Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
Background
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a London-based free-market thinktank and educational charity founded in 1955 by the late Sir Antony Fisher and Lord Harris with the mission “to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.”1 “About us,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.is/HvwRY
According to an archived 2010 version of its website, “Since 1974 the IEA has played an active role in developing similar institutions across the globe. Today there exists a world-wide network of over one hundred institutions in nearly eighty countries. All are independent but share in the IEA’s mission.”2 ”About the IEA,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived March 14, 2010. Archive URL: https://archive.is/U370Z
The IEA became very influential in the UK in the 1980s, with Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman believing its influence to be so strong that “the U-turn in British policy executed by Margaret Thatcher owes more to him (i.e. Fisher) than any other individual.”3 Martin Morse Wooster. “Liberty’s Quiet Champion,” The Philanthropy Roundtable, July/August 2003. Archived March 12, 2005. Archive URL: https://archive.is/c56g8
The IEA is part of a coordinated network of libertarian thinktanks and lobby groups based in and around 55 Tufton Street. Other members of the Tufton Street network include the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) and the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA).
In 2018, the thinktank admitted that it had received funding from the oil and gas supermajor BP every year since 1967.4Lawrence Carter, Alice Ross. “Revealed: BP and gambling interests fund secretive free market think tank,” Unearthed, July 30, 2018. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
IEA spokespeople have also been publicly critical of the government’s net zero target, while advocating for the continued exploration of fossil fuels.
Andy Meyer, COO and Energy Analyst at the IEA, wrote in January 2022 that the UK is sitting on “vast stockpiles” of fossil gas and called for increased drilling in the North Sea and a revival of fracking, while arguing that there is “no sensible ecological or scientific objection to either”.5Andy Mayer. “Stop posing. Start drilling,” The Critic, January 21, 2022. Archived April 21, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/n7O4K
In March 2022, IEA director general Mark Littlewood called the government’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050 an “overly costly and overly-specific target” and said that the government should “abandon” its net zero pursuits.6“Why should we stick with net zero? Acting director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit @SepiGM and the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs @MarkJLittlewood debate this on #CommonGround.,” tweet by user @SkyNews, March 29, 2022. Retrieved from twitter.com. Archived April 28, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
After her September 2022 election as Prime Minister, IEA director general Mark Littlewood told Politico that Liz Truss had spoken at IEA events more than “any other politician over the past 12 years”. Politico also reported that Littlewood “sees Truss as someone who is ‘genuinely engaged in the ideas rather than just occasionally turning up to say a few warm words at a Christmas party’,” and that Truss shares “big picture positions on tax and regulation and monetary policy” with the IEA.7Matt Honeycombe-Foster. “London Influence: IEA way or the highway — SpAd advice — Give (time) generously,” Politico, September 8, 2022. Archived September 8, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/EpK8g
The IEA provides administrative support for the “Free Enterprise Group” of MPs founded in 2011 by Liz Truss.8Brendan Montague. “Democracy is being dismantled by a “cabinet of horrors” – an interview with Molly Scott Cato MEP,” OpenDemocracy, September 10, 2019. Archived August 30, 2020. ArchiveAdam Bychawski9 URL: https://archive.fo/GlQoL The group has been described as the “parliamentary wing” of the IEA, and campaigned on issues of relevance to the IEA and its known funders.10 “Free Enterprise Group,” Tobacco Tactics. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.fo/zbG7x
The IEA boasted of securing access to 75 cross-party parliamentarians in its annual accounts for the financial year ending March 2022.11Adam Bychawski. “Revealed: Truss-allied think tank met dozens of MPs prior to leadership win,” openDemocracy, January 11, 2023. Archived February 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/09HRd
The IEA played a significant role in advocating a “hard” Brexit and was named by whistleblower Shahmir Sanni as one of nine organisations based in and around Westminster’s 55 Tufton Street that coordinated a campaign for a “hard” exit from the EU. In 2018, it received a legal warning from the Charity Commission for publishing a report calling for a hard Brexit that the Commission said constituted “political activity” in breach of its status as an educational charity.12 “Leaving the single market: the free-market case for “hard Brexit,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/TkKSa 13 Chloe Farand. “Mapped: Whistleblower accuses nine organisations of colluding over hard-Brexit,” DeSmog, July 23, 2018. 14 Alice Ross and Lawrence Carter. “Charity watchdog issues legal warning to IEA over its Brexit report,” Unearthed, February 6. 2019. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/lNlff
The IEA is a member of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, a Washington-based umbrella organisation supporting over 450 “free market” groups around the world.15John Blundell. “The life and work of Sir Antony Fisher,” IEA, July 10, 2013. Archived June 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/8GWok Both the IEA and Atlas were founded by Antony Fisher. Fisher’s daughter, Linda Whetstone, was Chair of the Atlas Network as well as a director of the IEA until her death in December 2021.16 “Advisory Council Members,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dkits 17Eamonn Butler. “In Memoriam: Linda Whetstone (1942 – 2021),” Adam Smith Institute, December 16, 2021. Archived December 16, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hASsa
The IEA has considerable connections to the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, a group of backbench Conservative MPs, including former government ministers, which opposes many of the government’s net zero policies. The NZSG was formed in 2021 ahead of the UN COP26 climate summit. In January 2020, NZSG deputy chairman Steve Baker’s constituency Conservative Party received £3,000 from IEA trustee Bruno Prior.18“Conservative and Unionist Party (Great Britain), Cash (C0478647),” The Electoral Commission. Archived March 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/r8kXD
FREER
In March 2018 the IEA launched the “FREER” program, directed by Rebecca Lowe.19 “Rebecca Lowe: Introducing FREER. For social and economic freedom. And why I’m a part of it,” ConservativeHome, March 19, 2018. Archived March 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wkZRA
“FREER will be distinctive in its embrace of both social and economic liberalism: we have a packed range of upcoming events and papers on topics ranging from no-platforming to Blockchain. We also have a great group of Conservative MPs signed up as parliamentary supporters, and we have Liz Truss and James Forsyth giving speeches at the launch tonight,” Lowe wrote in an article introducing FEER at ConservativeHome.
According to its website, “FREER will refocus the political debate, shifting attention towards free enterprise and social freedom. Britain’s upcoming departure from the EU provides a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to reassess and reform our country across the whole range of policy areas. The ideas we will champion are those that coalesce around an enduring agenda of unleashing the enterprise, imagination, and inspiration of individual men and women. We are energetic and hopeful for a country that is open, dynamic, enterprising, and thriving.”20 “Objective,” FREER. Accessed March 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VTnpv
For its first year, FREER would “avoid enormous overhead costs by being run administratively through the IEA” and would “benefit from the IEA’s staff’s expertise and experience in different areas” while being separate within IEA’s overall budget.21 “Objective,” FREER. Accessed March 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VTnpv
Stance on Climate Change
October 26, 2022
Following news that the UK’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak had decided to reinstate the fracking ban, the IEA said that “restoring the fracking moratorium would be an error”. It added that banning fracking was “not a stance rooted in science or economics, but political weakness in the face of militant protest groups and anti-development campaigns […] This decision will not help the planet.”22Hannah Thomas-Peter. “Campaigners breath a sigh of relief as Rishi Sunak reinstates fracking ban,” SkyNews, October 26, 2022. Archived October 26, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/wpUgt
March 29, 2022
Mark Littlewood, director general of the IEA, called the government’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050 an “overly costly and overly-specific target” and said that the government should “abandon” its net zero pursuits.23“Why should we stick with net zero? Acting director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit @SepiGM and the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs @MarkJLittlewood debate this on #CommonGround.,” tweet by user @SkyNews, March 29, 2022. Retrieved from twitter.com. Archived April 28, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
He added that he is “not a climate denier” but that achieving net zero by 2050 is “not a sensible policy, either for energy or for the environment”.
May 3, 2019
In an article for City A.M. criticising recent “Extinction Rebellion” climate protests, entitled “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” the IEA’s associate director, Kate Andrews, wrote: “Making this planet greener and cleaner is a goal shared by people across the political spectrum.”24 Kate Andrews. “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” City A.M., May 3, 2019. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Andrews called fracking a “successful intermediary between extremely dirty fuel and the greener energy revolution to come,” claiming that shale gas “extracted from our shores produces half the pre-combustion emissions as the gas which we import.”
