Last month, I was delighted to return to the IEA as a part-time Academic Fellow, focusing on academic and international outreach. I have also resumed lecturing and research at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
While IEA staff appear regularly in the media to comment on topical issues, it is also important that the IEA continues its long-term mission to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society, working with students and academics.
I will support Dr James Forder in liaising and sharing our research with academics and university students, widening the IEA's academic network and supporting our joint educational programmes with the Vinson Centre at the University of Buckingham. In June, the IEA will launch two new books of interest to academics and students. The first is a primer on a classical liberal perspective of international relations by Dr Edwin van de Haar. This will be followed by a book on Abrahamic faiths and markets by Dr Benedikt Koehler.
The IEA's academic journal Economic Affairs, edited by Professor Len Shackleton, continues attracting papers from academics worldwide. The most recent edition includes an article by Willem H Buiter on 'The Widespread Failure of Central Banks to Control Inflation' and another by Kerry Liu on 'America's decoupling from China: A perspective from stock markets.'
I will also work with Adam Bartha to continue the international work of the late Linda Whetstone with Network for Free Societies (NFS), which continues to translate and distribute classical liberal texts. In 2022, over 10,000 books were printed and sent out, while more than 5,000 people attended NFS members' events. In addition, hundreds of thousands of people were exposed to ideas of liberty through on-line media, radio and television in countries across the world. In parts of Africa where internet access is limited, 3,000 CDs containing classical liberal texts were delivered.
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