Talk:Institute of Economic Affairs
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[edit] POV
Much of this article - in all sections - is copied verbatim form the IEA's own website, making some parts quite breathtakingly POV. To me, with no specialist knowledge on the topic, this casts doubt on the whole article, the tone of which appears heavily in favour of the organisation. Some examples:
- "The IEA achieves its mission by..."
- "On the whole, society's problems and challenges are best dealt with by..."
- "...government action...should be kept to a minimum"
- "The great economist..."
- "IEA authors paved the way for the conquering of inflation, the reform of trade unions and the privatisation of the commanding heights of the economy"
Mutt Lunker 10:40, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Take your point, but think you are being over sensitive. Agree that it could be tweaked to be more neutral, but if you read the points you make in context to the rest of the text then it’s not overtly partisan.
- Tweak away. Mutt Lunker 22:26, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] How's this for starters?
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) was founded in the 1950s by Anthony Fisher out of a fortune made from intensively farmed broiler chickens (Buxted Chickens). An article about this London-based 'think tank' in The Sunday Times states, 'The oldest and biggest daddy of them all, the Institute of Economic Affairs, exists to propagate the ideas of free markets and privatisation. It has been going for nearly 50 years, and advises governments all over the world on ways to denationalise and bring in market systems.' http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Antony_Fisher —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.211.130 (talk) 15:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- Interesting. Your text and the Source Watch link don't match though. The text appears to come from GM Watch[1] instead. Both could be added to the External Links section of the article but am not sure that the sites themselves would be regarded as notable or reliable in themselves, although the references they cite ought to be if you can track them down. Mutt Lunker 17:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] namespam
I have removed the lists of staff, of the academic advisory board, etc. This is not considered encyclopedic content. The place for this is on the institute website, which is present as an appropriate external link. Nprmally we list the head, and past heads, but not others. DGG (talk) 18:57, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