She also claimed: “currently to extract the same amount of energy you’d get from one shale gas well, you’d need 750 times the amount of land for onshore wind.”25 Kate Andrews. “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” City A.M., May 3, 2019. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
November 17, 2004
According to an IEA publication by Robert L. Bradley Jr. entitled “Climate Alarmism Reconsidered”:
“Government intervention in the name of energy sustainability is the major threat to real energy sustainability and the provision of affordable, reliable energy to growing economies worldwide. Free-market structures and the wealth generated by markets help communities to best adapt to climate change.”26 “Climate Alarmism Reconsidered,” Institute of Economic Affairs, November 17, 2004. Archived January 24, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GT4Jg
December 1, 1997
An IEA report entitled “Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom” said:27 Julian Morris. “Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom,” Institute of Economic Affairs, December 1, 1997. Archived May 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/DopLq
“The world’s climate is in constant flux: on time-scales from days to millennia, global and regional temperature, wind and rainfall patterns are changing. Over periods of decades and centuries, the most significant factor affecting climate appears to be changes in the output of the sun.”
“IPCC [UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] lead authors have exaggerated the likely impacts of climate change in order to heighten public perception of the issue and thereby encourage governments to spend more on climate research.”28 Julian Morris. “Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom,” Institute of Economic Affairs, December 1, 1997. Archived May 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/DopLq
Funding
The IEA is an educational charity (No CC 235 351) and “independent research institute limited by guarantee.” According to their website, “The Institute is entirely independent of any political party or group, and is entirely funded by voluntary donations from individuals, companies and foundations who want to support its work, plus income from book sales and conferences. It does no contract work and accepts no money from government.”29 “About us,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HvwRY
As of December 2023, the IEA has received a ‘D’ rating – the second-lowest possible rating – in openDemocracy’s ‘Who Funds You?’ analysis of Westminster thinktank transparency.30“UK think tanks and campaigns rated for funding transparency,” openDemocracy, December 2023. Archived March 26, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ezEqI
The IEA was revealed to have received funding from oil giant BP since 1967 in a 2018 undercover investigation by Unearthed. IEA director Mark Littlewood told an undercover reporter that the oil company uses access facilitated by the thinktank to press ministers on issues ranging from environmental and safety standards to British tax rates. When contacted for comment, the IEA admitted it had received funding from BP every year since 1967.31Lawrence Carter, Alice Ross. “Revealed: BP and gambling interests fund secretive free market think tank,” Unearthed, July 30, 2018. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
An investigation published by DeSmog and Democracy for Sale revealed that Conservative Party donors had given £6.8 million to Tufton Street think tanks between 2019 and 2024, including over £3.7 million to the IEA.32Peter Geoghegan, Lucas Amin and Sam Bright. “Tory Donors Have Pumped Almost £7 Million into Tufton Street Since 2019,” DeSmog, June 13, 2024. The largest single donor to the IEA was Nigel Vinson, former Conservative Party peer and life vice president of the IEA, who gifted £3.7 million to the institute as investment loans in 2023, and a further £596,000 over the decade prior. In addition, the IEA received funding from Lord Michael Hintze (£155,000), Lord Jon Moynihan (£110,000), Lord Simon Wolfson (£100,000) and Lord Jamie Borwick (£10,000) over the same period, all of whom have received life peerages from the Conservative Government.
According to the IEA website, the “American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs” is an incorporated 501(C)(3) charity that allows those in the United States to show their support for the IEA. It operates under EIN#54-1899539.33 “Donate Now,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/MyAEI
The following is based on data the Conservative Transparency project collected from publicly-available tax forms on the Institute of Economic Affairs as well as American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Note that not all individual values have been verified by DeSmog.34 “Institute of Economic Affairs,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016. 35 “American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016.
See the attached spreadsheet for details on the Institute of Economic Affairs’s funding by year (.xlsx).
| Donor & Year | American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs | Institute of Economic Affairs | Institute for Economic Affairs | Grand Total |
| Earhart Foundation | $1,074,952 | $1,074,952 | ||
| John Templeton Foundation | $200 | $879,516 | $879,716 | |
| DonorsTrust | $284,900 | $284,900 | ||
| Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation | $270,000 | $270,000 | ||
| Chase Foundation of Virginia | $215,140 | $215,140 | ||
| Lovett and Ruth Peters Foundation | $99,000 | $10,000 | $109,000 | |
| Exxon Mobil | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation | $22,400 | $22,400 | ||
| The Roe Foundation | $20,000 | $20,000 | ||
| George E Coleman Jr Foundation | $15,100 | $15,100 | ||
| Aequus Institute | $12,000 | $12,000 | ||
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $7,500 | $7,500 | ||
| Schwab Charitable Fund | $1,500 | $1,500 | ||
| Grand Total | $685,340 | $2,266,868 | $10,000 | $2,962,208 |
Institute of Economic Affairs Charity Forms
American Friends of the Institute of Economic Affairs 990 Forms
Key People
Staff
| Name | 1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2011 | 201236 “People,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 22, 2012. | 2013 | 2014 | 201537 “People,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Description |
| Adam Bartha | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director of Epicenter | ||||||||||||||
| Adam Myers | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director of Marketing & Subscriptions | |||||||||||
| Alan Court | Y | Y | Postroom Manager | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Lee | Y | Y | Stakeholder Outreach | ||||||||||||||||
| Alexander C. R. Hammond | Y | Policy Advisor to the Director General | |||||||||||||||||
| Alice Calder | Y | Operations Officer | |||||||||||||||||
| Alicia Barrett | Y | Y | Executive Assistant to Mark Littlewood and American Outreach Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| Amelia Abplanalp | Y | Executive Assistant to Director General | |||||||||||||||||
| Amy Horscroft | Y | Y | Y | Y | Head of Stakeholder Relations | ||||||||||||||
| Andy Mayer | Y | Y | Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| Angela Harbutt | Y | Y | Y | Y | Development Director | ||||||||||||||
| Anna Malinowska | Y | Y | Website Administrator | ||||||||||||||||
| Annabel Denham | Y | Director of Communications | |||||||||||||||||
| Anne Colyer | Y | Y | Y | Y | Editorial Assistant | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Layson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Sales Manager | |||||||||||
| Brian Hindley | Y | Trade and Development | |||||||||||||||||
| Brittany Davis | Y | Operations Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Camilla Goodwin | Y | Y | Communications Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| Caroline Rollag | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Head of Development | |||||||||||||
| Catherine McBride | Y | Y | Head of the Financial Services Unit | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad Wilcox | Y | Y | Chief Operating Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| Chloe Mingay | Y | Y | Y | Communications Officer, Public Affairs | |||||||||||||||
| Christian Killoughery | Y | Y | Y | Y | Operations Officer | ||||||||||||||
| Christiana Hambro | Y | Y | Y | Head of External Relations | |||||||||||||||
| Christiana Stewart-Lockhart | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director of Education, Outreach, and Programmes / Chief Executive of EPICENTER | ||||||||||||||
| Christine Blundell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Operations Director | |||||||||||
| Christopher Snowdon | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Head of Lifestyle Economics | |||||||||
| Claire Talbot | Y | Y | Y | Executive Assistant to the Director General | |||||||||||||||
| Clare Batty | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Executive Assistant to the Director General and Company Secretary | |||||||||||
| Clare Rusbridge | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Finance Manager and Company Secretary | ||||||||
| Colin Robinson | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Darren Grimes | Y | Y | Digital Manager | ||||||||||||||||
| David Green | Y | Y | Director, Health and Welfare Unit | ||||||||||||||||
| Declan Pang | Y | Y | Y | Development Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Diego Zuluaga | Y | Y | Y | Y | Financial Services Research Fellow and Head of Research, EPICENTER | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Hughes | Y | Y | Head of Strategic Partnerships | ||||||||||||||||
| Eileen Graham | Y | Y | Accounts/Administration | ||||||||||||||||
| Ellie Weston | Y | Y | Graphic Designer | ||||||||||||||||
| Emily Carver | Y | Media Manager | |||||||||||||||||
| Emma Revell | Y | Y | Head of Communications | ||||||||||||||||
| Gabriel Sahlgren | Y | Y | Y | Research Fellow | |||||||||||||||
| Gerry Frost | Y | Y | Trade and Development | ||||||||||||||||
| Giovanni Caccavello | Y | EPICENTER Research Fellow | |||||||||||||||||
| Glynn Brailsford | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Managing Director | ||||||||
| Grant Tucker | Y | Y | Student Outreach Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| Greta Gietz | Y | Programmes Assistant | |||||||||||||||||
| Gustav Blix | Y | Director of EPICENTER | |||||||||||||||||
| Isha Kacker | Y | Operations Officer | |||||||||||||||||
| James Tooley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Jamie Legg | Y | Y | Y | Operations and Technology Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Jamie Whyte | Y | Y | Research Director | ||||||||||||||||
| John Blundell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Distinguished Senior Fellow | ||||||||||
| John Meadowcroft | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||
| Julian Jessop | Y | Y | IEA Economics Fellow | ||||||||||||||||
| Julian Morris | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Kate Andrews | Y | Y | Y | Y | Associate Director | ||||||||||||||
| Kimberley Painter | Y | Executive Assistant to the Director General | |||||||||||||||||
| Kristian Niemietz | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Poverty Research Fellow | ||||||||
| Leigh Blount | Y | Facilities Manager | |||||||||||||||||
| Len Shackleton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Editorial and Research Fellow | ||||||||||||
| Lisa Madigan | Y | Y | Y | Reception | |||||||||||||||
| Madeline Grant | Y | Y | Y | Editorial Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Mark Littlewood | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director General | ||||||||
| Melissa Davis | Y | Y | Y | Director of Communications(and press office) | |||||||||||||||
| Morgan Schondelmeier | Y | Y | Development Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| Nerissa Chesterfield | Y | Y | Y | Communications Officer, Media | |||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Keech | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Accounts Manager | |||||||||||
| Nick Hayns | Y | Communications Officer | |||||||||||||||||
| Nick Silver | Y | IEA Pensions Fellow | |||||||||||||||||
| Patricia Morgan | Y | Senior Research Fellow, Health and Welfare Unit | |||||||||||||||||
| Philip Booth | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Academic Fellow | ||||
| Radomir Tylecote | Y | Y | IEA Fellow | ||||||||||||||||
| Ralph Buckle | Y | Y | Y | Y | Acting Director of Education, Outreach, and Programmes / Acting Chief Executive of EPICENTER | ||||||||||||||
