Are We Becoming Two Nations? | IEA Podcast

Podcast: IEA Podcast · Institute of Economic Affairs

Opublikowano: 2026-08-21

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. The panel opens with new earnings figures showing public sector pay rising faster than private sector pay, and examines how the Employment Rights Act has added hidden costs for employers that are being absorbed through slower wage growth rather than paid openly. They di...