IEA Podcast

Recent research from the Fraser Institute's Realities of Socialism project shows that 53% of Brits under 35 regard socialism as their ideal economic model. In this week's podcast, IEA Communications Officer discussed these findings with IEA Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz and explored whether young people can be dissuaded from socialism.

What does the resumption of oil imports from the United States mean for the Venezuelan socialist regime? To discuss this, IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths spoke to Jesus Armas, former councillor in Caracas, Obama Scholar and Chief Executive Officer at Ciudadania Sin Limites.

The Northern Ireland Protocol is back in the news as EU and UK negotiators seem on the verge of a breakthrough deal.  But what is the Protocol and is it working? In this week's podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discussed this with Hugh Bennett, former member of the Brexit negotiating team and former Special Advisor to both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discusses China's transformation into a powerful tech giant with Telecom Industry expert John Pelson. Matthew asked John about how China is aggressively taking over the technological space and is now leading the world in 5g technologies. Support the IEA on Patreon, where we give you the opportunity to directly help us continue producing stimulating and educational online content, whilst subscribing to exclusive IEA perks, benefits and priority access to our content https://www.patreon.com/iealondon FOLLOW US: TWITTER - https://twitter.com/iealondon INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ieauk/ FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ieauk WEBSITE - https://iea.org.uk/

Recent high inflation has not been exclusive to the UK. Across Europe, many countries are experiencing the same phenomenon. But what has caused this and what can be done to control the damage already done? To answer this, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh speaks to Adam Bartha, the Director of EPICENTER. They discuss EPICENTER's latest paper, 'Tackling Europe's Cost of Living Crisis', which explores the causes and solutions to Europe's inflationary problem. The paper can be read here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/tackling-europes-cost-of-living-crisis/

What is net neutrality and why is it damaging? In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh discusses this with Senior Vice President at Strand Consult and Senior Contributor to Forbes Magazine, Dr Roslyn Layton. Last year, Matthew authored, 'Expanding the Web: The case against net neutrality', which can be read here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/expanding-the-web-the-case-against-net-neutrality/

In this episode of the IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh speaks to author and Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research, Dr Samuel Gregg. They discuss free market capitalism's decline in popularity and Samuel's new book, 'The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World'. Samuel's book can be bought here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Next-American-Economy-Markets-Uncertain-ebook/dp/B09NP3HBW2/ref=sr_1_13?crid=OTU1LTHJPH8Q&keywords=samuel+gregg&qid=1674146222&sprefix=samuel+gregg%2Caps%2C70&sr=8-13

Last December Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a package of reforms to  financial services known as the 'Edinburgh Reforms'. The reforms would strip back burdensome EU red tape in an effort to make the City competitive against other international financial hubs. But have the reforms gone far enough? To discuss this, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh speaks to Catherine McBride, an economist with an extensive professional background in financial services and a former IEA researcher.

In this podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh talks to Director of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity Alexander Hammond about the China's increasing dominance of Africa and what the West can do to tackle it.

In this IEA Podcast, IEA Head of Public Policy Matthew Lesh talks to CEO of Competere Shanker Singham. Following former Environment Secretary George Eustice MP's criticisms of UK trade deals with Australia and New Zeland, Matthew and Shanker assess the state of UK free trade. Shanker A Singham is one of the world’s leading international trade experts. He is a recognised author and adviser to governments and companies and an Academic Fellow of the institute of Economic Affairs.