| Rebecca Connorton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Consultant to the Chief Operating Officer | |||||||
| Rebecca Lowe | Y | Director of FREER | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard D North | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Media Fellow | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Wellings | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Deputy Research Director and Head of Transport | |||||||
| Robert Whelan | Y | Y | Health and Welfare Unit | ||||||||||||||||
| Roger Bate | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||
| Ruth Porter | Y | Y | Y | Communications Director | |||||||||||||||
| Ryan Bourne | Y | Y | Y | Head of Public Policy and Director, Paragon Initiative | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Collins | Y | Y | Y | Y | Policy Advisor to Mark Littlewood | ||||||||||||||
| Shanker Singham | Y | Y | Fellow of International Trade and Competition | ||||||||||||||||
| Shirley Cozens | Y | Administrative Assistant | |||||||||||||||||
| Sophie Sandor | Y | Y | Programmes Manager | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephanie Lis | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director of Communications | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Davies | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Head of Education | ||||||||
| Syed Kamall | Y | Academic and Research Director | |||||||||||||||||
| Terry Barnes | Y | Y | Y | Y | Lifestyle Economics Fellow | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Miers | Y | Y | Y | Development Director | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Papworth | Y | Development Manager | |||||||||||||||||
| Tom Steinberg | Y | Y | IT/Research | ||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Hewson | Y | Y | Y | Head of Regulatory Affairs and Research Associate | |||||||||||||||
| Yvonne Rigby | Y | Web Administrator |
Trustees
| Name | 1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 201538 “People,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Description |
| Arthur Seldon | Y | Y | Honorary Trustee | ||||||||||||||||
| Bruno Prior | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Carolyn Fairbairn | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||
| D R Myddelton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Edwin Nixon | Y | Y | Y | Honorary Trustee | |||||||||||||||
| Geoffrey E Wood | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||
| Harold B. Rose | Y | Chairman | |||||||||||||||||
| J R Shackleton | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Bell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Linda Edwards | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
| Linda Whetstone | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Lord Harris of High Cross | Y | Y | Y | Honorary Trustee | |||||||||||||||
| Lord Nigel Vinson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Life Vice President and former Chair of the IEA Board of Trustees | ||||||||
| Malcolm McAlpine | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
| Mark Pennington | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Political Economy Fellow | ||||||||||
| Martin Ricketts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman |
| Michael Beesley | Y | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Fisher | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Michael Hintze | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||
| Michael Richardson | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||||||
| Neil Record | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman | ||||||||
| Patrick Minford | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| Peter Walters | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||
| Robert Boyd | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Robin Edwards | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| Tim Congdon | Y | Y |
Fellows
| Name | 2006 | 2011 | 201239 “Fellows and advisors,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 22, 2012. | 2013 | 2014 | 201540 “Fellows and advisors,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 18, 2015. | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Description |
| Amarendra Swarup | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Finance Fellow | |||
| Andrew Lilico | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
| Armin J Kammel | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Law and Economics Fellow | |||
| Benedikt Koehler | Y | Economics of Religion Fellow | ||||||||||
| Cento Veljanovski | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Dalibor Rohac | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Economics Fellow | ||
| Dennis O’Keeffe | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Education and Welfare Fellow | ||||||
| Elaine Sternberg | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| J R Shackleton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| James Bartholomew | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Social Policy Fellow |
| James Croft | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Education Research Fellow | ||
| Jamie Whyte | Y | Y | Y | Y | Research Director | |||||||
| Jeffrey Peel | Y | Y | IEA Media Fellow | |||||||||
| John Blundell | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Distinguished Senior Fellow | |||||||
| John Bourn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Economics Fellow | |
| John Spiers | Y | IEA Health Policy Fellow | ||||||||||
| Julian Jessop | Y | Y | IEA Economics Fellow | |||||||||
| Keith Boyfield | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Regulation Fellow |
| Kristian Niemietz | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Poverty Research Fellow | |
| Mark Pennington | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Political Economy Fellow | |
| Nick Silver | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Pensions Fellow | |||
| Radomir Tylecote | Y | IEA Fellow | ||||||||||
| Richard D North | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Media Fellow |
| Robert L Bradley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Energy and Climate Change Fellow |
| Ruth Lea | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Regulation Fellow | |
| Shanker Singham | Y | Y | Y | Fellow of International Trade and Competition | ||||||||
| Terry Arthur | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Pensions and Financial Regulation Fellow |
| Tim Congdon | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Vladimir Krulj | Y | Y | Y | Y | IEA Economics Fellow |
Honorary Fellows
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| Alan Peacock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Alan Walters | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
| Anna J Schwartz | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
| Armen A Alchian | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||
| Basil S Yamey | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Ben Roberts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
| Chiaki Nishiyama | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| David Laidler | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Deirdre McCloskey | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Dennis S Lees | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
| Gordon Tullock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||
| Ivor Pearce | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||||
| James M Buchanan | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Michael Beenstock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| R M Hartwell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| Richard A Epstein | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||
| Ronald H Coase | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||
| Samuel Brittan | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Terence W Hutchison | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||
| Vernon L Smith | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
| Victor Morgan | Y |
Academic Advisory Council
| Name | 1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2011 | 201243 “Fellows and advisors,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 22, 2012. | 2013 | 2014 | 201544 “Fellows and advisors,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 18, 2015. | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Description |
| Alan Morrison | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Alberto Benegas-Lynch, Jr | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
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| Antonio Martino | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
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| Cento Veljanovski | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Chandran Kukathas | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Charles K Rowley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
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| Christian Bjornskov | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Christopher Coyne | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Colin Robinson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| D R Myddelton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||||||
| Daniel B Klein | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| David de Meza | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| David Greenaway | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| David Henderson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
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| Elaine Sternberg | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Forrest Capie | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
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| Gabriel Sahlgren | Y | Research Fellow | ||||||||||||||||
| Geoffrey E Wood | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||
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| Graham Bannock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Ingrid A Gregg | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
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| J R Shackleton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
| James Tooley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Jane S Shaw | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
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| Jerry L Jordan | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
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| John Meadowcroft | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Julian Morris | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Keith Hartley | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
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| Lawrence H White | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
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| Mark Pennington | Y | Y | IEA Political Economy Fellow | |||||||||||||||
| Martin Ricketts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman |
| Michael Beenstock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||||||||
| N F R Crafts | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Nicola Tynan | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||
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| Pedro Schwartz | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
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| Richard A Epstein | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||||||
| Richard Wellings | Y | Deputy Research Director and Head of Transport | ||||||||||||||||
| Roger Bate | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
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| Patrick Minford | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Peter Warburton | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Philip Booth | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Academic Fellow |
| Roger Bootle | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Ruth Lea | Y | Y | IEA Regulation Fellow | ||||
| Tim Congdon | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Trevor Williams | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Actions
February 28, 2023
In a piece published in CapX, a “news site” run by the Centre for Policy Studies, IEA policy advisor Matthew Bowles characterised the government’s net zero policies as “pointless” as part of a wider criticism of government spending.
