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Presents an analysis of the costs and benefits of EU membership. This book shows that the net economic effect of EU membership is close to zero. It does not argue for Britain's withdrawal. But, it says, withdrawal should 'not be dismissed as a practical option for the nation, if membership imposes conditions that the country finds onerous'.

Should people with deeply held objections to certain practices be allowed to opt out of involvement with them?

The author's witty and informed analysis of events provides an ideal introduction to important ideas for anybody interested in how the modern economy works.

Functional illiteracy, youth delinquency and lack of technological innovation all point to the failures of state schooling. This book proposes lowering the school leaving age to 14, and giving young people two years' state funding for them to use in a Lifelong Individual Fund for Education (LIFE) would help liberate the educational demand side.

The authors examine the example of elephants in this exposition of the arguments favouring 'sustainable utilisation'. This approach ensures species survival by employing a framework based upon property rights, enforcement of those rights and local community involvement.

CONTENTS: Introduction, The WTO: The Main Agenda, Regionalism Versus Multilateralism or FTAs Versus FT, The WTO: Architecture, Not Engineering.

This book sets out to explain the complexity of why increased production does not that always bring with it lower prices. According to the book, those who look upon monetary expansion as a way to eradicate almost all unemployment fail to appreciate that persistent unemployment is a non-monetary or 'natural' economic condition, which no mount of monetary medicine can cure. Selgin explores the differences between these monetary and natural condi...

Dr Elaine Sternberg brings a philosopher's clarity to the debate on the nature of corporate governance. She presents a robust defence of the 'Anglo-Saxon' model, before comprehensively refuting so-called 'stakeholder theories' of corporate governance.

Examines those areas where the freedom of individual men and women to voluntarily engage in mutually advantageous exchanges is prohibited or restricted by government. This collection looks at the economic and philosophical rationale for the prohibition of alcohol, sale of body parts, medicinal drugs, pornography, prostitution, and others.

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The book draws on a wealth of international evidence to develop a vision for a new and better universal healthcare system for the UK based on consumer sovereignty, freedom of choice, competition and pluralism.

Challenges the myth that the banking crisis was caused by insufficient statutory regulation of financial markets. This book is suitable for those interested in the policy implications of the events in financial markets.

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The political debate about poverty is entirely dominated by groups calling for more income transfers to the poor. However, now that the scope of our welfare state has reached - or even surpassed - Scandinavian levels, surely this approach has run its course. Award-winning author Kristian Niemietz lays out another approach to dealing with the problem of poverty - one that focuses on addressing the problems caused by government interventions tha...

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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

Government 'servants' can most likely be assumed to be pursuing their own interests, just like those in the private sector, although, given the coercive power of the state, the effects can be far from benign. This text analyses the motives and activities of politicians, civil servants and voters.

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 substantial improvements in quality. This monograph makes the case for widespread acceptance of the profit motive in education. It does so not by presentin...

During 2013-14, the IEA ran a competition ('BREXIT') to find the best blueprint for Britain outside the EU, with the objective of securing a free and prosperous economy should it choose to leave. This book brings together Iain Mansfield's winning submission with edited versions of three other contributions.