Institute of Economic Affairs

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a British right-wing free market think tank, which is registered as a charity. Associated with the New Right, the IEA says that it seeks to "further the dissemination of free-market thinking" by "analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems". Founded by businessman Antony Fisher in 1955, the IEA was one of the first modern think tanks, and promoted Thatcherite ideology, and free market and monetarist economic poli

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The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a British right-wing free market think tank, which is registered as a charity. Associated with the New Right, the IEA says that it seeks to "further the dissemination of free-market thinking" by "analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems". Founded by businessman Antony Fisher in 1955, the IEA was one of the first modern think tanks, and promoted Thatcherite ideology, and free market and monetarist economic poli

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