Bowles labelled the net zero targets and the NHS as “twin religions” that are “destined to suck up ever more public money”.
Regarding net zero policies, Bowles wrote:
“The prime suspect here is Net Zero, a project that ministers blithely insist can be done in an economically beneficial way, but which promises huge costs to consumers in the form of more expensive transport, high electricity prices and expensive home heating.”45Matthew Bowles. “Britain is in the grip of paternalism – without reform, a poorer, less free future awaits,” CapX, February 28, 2023. Archived February 28, 2023. Archive URL: http://archive.today/AvNzI
January 11, 2023
OpenDemocracy revealed that the IEA “boasted of securing access to 75 cross-party parliamentarians in its annual accounts for the financial year ending March 2022”.46Adam Bychawski. “Revealed: Truss-allied think tank met dozens of MPs prior to leadership win,” OpenDemocracy, January 11, 2023. Archived January 18, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/09HRd
According to OpenDemocracy:
“The meetings came ahead of Truss’s successful Tory leadership campaign, during which she made a number of pledges – such as the scrapping of green energy bill levies and EU-derived regulations – that the think tank has previously lobbied for.”
Describing the IEA’s evolving public stance towards the Liz Truss government, OpenDemocracy journalist Adam Bychawski noted:
In September, the think tank’s director Mark Littlewood claimed that Truss had adopted several of its policies, which included slashed taxes for the wealthy and corporations. Littlewood later distanced himself from the proposals after the former PM was forced to abandon them in response to growing economic turmoil.
Speaking to the Financial Times in December following Truss’ resignation, Littlewood commented:
“You might have the recipe for making the most perfect and delicious pizza, but if the chef is hubristic, or crazy, or incompetent, you are not going to end up with a particularly tasty pizza. Does that mean you shouldn’t eat pizza again? No, it just means you shouldn’t eat pizza cooked by that chef.”
November 9, 2022
In a Conservative Home article titled “The Prime Minister should have used his COP platform to inject some realism into climate policy”, the IEA’s Emily Carver suggested that:
“[UK Prime Minister Rishi] Sunak’s appearance at COP27 underscores the counterproductive approach to climate policy taken by successive governments, which has prioritised grandstanding on the global stage over our own energy security.”47Emily Carver. “The Prime Minister should have used his COP platform to inject some realism into climate policy,” Conservative Home, November 9, 2022. Archived November 9, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/uA0jb
In addition, Carver argued that “Sunak must resist giving any credence to the idea that the British people owe climate reparations”, adding: “what is now happening is the takeover of this agenda by poorly-informed, extremist activism”.
November 8, 2022
In a CAPX article titled “Striking a pose at COP27 will do little to advance the UK’s green goals”, the IEA’s Andy Meyer argued that “travelling 2,400 miles” to COP27 “will once again paint tackling climate change as something done to people, without their consent, by people whose own lifestyles do not reflect the mission they are preaching”.48Andy Meyer. “Striking a pose at COP27 will do little to advance the UK’s green goals,” CAPX, November 8, 2022. Archived November 9, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VIcBd
Meyer also called debates around climate reparations “inane” and “a negative narrative that aligns climate action with punishing the West for industrialisation”, brought about by “excessive media focus”.
October 26, 2022
Following news that the UK’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak had decided to reinstate the fracking ban, the IEA said that “restoring the fracking moratorium would be an error”.49Hannah Thomas-Peter. “Campaigners breathe a sigh of relief as Rishi Sunak reinstates fracking ban,” Sky News, October 26, 2022. Archived October 26, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/wpUgt
They continued:
“To rely on imported gas when we have 50-100 years supply under our feet is not a stance rooted in science or economics, but political weakness in the face of militant protest groups and anti-development campaigns […] This decision will not help the planet.”
July 27, 2022
In a press release titled “Save families £9,000 a year by cutting red tape in housing, childcare, and energy”, the IEA argued:
“The UK has an inefficient, unnecessarily costly decarbonisation strategy, which drives up energy costs for households and businesses by more than what is required in order to reduce CO2 emissions.”50IEA. “Save families £9,000 a year by cutting red tape in housing, childcare, and energy,” IEA, July 27, 2022. Archived November 4, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/UC41I
The release also called for “deregulation of the energy market”.
April 5, 2022
Andy Mayer, energy analyst at the IEA, told City A.M. that fracking was the “economic and moral choice” needed to increase the UK’s energy security in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Mayer said: “The UK needs gas, we either frack or import. These are the choices, with North Sea reserves a small fraction of the potential onshore. If we frack, we tax, and use the money to pay for the low carbon transition. If we import, we fund Russian tanks through the EU interconnectors. The economic and moral choice is to frack.”51Nicholas Earl. “Government paves way to end fracking moratorium with new survey,” City A.M., April 5, 2022. Archived April 21, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/BD1h9
March 29, 2022
Mark Littlewood, director general of the IEA, called the government’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050 an “overly costly and overly-specific target” and said that the government should “abandon” its net zero pursuits in a debate with Sepi Golzari-Munro, the acting head of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), on Sky News.
Littlewood said that he felt the target should be abandoned “not because I’m against a policy of decarbonisation”, adding that he is “not a climate denier” and that he is in favour of increased energy security and lower energy bills. Littlewood also said that achieving net zero by 2050 is “an extremely attractive policy for politicians who want to grab headlines” but is “not a sensible policy, either for energy or for the environment”.52“Why should we stick with net zero? Acting director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit @SepiGM and the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs @MarkJLittlewood debate this on #CommonGround. https://news.sky.com Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233“, tweet by @SkyNews, March 29, 2022. Retrieved from twitter.com. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/9D3Ii
March 2, 2022
In a Conservative Home article titled “Scrap the tax rise, reform planning, and get fracking to ease the cost-of-living crisis”, the IEA’s Emily Carver criticised the fracking ban, writing:
“The Government’s decision to restart North Sea development was welcome, but the moratorium on fracking has left us dangerously vulnerable to geopolitics and the whims of corrupt regimes.”53Emily Carver. “Scrap the tax rise, reform planning, and get fracking to ease the cost-of-living crisis,” Conservative Home, March 2, 2022. Archived January 30, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/9H0Cd
Carver also claimed that the Conservative’s approach to reaching climate targets was “dogmatic” and “must be replaced by a policy agenda that prioritises security and affordability of supply first and foremost”.
