Towards a Liberal Utopia

2005 Booth, Philip, ed. Towards a Liberal Utopia. London: IEA The Institute of Economic Affairs. 2^nd ed. London: Continuum/IEA The Institute for Economic Affairs, 2006. The second ed. has different pagination, much smaller type, and a different Foreword, but it is otherwise identical.

Liberal in this case means “free market”. The first part of the book, “Times Future?”, is a series of essays describing how specific policy areas could be improved using market mechanisms. The result, although it is clear that many of the authors are uncomfortable with the word, would be a free market utopia. The essays are “Health 2055” by Tim Evans and Helen Evans (41-55/2^nd ed. 11-21), “Education Reclaimed” by James Tooley (56-66/2^nd ed. 22-30), “Policing a Liberal Society” (67-85/2^nd ed. 31-44), “Pension Provision in 2055” by Philip Booth (86-98/2^nd ed. 45-55), “Social Security in a Free Society” by David G. Green (99-107/2^nd ed. 56-63), “Limits on the Tax Burden” by Tim Congdon (108-18/2^nd ed. 64-71), “Britain’s Relationship with the European Union” by Patrick Minford (119-27/2^nd ed. 72-79), “Regulating the Labour Market” by J.R. Shackleton (128-43/2^nd ed. 80-91), “Free Trade: The Next Fifty Years” by Razeen Sally (144-54/2^nd ed. 92-100), “Competition in Land Use Planning: An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century” (155-65/2^nd ed. 101-09), “Beyond Kyoto: Real Solutions to Greenhouse Emissions From Developing Countries” by Roger Bate and David Montgomery (166-86/2^nd ed. 110-25), “The Environment in 2055” by Julian Morris (187-99/2^nd ed. 126-36), “Capitalism” by David Henderson and Geoffrey Owen (200-11/2^nd ed. 137-45), “A Constitution for Liberty” by John Meadowcraft (212-21/2^nd ed. 146-53), and “The Hayekian Future of Economic Methodology” by Paul Ormerod (222-32/2^nd ed. 154-61). The second part includes five essays on past activities of the IEA. One female co-author.