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Road to Serfdom
Häftad, 2005
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167 kr
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This is a condensed edition of 'The Road to Serfdom' republished in this edition with 'The Intellectuals and Socialism' (originally published in 1949). In 'The Road to Serfdom' F. A. Hayek set out the danger posed to freedom by attempts to apply the principles of wartime economic and social …
Overfishing
The Icelandic Solution
Inbunden, 2000
226 kr
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In this monograph, Professor Gissurarson explains the Icelandic model of fisheries management, Individual Transferable Share Quotas (ITQs), implemented in 1979 to reverse the decline in Icelandic fish stocks. Access to Icelandic fisheries was traditionally open to all. In the 1960s and 1970s …
Saving Our Streams
Av Roger Bate
Inbunden, 2001
190 kr
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In Saving Our Streams, Roger Bate explains the history of an unusual and remarkably effective 'environmental' organisation - the Anglers' Conservation Association (ACA). Founded in 1948, the ACA is a voluntary association of angling clubs and individual anglers which brings civil suits against …
Global Education Industry
Lessons From Private Education in Developing Countries
Av James Tooley
Inbunden, 2001
228 kr
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The first edition of this pioneering book produced surprising conclusions from research around the world into the extent of private education. James Tooley challenged the prevailing wisdom that private education fosters social and economic inequality. On the contrary, he found that the private …
Economy and Virtue
Essays on the Theme of Markets and Morality
Inbunden, 2004
249 kr
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This volume, edited by Dennis O'Keeffe and with a foreword by David Willetts, explores the relationship between virtue, morality and alternative forms of economic organisation. It should be read by anybody who is interested in the relationship between morality and economic order. Despite the …
Capital Controls
A Cure Worse Than the Problem?
Häftad, 2002
191 kr
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Free capital movements played an important part in the economic integration and globalisation of the nineteenth century. By the end of the century capital flows were on a remarkable scale. The modern use of capital controls dates back to the 1930s. Professor Capie analyses historical experience …
Lectures on Regulatory and Competition Policy
Inbunden, 2001
241 kr
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For many years, Dr Irwin Stelzer, the economic commentator and journalist, has been stimulating audiences around the world with lectures on a range of economic topics. In this volume, the IEA reprints revised versions of twelve lectures in three areas where Dr Stelzer is acknowledged as an expert - …
Way Out of the Pensions Quagmire
Av Philip Booth, Deborah Cooper
Inbunden, 2005
249 kr
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This book provides an analysis of the current problems of pension provision in the UK and a radical plan for reform. The authors believe that the system of retirement income provision in the UK is so mired in complexity that nothing less than wholesale change is necessary. The authors believe that …
Utility Regulation and Competition Policy
Inbunden, 2002
347 kr
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This book is a collection of papers from the Beesley Lecture series on regulation held jointly by the IEA and the London Business School in the autumn of 2000. The chapters in this volume are revised versions of the papers given in the series and they are, as usual, followed by comments made by the …
Tribute to Peter Bauer
Av Peter Bauer, John Blundell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
198 kr
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Peter Bauer (Lord Bauer) was an economist of considerable influence, particularly on the prevailing wisdom about the value of foreign aid ('government-to-government transfers', as he preferred to call it). Shortly before his death in May 2002, he received the first award of the prestigious Milton …
railway.com
Parallels Between the Early British Railways and the ICT Revolution
Inbunden, 2003
249 kr
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The teaching of economic history is in decline in our schools and universities. Yet much can be learned from the analysis of historical economic events. In railway.com Robert Miller combines such analysis with an explanation of the technological developments in order to draw parallels between the …
Dilemma of Democracy
The Political Economics of Over-Government
Inbunden, 2002
196 kr
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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. Most of them were being privately provided before the state crowded out private initiatives. People will …
New Rural Economy
Change, Dynamism and Government Policy
Inbunden, 2005
287 kr
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This book charts the development of the new rural economy and considers whether government policy has similarly developed. In the rural economy, tourism now employs more people that agriculture, and the agricultural sector itself has become much more diverse. But the government bodies charged with …
Land Use Planning System
Evaluating Options for Reform
Inbunden, 2004
202 kr
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The existing system of land use planning in the UK dates back to the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act and is therefore now well over half a century old. However, there have been indications that government is beginning to take seriously the case for radical reform. This Hobart Paper examines some …
Free Markets Under Siege
Cartels, Politics and Social Welfare
Inbunden, 2004
202 kr
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In this paper, Richard A Epstein, Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, explains how there are substantial gains to be made from countries getting 'easy' policy decisions correct. Societies collapse and become impoverished when they do not accept the basic principles of freedom to contract …
Towards a Liberal Utopia?