October 5, 2021
While hosting a panel at the Conservative Party conference, IEA director general Mark Littlewood prefaced a question to Steve Baker MP, deputy chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, about net zero targets by saying: “I’m not a climate change denier. I think greenhouse gases do warm the environment. I’m just not sure this is the best way of tackling that problem, and it’s certainly a very expensive way of tackling that problem.”
September 24, 2021
Mark Littlewood wrote a Telegraph article titled “We were fracking idiots to ignore the energy on our doorstep”, in which he criticised what he sees as “our total failure to embrace a fracking revolution and unleash the potential of shale gas”.54Mark Littlewood. “We were fracking idiots to ignore the energy on our doorstep,” Telegraph, September 24, 2021. Archived September 24, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.is/a3crH
He argued that “successful lobbying efforts by environmentalist campaigners and local residents’ associations have strangled this nascent revolution at birth”, adding:
“When it comes to fracking, they have decided to allow worries about modest traffic disruption and over-blown environmental claims to destroy the opportunity to access much cleaner, cheaper energy and create many thousands of new jobs.”
Ultimately, Littlewood concluded that the UK’s decision to ban fracking “is a choice we should surely revisit”.
September 1, 2021
Weeks before his appointment as the IEA’s head of policy, Matthew Lesh wrote a column for the Telegraph criticising “top-down” government policies to tackle climate change, including bans on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and phasing out gas boilers, which he called “tools from the old socialist handbook”. He also wrote that the Environment Bill then proceeding through parliament had “a delightful Soviet Five Year Plan feel to it”.55Matthew Lesh. “The government’s top-down environmentalism is anti-conservative,” The Telegraph, September 1, 2021. Archived January 25, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Bk3Vl
April 21, 2021
According to Guido Fawkes, 40 Conservative MPs formed a Parliamentary branch of the Free Market Forum, an initiative launched by the IEA which promises “a freer economy and a freer society.” Among the MPs included were then-Secretary of State for International Trade Liz Truss, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng. The group’s advisory council included former Taxpayers’ alliance CEO Matthew Elliott.56 “40 Tory MPs Join IEA Free Market Forum,” Guido Fawkes, April 21, 2021. Archived April 26, 2021. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/cSiq9
March 1, 2021
The IEA published a report advocating for a tax-cutting programme in the aftermath of COVID-19. It stated that: “The Climate Change Levy and renewables obligations add economic distortion and complexity to the tax system,” adding: “These levies could be brought into a single, less distortionary, environmental taxation system – either through the Emissions Trading Scheme or a comprehensive carbon tax.”57 Sam Collins, Alexander C.R. Hammond. “20 taxes to scrap: How to grow the UK economy by simplifying the tax system,” IEA, March 1, 2021. Archived March 8, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/CQDFP
The report also proposed abolishing Air Passenger Duty, stating: “Emissions from aviation can instead be addressed by the government’s general environmental policies.”
October 20, 2020
The IEA hosted an event on the “future of UK free trade” with former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has frequently lobbied against the implementation of climate policies. In a discussion of his views, Abbott told IEA Director-General, Mark Littlewood:
“I’m not a climate change zealot the way many people are, including in this country, but my government wanted to reduce emissions, it’s just that we wanted to reduce emissions in a way which didn’t impose unnecessary costs on Australians, which didn’t make our power system unaffordable and unreliable, which didn’t drive manufacturing industry offshore anymore than was already occurring, and frankly, I think all of that is self-evidently sensible.”58 “The Future of UK Free Trade with the Hon Tony Abbott,” YouTube video uploaded by user iealondon on November 6, 2020. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
October 16, 2020
The Government announced that the IEA’s Director General Mark Littlewood was one of four ‘experts’ appointed to the Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG), described as a “forum for high-level strategic discussions between government, and stakeholders representing a cross-section of interests from all parts of the UK on trade policy matters.”59 Strategic Trade Advisory Group, GOV.UK, October 16, 2020. Archived October 20, 2020. Archive.vn: https://archive.vn/p2Vyf
October 11, 2019
The IEA released a podcast on climate change and recent protest groups including Extinction Rebellion and the climate school strikes. The think tank’s Head of Political Economy Kristian Niemietz criticised protesters for not acknowleding past and present efforts to tackle climate change:60 “Rebels without a cause?” Institute of Economic Affairs, October 11, 2019. Archived October 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/sKufO
“We are acting now and we have been acting for decades… It’s not the case that we’re doing nothing about it. This is a new generation of activists – they probably don’t have much of an active memory of that.”
He referred to Danish “lukewarmer” Bjørn Lomborg, saying:
“I think it was best summarised by Bjorn Lomborg, the Danish statistician, who said something like, ‘yes, climate change is a problem, yes it is man-made, yes we should do something about it. But is it the end of the world? No.’”
Niemietz said he supported a carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme, arguing this was the most efficient and least harmful way to lower emissions. He said subsidies, by contrast, led to governments supporting potentially inefficient technologies. Victoria Hewson, the IEA’s Head of Regulatory Affairs, also on the podcast, agreed that all other “piecemeal interventions” should be removed.
Hewson also said:
“They seem to think that developing countries can, in order to develop and industrialise and improve their standards of living, somehow leapfrog the phase of using fossil fuels that we in the West benefited from for our development and industrialisation. And that countries like Kenya should build wind farms and solar farms to progress. But quite frankly, that’s not going to work. It’s just not.”
She warned against imposing a carbon border tax, arguing this would hurt developing countries, and said the government was intervening too much in the UK’s energy system, criticising “contracts for difference”, a scheme used for awarding contracts to the cheapest providers of renewable energy. She also said there wasn’t enough “joined-up thinking” happening around electric vehicles.
“Electric vehicles are good in the sense that they don’t themselves produce emissions, but they do rely on electricity being generated in order to power them. And i’m just not sure that there’s much joined up thinking going on in this area.”61 “Rebels without a cause?” Institute of Economic Affairs, October 11, 2019. Archived October 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/sKufO
August 20, 2019
IEA Associate Director, Kate Andrews, appeared on Sky News during a discussion on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s concern about climate change while using private jets. She wrongly claimed they had been “preaching to everyone else that they needed to have fewer children and that they needed to be extremely cautious about their carbon output”.62 ““They shouldn’t be chastising other people, and frankly much poorer people, for their life choices!” the IEA’s @KateAndrs on members of The Royal Family advising on climate change whilst using private jets Further reading: No one voted for Net Zero https://iea.org.uk/media/politici…,” Tweet by @iealondon, August 20, 2019. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
July 3, 2019
The IEA’s Digital Manager, Darren Grimes, wrote an article for the online magazine Spiked, criticising the recent adoption of a “net zero” emissions by the UK. Grimes said that the target was “ almost certain to impose huge costs on the poorest households and have a detrimental impact on our living standards”. While accepting that there is “certainly a need to take action against climate change”, he claimed that the “Net Zero target won’t do anything to reduce emissions from the US, China and India”, calling it “green virtue-signalling”.63 Darren Grimes. “No one voted for Net Zero,” Spiked, July 3, 2019. Archived August 20, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/pwucg
In 2018, DeSmog revealed that Spiked had received $300,000 from the US-based climate science denial funders, the Koch brothers, over the previous three years.
