News 2026

An overview of the IIMR and its team in the news in 2026

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June 11th

Our Director Ewen Stewart discusses the work of the Institute as part of Amul Pandya's  Meeting People Podcast on the subject of 'Fixing Britain's Economy'. You can watch the snippet here.

May 27th 

Our Chairman Tim Congdon is mentioned in an article by Cormac Lucey in the Times entitled "Monetarists are not the root of all evil as some economists claim". The article mentions that although monetarism has fallen out of favour since its heyday in the Reagan/Thatcher era, monetarists are still very around and can offer lessons about the impact of central banks on the cost of living today. You can read the article here.

March 24th 

Our Chairman Tim Congdon recently wrote an article in The Critic magazine about the crisis in UK universities, focussing particularly on University of Buckingham, which may change from being an educational charity to  a for-profit company. You can read about it here.

March 17th 

Our Chairman Tim Congdon's recently published book, Money and Inflation in the time of Covid was given an extensive  - and positive - review by Alex G. Pollock, a senior fellow at the Mises Institute in the USA. It is published by Liberty Press and you can read it here. 

February 12th

IIMR Director Ewen Stewart was interviewed live on GB News about his thoughts on the 0.5% growth in GDP for Q4 2025. He made a comparison with the USA, where consistently stronger growth since 2000 has resulted in a substantial increase in average household wealth compared to the UK. 

Watch on YouTube: Ewen Stewart responds to the Q4 2025 GDP figures on GB News