Häftad, 2005
295 kr
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Socialists have never been shy of sketching out their dreams of a better world, but that better world has never materialised in socialist countries. Indeed, socialism has frequently achieved the precise opposite of what was intended by its architects. The first part of Towards a Liberal Utopia? …
Railways, the Market and the Government
Av John Hibbs, Oliver Knipping m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
241 kr
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The debate on rail privatisation often seems to focus on very narrow issues. Those on both sides of the argument seem to be able to employ a mass of statistics to prove their point. Proponents of privatisation suggest, with some credibility, that all was reasonably well with the privatised railways …
Governments, Competition and Utility Regulation
Av TBD, Colin Robinson
Häftad, 2005
514 kr
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Governments, Competition and Utility Regulation continues the series of annual books, published in association with the IEA and the London Business School, which critically reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy. The book contains incisive chapters on competition policy and …
War Between the State and the Family
How Government Divides and Impoverishes
Häftad, 2007
196 kr
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In a new study, Patricia Morgan shows how tax and benefits policy has undermined family life in Britain and encouraged fraud and dishonesty. The study shows how the tax and benefits systems are particularly harsh on single-earner couples who have to earn over GBP50,000 before there is no loss from …
Utility Regulation in Competitive Markets
Problems and Progress
Häftad, 2007
389 kr
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This is the latest book in the annual series published by the IEA and the London Business School, which critically reviews the state of utility regulation and competition policy. The strength of the series is that each chapter is followed by a comment by the relevant regulator or a prominent expert …
Waging the War of Ideas
Häftad, 2007
249 kr
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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 …
New Europe's Old Regions
Häftad, 2008
249 kr
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The recent accession of the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union significantly changed many of its social and economic characteristics. For example, a situation was created where income differences between regions in the EU are on a par with those between …
Profit Motive in Education
Continuing the Revolution
Av James Stanfield, James Stanfield
Häftad, 2012
235 kr
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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 …
Top Dogs and Fat Cats
The Debate on High Pay
Av J. R. Shackleton, J. R. (known as Len) Shackleton
Häftad, 2019
287 kr
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Top pay has risen much faster than average pay in the past 20 years. Today there's widespread public concern about the apparent excesses of some pay deals in the corporate sector - although people are more forgiving of the rewards to entrepreneurs, entertainers and sports stars. This collection of …
How Many Light Bulbs Does It Take to Change the World?
Av Matt Ridley, Stephen Davies
Häftad, 2019
196 kr
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Almost every schoolchild learns that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. But did he? And if he hadn’t invented it, would we be still living in the dark? Acclaimed author Matt Ridley (The Rational Optimist, The Evolution of Everything) explains that at least 20 other people can lay claim to this …
Henry Fords of Healthcare
Lessons the West Can Learn from The East
Häftad, 2020
190 kr
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How can health services in the UK and Europe be improved? And can costs be reduced at the same time? Over the years, many ideas have been put forward – from increased spending on preventive healthcare to the better use of technology to reduce bureaucracy and ‘pay for performance’ schemes. But …
Just Business - Business Ethics in Action
Inbunden, 2011
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Morals and Markets
Inbunden, 1998
127 kr
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Professor Jonathan Sacks' 1988 IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture on Morals and Markets was generally regarded as one of the most stimulating contributions to this subject in recent years. The institute therefore commissioned three other distinguished authors to write commentaries on Professor Sacks' …
Hayek, Currency Competition and European Monetary Union
Eighth Annual Iea Hayek Memorial Lecture
Av Otmar Issing, Lawrence H. White m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
127 kr
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In the 1999 IEA Hayek Memorial Lecture, reprinted in Occasional Paper 111, Otmar Issing, the eminent monetary economist and one of Europe's most influential central bankers, discusses currency competition and European Monetary Union. Professor Issing argues that choosing a '..Hayekian discovery …