June 25, 2019
The IEA’s Head of Lifestyle Economics, Christopher Snowdon, wrote an opinion piece for The Telegraph in which he said that the UK’s “net zero” emissions target could “most charitably be described as a leap of faith” and that the amendment was only proposed to “boost the ego of one of Britain’s worst prime ministers”. Snowdon admitted that there were “certainly benefits to be had from weaning ourselves off fossil fuels” but claimed Britain was only responsible for 1% of global emissions so “any benefits to the climate depend almost entirely on the big economies – China, India, the USA – following our lead”.64 Christopher Snowdon. “These green targets waved through by MPs will make the cost of no deal look like small change,” The Telegraph, June 25, 2019. Archived June 26, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
June 13, 2019
The IEA hosted a podcast with former Labour MP Natascha Engel on the issue of fracking in the UK, during which she “argues that an urge to ‘do something’ about climate change will hustle politicians into bad decisions — and almost certainly make things worse,” according to the podcast description. Engel served as the government’s Commissioner for Shale Gas between October 2018 and April 2019 and was criticized for working as a consultant for the chemicals and fracking company INEOS after losing her North East Derbyshire seat in 2017.65 “Is fracking compatible with a fossil-free future?” Institute of Economic Affairs, June 13, 2019. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/rIb0l 66 Liam Norcliffe. “Decision by former MP to link up with fracking firm criticised,” Derbyshire Times, December 6, 2017. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/f5orw
The podcast was hosted by the IEA’s Digital Manager, Darren Grimes, a pro-Brexit student activist who founded the youth campaign group BeLeave and was subsequently fined £20,000 by the Electoral Commission for breaching spending rules during the EU referendum campaign. In July, Grimes won an appeal against the fine.67 Jim Waterson. “Darren Grimes: the pro-Brexit student activist fined £20k,” The Guardian, July 17, 2018. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/YTlCI 68 “BeLeave: Pro-Brexit campaign group founder Darren Grimes wins appeal against £20k fine,” Sky News, July 19, 2019. Archived July 22, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/qQ4Vf
June 7, 2019
IEA director-general Mark Littlewood appeared on BBC Radio 4, responding to a letter sent by Chancellor Philip Hammond to the Prime Minister, claiming a “net zero” emissions target by 2050 would cost the UK $1 trillion. Littlewood said:69 “As Philip Hammond highlights the economic impact of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, @MarkJLittlewood on @BBCr4today says the costs will be “colossal” and we must accept that, in tackling climate change, there are trade offs and money could be better spent elsewhere!” Tweet by @iealondon, June 7, 2019. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
“You can do quite a lot with a trillion pounds. Let’s even say the treasury has exaggerated it and it’s only half a trillion pounds. You can do an awful lot with half a trillion pounds… Now that’s not say there aren’t any fringe benefits if you’re in the windmill-making business: this could be good news for you. But it is a real cost. You can’t just hand wave that away.”70 “As Philip Hammond highlights the economic impact of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, @MarkJLittlewood on @BBCr4today says the costs will be “colossal” and we must accept that, in tackling climate change, there are trade offs and money could be better spent elsewhere!” Tweet by @iealondon, June 7, 2019. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
June 5, 2019
Linda Edwards, a member of the IEA’s advisory council since 2016, was appointed a director of the organization, according to Companies House filings.71“Institute of Economic Affairs: Filing history,” Companies House. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/tFnLX The IEA website states that Edwards has had a “long relationship” with the Koch-funded, climate science denying Cato Institute, based in the US, and is a board member of the Atlas Network, a Washington-based umbrella organization supporting over 450 “free market” groups around the world. Both the Atlas Network and the IEA were founded by the late Sir Antony Fisher.72 “Advisory Council Members,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dkits
Edwards also supports the Reason Foundation, another Koch- and Exxon-funded US libertarian group which claimed in 2016 that “global warming of up to 3 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels could generate net benefits for humanity.”73 “Advisory Council Members,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dkits 74 Julian Morris. “Climate pact likely to do more harm than good,” The Orange County Register, April 22, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmogBlog.
June 3, 2019
IEA director-general Mark Littlewood wrote an article in The Times entitled “Green campaigners won’t save the planet, but capitalism may well do.”75 Mark Littlewood. “Green campaigners won’t save the planet, but capitalism may well do,” The Times, June 3, 2019. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/x6j36
May 3, 2019
IEA associate director Kate Andrews wrote an article for City A.M. criticising recent “Extinction Rebellion” climate protests, entitled “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages.”76 Kate Andrews. “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” City A.M., May 3, 2019. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Andrews acknowledged that “Making this planet greener and cleaner is a goal shared by people across the political spectrum” but said protesters were “campaigning for behaviour that would quite literally send us back to the dark ages.”
Andrews called fracking a “successful intermediary between extremely dirty fuel and the greener energy revolution to come,” claiming that shale gas “extracted from our shores produces half the pre-combustion emissions as the gas which we import.”
She also claimed: “currently to extract the same amount of energy you’d get from one shale gas well, you’d need 750 times the amount of land for onshore wind.”77 Kate Andrews. “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” City A.M., May 3, 2019. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
January 29, 2019
The IEA was one of 24 US and UK thinktanks and industry lobby groups to give evidence to a public hearing on “negotiating objectives” hosted by the US Trade Representative agency in Washington, DC.78 “Transcript – Public Hearing on Negotiating Objectives for a US-UK Trade Agreement (PDF),” Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States Trade Representative. January 29, 2019. Archived July 23, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The IEA was represented by Peter Allgeier, a member of its International Trade and Competition Unit’s Advisory Council, who told the hearing that, in “areas such as food safety and automobile standards, rigid proscriptive EU standards have stifled innovation and impeded U.S. exports” and claimed that “the so-called precautionary principle…in particular has been a problem.”79 “Transcript – Public Hearing on Negotiating Objectives for a US-UK Trade Agreement (PDF),” Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States Trade Representative. January 29, 2019. Archived July 23, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The precautionary principle is an EU approach to legislation that allows countries to place restrictions on substances where there is uncertainty over the impact on the environment and human health. The precautionary principle has been used to justify EU bans on substances including the bee-killing pesticides neonicotinoids and the organophosphate chlorpyrifos which research shows may harm the brain development of children. It gives regulators significantly more power to regulate substances than the US, which defends its approach as “science-based” or “risk-based.”80 Natasha Foote, “EU Commission set to vote on ban of controversial organophosphate pesticides,” Euractiv, December 4, 2019. Archived August 12, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/GjYaM 81 Philip Case, “Bayer and NFU battling to overturn neonicotinoids ban,” Farmers Weekly, June 4, 2020. Archived August 12, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/RwhG9 82 Staffan Dahllof and Stéphane Horel, “Pesticide chlorpyrifos banned by EU,” EU Observer, December 9, 2019. Archived August 13, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/O1fWu 83 The Pesticide Action Network UK, Sustain and Dr Emily Lydgate, “Toxic Trade: How Trade Deals Threaten to Weaken UK Pesticide Standards,” Pesticide Action Network UK. Archived August 12, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
November 28, 2018
An openDemocracy article reported that the IEA’s magazine, Economic Affairs, which is distributed to every school in the UK teaching A-Level economics or business studies, had published articles promoting “tobacco tax cuts, climate change denial, tax havens, and privatising the NHS.”84 Adam Ramsay, Peter Geoghegan. “Right-wing think tank accused of promoting tobacco and oil industry “propaganda” in schools,” openDemocracy, November 28, 2018. Archived May 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/2fHdu
In autumn 2013, the magazine ran an article by Roger Bate, an economist and fellow at the libertarian US-based think tank the American Enterprise Institute, entitled “20 years denouncing eco-militants”, in which he argued that “evidence of climate impact is still hard to prove, and harm even more difficult to establish.”
