# stagnation (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover stagnation. Page: Feed: --- ## [Nicotine nonsense](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/nicotine-nonsense) _2026-08-29 · Christopher Snowdon · Economic Affairs_ Hey, politicians, leave our vapes, heated tobacco, and pouches alone ## [The First Global Currency](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/the-first-global-currency) _2026-08-28 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ The Spanish “silver dollar” was the currency of choice even in pre-Revolutionary America ## [Britain's Tax Burden Is the Highest Since 1947 | IEA Podcast](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/britains-tax-burden-is-the-highest) _2026-08-28 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Watch now | In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Director Daniel Hannan is joined by Kristian Niemietz, IEA Head of Political Economy, and Maeve Halligan, IEA Spokesperson, who has just joined the Institute. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213121087/0d08f434b1c30f359281fdc90c0789ed.mp3) ## [How to boost public sector productivity?](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/how-to-boost-public-sector-productivity) _2026-08-28 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ In good organisations quality and efficiency are opposite sides of the same coin ## [A warning from Italy: don’t adopt PR](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/a-warning-from-italy-dont-adopt-pr) _2026-08-27 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Proportional representation has a long record of producing weak, short-lived governments ## [Why Young People Can't Get Jobs Anymore | IEA Interview](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/why-young-people-cant-get-jobs-anymore) _2026-08-27 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Watch now | In this Institute of Economic Affairs interview, part of the Great Stagnation series, host Daniel Freeman speaks to Professor Len Shackleton, the IEA’s Head of Labour Economics, about how labour market regulation has affected UK economic growth. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212974524/7dd81b115b501c56f37673179652f189.mp3) ## [Famine and trade](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/famine-and-trade) _2026-08-27 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ The sumptuous liquidity of global trade renders local starvation all but impossible today ## [Cardiff’s Debt Trap Serves as a Warning for Wales](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/cardiffs-debt-trap-serves-as-a-warning) _2026-08-26 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Wales needs a Government willing to live within its means, not a bigger overdraft ## [Venezuela should shut down its central bank](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/venezuela-should-shut-down-its-central) _2026-08-26 · Daniel Raisbeck · Economic Affairs_ Dollarisation is the right choice despite resistance from Chavismo and the opposition ## [Hidden cargo](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/hidden-cargo) _2026-08-25 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Just over half the world’s air cargo is carried in passenger jets ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yCxb1CJ7VgiK) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [The bitter truth about junk science](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/the-bitter-truth-about-junk-science) _2026-08-25 · Christopher Snowdon · Economic Affairs_ New claims about the impact of sugar on health are based on epidemiology at its dumbest ## [Was Hitler a Socialist?](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/was-hitler-a-socialist) _2026-08-24 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Hitler was undoubtedly an anti-capitalist and a socialist in the modern sense of the word ## [INVITATION: The Great Stagnation: Why Britain Stopped Growing](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/invitation-the-great-stagnation-why) _2026-08-24 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Book launch and panel discussion. ## [Yes, strawman-bashing is annoying. But have you met the strawman’s cousin, the balloon man?](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/yes-strawman-bashing-is-annoying) _2026-08-24 · Kristian Niemietz · Economic Affairs_ Climate change sceptics are largely irrelevant now. But climate policy sceptics are not. ## [The public is dangerously misinformed about supermarkets](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/the-public-is-dangerously-misinformed) _2026-08-23 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ The real driver of higher grocery prices is not greed; it’s policy! ## [Britain's £110 billion sickness bill](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/britains-110-billion-sickness-bill) _2026-08-23 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Plus: politicians want your vape shop to become an "inconvenience store" ## [Imran Khan stood up for the rule of law](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/imran-khan-stood-up-for-the-rule) _2026-08-23 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ He is being punished for challenging the military junta that has long pillaged Pakistan ## [Britain finally has a plan to lower energy bills](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/britain-finally-has-a-plan-to-lower) _2026-08-22 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ The Onward plan to ‘Make Electricity Cheap‘ is an important step in the right direction ## [Are We Becoming Two Nations? | IEA Podcast](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/are-we-becoming-two-nations-iea-podcast) _2026-08-21 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Watch now | In this week’s IEA podcast, Director General Lord Daniel Hannan is joined by regulars Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics, and Dr Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director, to discuss the widening pay gap between the public and private sectors, the real cost of net zero, and the economics of gambling sponsorship in football. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212129924/bc4cacf8e8743dc250f0d06c34957e97.mp3) ## [Tax](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/tax) _2026-08-21 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ The Great Stagnation: Briefing 5 ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QQyqf3TBlYFa) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [There is no UK productivity puzzle](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/there-is-no-uk-productivity-puzzle) _2026-08-21 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Extant EU regulation, high energy prices and a large public sector burden the economy ## [Britain's Tax Burden Is at a Post-War High. Here's Why It Matters | IEA Interview](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/britains-tax-burden-is-at-a-post) _2026-08-20 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Watch now | In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Managing Editor Daniel Freeman speaks with Tom Clougherty, Executive Director of the IEA, about Britain’s tax system and its role in the country’s growth slowdown. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211977683/a955f9537d06b91fff77d8b0b7a77975.mp3) ## [Post-earthquake Colombia needs no Marshall Plan](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/post-earthquake-colombia-needs-no) _2026-08-20 · Daniel Raisbeck · Economic Affairs_ The country needs to free its economy with Ludwig Erhard-type, free market reforms ## [Employment: the revenge of the Econ101 textbook](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/employment-the-revenge-of-the-econ101) _2026-08-19 · Kristian Niemietz · Economic Affairs_ Britain used to create jobs, even in bad times. We are now squandering this asset. ## [One in Four Britons Now Claim to Be Disabled | James Bartholomew | IEA Interview](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/one-in-four-britons-now-claim-to) _2026-08-18 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Listen now | In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Director General Lord Hannan interviews James Bartholomew, author and leading expert on the UK welfare state, and director of the Museum of Communist Terror. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211709268/acbf838d636bfc864a4b1237fee51ee0.mp3) ## [Lessons for today from the 2008 bank bailout](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/lessons-for-today-from-the-2008-bank) _2026-08-18 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Governments' footprints were all over the crisis ## [Reform wants to save £50bn. But how?](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/reform-wants-to-save-50bn-but-how) _2026-08-17 · Valentin Boboc · Economic Affairs_ Reorganising the welfare system is not the same as cutting the welfare bill ## [Britain is choosing to be poor](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/britain-is-choosing-to-be-poor) _2026-08-17 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ We struggle to imagine the poverty to which we are condemning our descendants ## [Burnham's betting shop crackdown](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/burnhams-betting-shop-crackdown) _2026-08-16 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Plus: the real reason your electricity bill is so high ## [Corporation Tax and the UK Economy](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/corporation-tax-and-the-uk-economy) _2026-08-16 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Subsiding intangible investment has failed to raise the rate of growth ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NwJgXEskyiIw) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Brexit allows the UK to bypass EU tech stagnation](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/brexit-allows-the-uk-to-bypass-eu) _2026-08-15 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Independence can make the British economy less European and more American ## [Iceland's EU referendum: "No" is a vote for freedom](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/icelands-eu-referendum-no-is-a-vote) _2026-08-14 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Icelanders usually know better than foreign bureaucrats what is in their own interest ## [Why the NHS Isn't the Bargain You Think It Is](https://economicaffairs.co.uk/p/why-the-nhs-isnt-the-bargain-you) _2026-08-14 · Institute of Economic Affairs · Economic Affairs_ Watch now | In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Director General Lord Hannan is joined by Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy, and Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211171563/e942c71e343485fb689ab8de726938f6.mp3)