by J R Shackleton ANNOUNCEMENT Economic Affairs Applied Research Workshop 2025 … Continue reading "IEA"
29May

Exploring The Space Economy

Contents Summary The Space Economy is defined by the OECD as ‘activities and use of space resources that create value … Continue reading "IEA"
15May

The Nanny State Index 2025

Contents Nanny State Index 2025 Summary Welcome to the sixth edition of the Nanny State Index, a league table of … Continue reading "IEA"

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