The magazine does not disclose its funding sources to readers.85 Adam Ramsay, Peter Geoghegan. “Right-wing think tank accused of promoting tobacco and oil industry “propaganda” in schools,” openDemocracy, November 28, 2018. Archived May 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/2fHdu
September 24, 2018
The IEA helped to launch an ‘alternative’ plan for a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal, alongside US group the Cato Institute. It called on the UK government to cut EU environmental regulations to secure free-trade deals with the US, China and India after Brexit. Environmental NGOs said the plans were not credible if the UK was to fulfil its own environmental commitments, warning that the Brexit vote was not a mandate to lower standards. BBC Newsnight Policy Editor Chris Cook wrote an analysis piece challenging the report’s “dubious maths”.86 Chloe Farand. “Hard-Brexit Lobbyists Demand UK Roll-Back Environmental Standards to Strike Free Trade Deals with India, China and US,” DeSmog, September 24, 2018. 87 Chris Cook. “IEA Brexit report based on dubious maths,” BBC News, September 24, 2018. Archived September 25, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/BocN6
The following day Greenpeace’s Unearthed revealed details of a ‘lucrative’ tour of the US undertaken by IEA chief Mark Littlewood in advance of the report being published.88 Alice Ross, Lawrence Carter. “Think tank behind Brexiteers’ trade blueprint chased funds from US donors,” Unearthed, September 25, 2018. Archived September 25, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/tt7Ax
A separate Guardian analysis revealed a related US-group, the American Friends of the IEA, had raised at least $1.69m in the last decade. The director of the American Friends of the IEA, Robert Boyd, revealed some of the money had been used to fund specific projects for the IEA, but said the US-arm was run independently of the UK thinktank.89 Rob Evans, Felicity Lawrence, David Pegg. “US groups raise millions to support rightwing UK thinktanks,” Guardian, September 28, 2018. Archived September 25, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/FPOr8
August 2018
Continuing the revolving door betwen Tufton Street organisations and key Brexit departments in government, IEA Director of Communications Stephanie Lis took a post as a Special Adviser at the Department for Exiting the EU under Secretary of State Dominic Raab.90 “IEA Staff Changes,” Guido Fawkes, September 3, 2018. Archived September 3, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/iqhRN
July 2018
IEA chief Mark Littlewood was filmed by undercover reporters tellling a prospective donor they could discreetly influence a report in ways that could advance their business interests, in exchange for £42,500.91 Alice Ross, Lawrence Carter. “A hard Brexit think tank told a potential donor it could influence its research reports in exchange for funding,” Unearthed, July 29, 2018. Archived September 25, 2018. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/Y2VwB
July 29, 2018
An undercover reporter filmed Institute of Economic Affairs director Mark Littlewood offering access to government ministers and civil servants in exchange for funding, The Guardian reported. Littlewood said IEA was in the “Brexit influencing game.” He said he could make introductions to ministers, and that the IEA knew Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Davis and Liam Fox well.92 “Rightwing UK thinktank ‘offered ministerial access’ to potential US donors,” The Guardian, July 29, 2018. Archived July 29, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.fo/s7TXR
He was also recorded suggesting donors could shape “substantial content” of research commissioned by IEA with findings that would support free-trade deals.93 “Rightwing UK thinktank ‘offered ministerial access’ to potential US donors,” The Guardian, July 29, 2018. Archived July 29, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.fo/s7TXR
“The disclosures are likely to raise fresh questions about the independence and status of the IEA, which is established as an educational charity. Charity Commission rules state that ‘an organisation will not be charitable if its purposes are political’,” The Guardian reported.94 “Rightwing UK thinktank ‘offered ministerial access’ to potential US donors,” The Guardian, July 29, 2018. Archived July 29, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.fo/s7TXR
In an exchange with The Guardian, IEA said there was “nothing untoward about thinktanks having a collaborative approach with politicians” and added that it had “no corporate view” on Brexit.95 “Rightwing UK thinktank ‘offered ministerial access’ to potential US donors,” The Guardian, July 29, 2018. Archived July 29, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.fo/s7TXR
The IEA also offered to broker access to senior politicians for foreign donors seeking to influence the course of Brexit, according to the investigation by Greenpeace’s Unearthed.96 Lawrence Carter and Alice Ross. “A leading think tank brokered access to ministers for US donors looking to influence Brexit,” Unearthed, July 29, 2018. Archived Feb 1, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/6Ffcz
April 28, 2016
The IEA published a report calling for the BBC to be privatised. One of its chapters, entitled “The problem of bias in the BBC” was written by Ryan Bourne, now Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at the US-based libertarian Cato Institute. Fresh analysis for the chapter was commissioned from the anti-BBC research group News-watch, which regularly publishes articles rejecting the scientific consensus on climate change. Both the IEA and News-watch are either directly or indirectly funded by the Nigel Vinson Charitable Trust.97 Philip Booth (ed). “In Focus: The Case for Privatising the BBC,” IEA, April 28, 2016. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/qQSmD 98 “Ryan Bourne,” Cato Institute. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/9yP2P
June, 2015
Philip Booth, Editorial and Programme Director at the IEA, was featured on Newsnight where he criticized some aspects of Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment.99 “The pope should not overstep his remit,” Institute of Economic Affairs, June 15, 2015. Archived November 16, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/EXevv
Phillip Booth also wrote a corresponding blog post at the IEA titled “Property rights and the environment – a response to Pope Francis’ encyclical.”100 Philip Booth. “Property rights and the environment – a response to Pope Francis’ encyclical,” Institute of Economic Affairs, June 19, 2015. Archived November 16, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hpd7x
“It is correct to say that pollution leads to premature deaths. Indeed, many would argue that climate change will do so and some that it already does so. But, there are trade-offs. And the underlying picture is one of huge increases in life expectancy and health because of the economic development that is taking place. Indeed, in many parts of the world, the environment is improving dramatically,” Booth writes.
September 20, 2013
IEA Director General Mark Littlewood gave a speech to the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)’s annual conference, in which he said:101 “Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs,” YouTube video uploaded by user UKIP Official Channel. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
“I also think there are whole government departments that can be closed down. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport? Culture, Media and Sport should belong to the people, not the state bureaucracy. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills – surely, the three things governments are worst at. That department can be abolished overnight.”
He added:
“We need to reverse the disastrous energy policies which make heating bills a huge burden on the average household. In the name of combatting global warming, we actually risk people being unable to heat their homes and dying of hypothermia.”
Littlewood said later in the speech:
“I’ve heard your leader Nigel Farage describe the other three major parties as being the social democratic parties. I think he may have a point.”
He ended by saying:
“My real plea to you today is to focus on the third word in your party’s name. If you can become the true party of independence, talking not just about the UK’s independence from Europe, but about the need to fight for the independence of ordinary people against an over-taxing, over-spending, over-regulating state, then I think you can make an even greater contribution to modern political debate.”102 “Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs,” YouTube video uploaded by user UKIP Official Channel. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
June 2013
The Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute “received tens of thousands of pounds in funding from cigarette firms,” which was revealed in The Observer‘s article, “Health groups dismayed by news ‘big tobacco’ funded rightwing thinktanks.”103 “Institute of Economic Affairs,” Tobacco Tactics. Archived September 29, 2015. 104 “Health groups dismayed by news ‘big tobacco’ funded rightwing thinktanks.” The Observer, June 1, 2013. Archived September 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TRdJz
British American Tobacco (BAT) confirmed in The Observer‘s article that in 2011 BAT “gave the IEA [Institute of Economic Affairs] £10,000, plus £1,000 in event sponsorship. Last year [2012] it [BAT] donated a further £20,000 to the institute.”105 “Health groups dismayed by news ‘big tobacco’ funded rightwing thinktanks.” The Observer, June 1, 2013. Archived September 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TRdJz
September 5, 2011
The Institute of Economic Affairs hosted an event by climate change skeptic Fred Singer titled “The Big Global Warming Debate: Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate.”
According to the conference description, “If climate change is natural, if there is no appreciable Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW), then there is little we can do about it. We’d better just adapt – as humans have been doing for many millennia.”106 “The Big Global Warming Debate: Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate,” Institute of Economic Affairs, September 5, 2011. Archived November 18, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/KaxyY
November 23, 2009
The Institute of Economic Affairs held an event titled “The Copenhagen Summit: Do Science and Economics Support Government Action on Climate Change?”
Speakers included climate change skeptics Nigel Lawson and Fred Singer. The conference description suggests that policies to reduce carbon emissions will cause consumers to “face higher bills as businesses pass on the additional costs.”107 “The Copenhagen Summit: Do Science and Economics Support Government Action on Climate Change?” Institute of Economic Affairs. November 23, 2009. Archived November 18, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/09QOq
September 2009
The Institute of Economic Affairs created a document titled “Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists.” The report includes sections written by numerous climate change skeptics.108 “Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists” (PDF), The Institute of Economic Affairs, 2008. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmogBlog.
Here are some excerpts from the report:
“[T]he Stern Review […] exaggerates the costs that may be associated with emissions of greenhouse gases”
Russell Lewis:
“It is possible to accept aspects of the science of global warming without predicting a forthcoming apocalypse or highly coercive and centralising government action to deal with the consequences. […] the consequences of environmental and ecological change are regularly exaggerated.”
