Events

Book Club with Jennifer Burns

Date: Monday, 29th January

Time: 17.30pm — 19.30pm

Location: 2 Lord North Street, SW1P 3LB

RSVP: Spaces are limited for non-members, please apply here to attend.

Milton Friedman was one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. His work was instrumental in the turn toward free markets that defined the 1980s, and his full-throated defences of capitalism and freedom resonated with audiences around the world.

In Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative, Stanford University historian Jennifer Burns tells Friedman's extraordinary story with the nuance it deserves. Join the IEA book club later this month when Professor Burns discusses her new book with Executive Director Tom Clougherty.

About Jennifer Burns

Jennifer Burns is an Associate Professor of History at Stanford University and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute. Jennifer has published articles about the history of conservatism, libertarianism, and liberalism in a number of academic and popular journals, including reviews in American History, Modern Intellectual History, Journal of Cultural Economy, The New York Times, The New Republic, and Dissent. Her first book, Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (Oxford, 2009), was an intellectual biography of the libertarian novelist Ayn Rand.

The Future of UK Trade Policy after Brexit

Date: Tuesday, 30th January

Time: 17.30 – 20.00

Location: 2 Lord North Street, SW1P 3LB

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What impact has Brexit really had on UK trade? Could new trade agreements – like the UK’s accession to CPTPP, a trade bloc covering 11 countries and over 500 million people – have a significant long-term impact? And what do changing attitudes towards globalisation – the rise of what The Economist calls ‘homeland economics’ – mean for the future of UK trade policy?

Join us at the IEA for a discussion of these and other trade-related issues.

Speakers:

• Tom Clougherty (Chair) (Executive Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs)

• Catherine McBride (Fellow at the Centre for Brexit Policy and author of Has Brexit Really Harmed UK Trade? Countering the Office for Budget Responsibility’s claims)

• John Springford (Associate Fellow at the Centre for European Reform)

• Julian Jessop (Independent Economist and Economics Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs)

The IEA is renowned for fascinating and enlightening events. From high profile academics and journalists to leading politicians, we host discussions with the leading thinkers of our time.