Donald Trump’s withdrawing of funding from the World Health Organisation could kick start long overdue reform and “[the] WHO should … Continue reading “World Health Organization should “drop obsessions with political correctness””

Responding to President Trump’s decision to suspend funding for the World Health Organisation Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute … Continue reading “UK should follow US lead and halt WHO funding, says IEA expert”

In response to Donald Trump’s comments on the World Health Organisation Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute … Continue reading “Trump right to consider suspending WHO funding”

This past week, testing for Covid-19, or the lack of it, has been the main focus of criticism of the … Continue reading “Corona trade-offs: some issues with “test, test, test” and “track and trace””

Toby Young has been given plenty of stick for an article which asked whether the UK government has overreacted to … Continue reading “Is the lockdown worth it?”

The government has said it will “do whatever it takes” over the coronavirus outbreak. That might have been thought to … Continue reading “The costs and benefits of coronavirus policies need to be weighed”

“Mass quarantines as a last resort are still perfectly consistent with a philosophy that prizes personal freedom”, says the IEA’s … Continue reading “Lockdown backing libertarians aren’t hypocrites, writes Snowdon”

On the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the NHS, I took part in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s … Continue reading “How the NHS religion is turning us against each other”

Commenting on the Labour party’s pledge to invest £26 billion more in real terms to the National Health Service, Director … Continue reading “IEA: Hiking taxes to fund the NHS “won’t sustain the institution””