“The science of climate change is far from settled. Arguably, it will never be settled.”
“I have argued that the relationship between human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and global warming remains uncertain. Plausibly, increased emissions of GHGs during the 21st century will lead to mild warming – of perhaps 1–3° Celsius. To the extent that this warming occurs gradually, the best strategy is likely to be adaptation.”
“[T]he IPCC process, viewed as a whole, is not professionally up to the mark.”
“[Governments] should no longer presume or aim at consensus. Rather, they should see to it that, both within the IPCC reporting process and more broadly, serious differences of professional opinion are aired.”
“Critics of the conventional view that science ‘proves’ that, given present policies, damaging global warming will occur as a consequence of human actions frequently warn that this view is leading towards adoption of a new secular religion, of a pronounced ascetic character. […] [S]upporters of the damaging climate change hypothesis fervently advocate stringent government measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions which would have a serious impact on individual freedom.
“[W]e should be wary of the dangers to individual freedom inherent in the present consensus about prospective climate change and how to deal with it.”
Colin Robinson:
“In general, the authors of this volume take a far more sceptical view than is usual of the hypothesis that drastic action to combat severe climate change can be justified.”
March 6, 2007
The Institute of Economic Affair’s Russell Lewis published a report titled, “Global Warming False Alarms,” which constituted the “25th IEA Current Controversies Paper.”109 Russell Lewis. ”Global Warming False Alarms,” Institute of Economic Affairs, March 6, 2007. Archived October 6, 2015.
The report states that “claims about the future impact of global warming are alarmist and unwarranted,” and “also suspect as an excuse for mounting taxes and controls.”110 Russell Lewis. ”Global Warming False Alarms,” Institute of Economic Affairs, March 6, 2007. Archived October 6, 2015. The IEA’s report goes on to say that “there is a strong case that the IPCC has overstated the effect of anthropogenic greenhouse gases on the climate and downplayed the influence of natural factors such as variations in solar output, El Niños and volcanic activity. The empirical evidence used to support the global warming hypothesis has often been misleading, with ‘scare stories’ promoted in the media that are distortions of scientific reality.”111 Russell Lewis. ”Global Warming False Alarms,” Institute of Economic Affairs, March 6, 2007. Archived October 6, 2015.
Publications
The Institute of Economic Affairs has issued a number of publications that challenge the science behind man-made climate change. These include:
- Colin Robinson. Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists. September 24, 2008.
- Robert L. Bradley Jr. Climate Alarmism Reconsidered. November 17, 2004.
- Roger Bate. The Political Economy of Climate Change Science. January 1, 2001.
- Roger Bate and Julian Morris. Global Warming: Apocalypse or Hot Air? August 1, 1994.
In response to a Guardian article detailing the IEA’s history of publishing work that dismissed or downplayed climate science, the IEA said the newspaper had been unfairly selective in their choice of publications. However the IEA failed to identify any that presented an alternative position when asked.112 David Pegg and Robb Evans. “Revealed: top UK thinktank spent decades undermining climate science,” The Guardian, October 10, 2019. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KJuEl
Institute of Economic Affairs Contact & Location
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IER) lists the following contact information on its website:113 “Contact Us,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived June 25, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Ediza
Institute of Economic Affairs
2 Lord North Street (entrance on Great Peter Street)
Westminster
London
SW1P 3LB
Tel: 020 7799 8900
Related Organisations
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation
- International Policy Network
- Center for Research into Post-Communist Economies
Social Media
- @iealondon on Twitter.
- “Institute of Economic Affairs” on Facebook.
- “Institute of Economic Affairs” on LinkedIn.
Other Resources
- Institute of Economic Affairs,” Wikipedia.
Resources
- 1“About us,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. Archive URL: https://archive.is/HvwRY
- 2”About the IEA,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived March 14, 2010. Archive URL: https://archive.is/U370Z
- 3Martin Morse Wooster. “Liberty’s Quiet Champion,” The Philanthropy Roundtable, July/August 2003. Archived March 12, 2005. Archive URL: https://archive.is/c56g8
- 4Lawrence Carter, Alice Ross. “Revealed: BP and gambling interests fund secretive free market think tank,” Unearthed, July 30, 2018. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 5Andy Mayer. “Stop posing. Start drilling,” The Critic, January 21, 2022. Archived April 21, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/n7O4K
- 6“Why should we stick with net zero? Acting director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit @SepiGM and the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs @MarkJLittlewood debate this on #CommonGround.,” tweet by user @SkyNews, March 29, 2022. Retrieved from twitter.com. Archived April 28, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 7Matt Honeycombe-Foster. “London Influence: IEA way or the highway — SpAd advice — Give (time) generously,” Politico, September 8, 2022. Archived September 8, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/EpK8g
- 8Brendan Montague. “Democracy is being dismantled by a “cabinet of horrors” – an interview with Molly Scott Cato MEP,” OpenDemocracy, September 10, 2019. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive
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- 10“Free Enterprise Group,” Tobacco Tactics. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.fo/zbG7x
- 11Adam Bychawski. “Revealed: Truss-allied think tank met dozens of MPs prior to leadership win,” openDemocracy, January 11, 2023. Archived February 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/09HRd
- 12“Leaving the single market: the free-market case for “hard Brexit,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/TkKSa
- 13Chloe Farand. “Mapped: Whistleblower accuses nine organisations of colluding over hard-Brexit,” DeSmog, July 23, 2018.
- 14Alice Ross and Lawrence Carter. “Charity watchdog issues legal warning to IEA over its Brexit report,” Unearthed, February 6. 2019. Archived August 30, 2020. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/lNlff
- 15John Blundell. “The life and work of Sir Antony Fisher,” IEA, July 10, 2013. Archived June 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/8GWok
- 16“Advisory Council Members,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived June 19, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dkits
- 17Eamonn Butler. “In Memoriam: Linda Whetstone (1942 – 2021),” Adam Smith Institute, December 16, 2021. Archived December 16, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/hASsa
- 18“Conservative and Unionist Party (Great Britain), Cash (C0478647),” The Electoral Commission. Archived March 30, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/r8kXD
- 19“Rebecca Lowe: Introducing FREER. For social and economic freedom. And why I’m a part of it,” ConservativeHome, March 19, 2018. Archived March 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wkZRA
- 20“Objective,” FREER. Accessed March 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VTnpv
- 21“Objective,” FREER. Accessed March 22, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/VTnpv
- 22Hannah Thomas-Peter. “Campaigners breath a sigh of relief as Rishi Sunak reinstates fracking ban,” SkyNews, October 26, 2022. Archived October 26, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/wpUgt
- 23“Why should we stick with net zero? Acting director of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit @SepiGM and the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs @MarkJLittlewood debate this on #CommonGround.,” tweet by user @SkyNews, March 29, 2022. Retrieved from twitter.com. Archived April 28, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 24Kate Andrews. “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” City A.M., May 3, 2019. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 25Kate Andrews. “Of course we must protect the planet, but not by taking Britain back to the dark ages,” City A.M., May 3, 2019. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 26“Climate Alarmism Reconsidered,” Institute of Economic Affairs, November 17, 2004. Archived January 24, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GT4Jg
- 27Julian Morris. “Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom,” Institute of Economic Affairs, December 1, 1997. Archived May 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/DopLq
- 28Julian Morris. “Climate Change: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom,” Institute of Economic Affairs, December 1, 1997. Archived May 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/DopLq
- 29“About us,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HvwRY
- 30“UK think tanks and campaigns rated for funding transparency,” openDemocracy, December 2023. Archived March 26, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ezEqI
- 31Lawrence Carter, Alice Ross. “Revealed: BP and gambling interests fund secretive free market think tank,” Unearthed, July 30, 2018. Archived May 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 32Peter Geoghegan, Lucas Amin and Sam Bright. “Tory Donors Have Pumped Almost £7 Million into Tufton Street Since 2019,” DeSmog, June 13, 2024.
- 33“Donate Now,” Institute of Economic Affairs. Archived November 17, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/MyAEI
- 34“Institute of Economic Affairs,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016.
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