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The Nanny State Index 2025

15 May 2025

The Nanny State Index 2025

15 May 2025

Contents Nanny State Index 2025 Summary Welcome to the sixth edition of the Nanny State Index, a league table of … Continue reading

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The Corporate Playbook

24 April 2025

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The Corporate Playbook

Christopher Snowdon

24 April 2025

Contents Summary This paper argues that the academic literature on the political strategies of ‘unhealthy commodity industries’ offers no insights … Continue reading

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Not Invented Here

12 March 2025

Not Invented Here

Christopher Snowdon, Kristian Niemietz, and Zion Lights

12 March 2025

Contents Foreword The theoretical advantage of single-issue pressure groups is that they can form broad coalitions, gathering people from across … Continue reading

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The People VS. Paternalism

26 February 2025

The People VS. Paternalism

Christopher Snowdon

26 February 2025

Contents Summary Mancur Olson explained in The Logic of Collective Action (1965) that the free rider problem and the paradox … Continue reading

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Defanging the Nanny State

27 December 2024

Defanging the Nanny State

Christopher Snowdon

27 December 2024

Contents Foreword In 2016, the IEA and EPICENTER launched the first edition of Dr Christopher Snowdon’s ‘Nanny State Index’, which … Continue reading

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Calories Out: The Unintended Consequences of Food Reformulation

31 July 2024

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Calories Out: The Unintended Consequences of Food Reformulation

Gavin Sandercock, Alex Scott-Bayfield & Christopher Snowdon

31 July 2024

Contents Summary Since 2015, the UK government has worked with the food industry to reformulate a wide range of food … Continue reading

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New Paternalism Meets Older Wisdom

27 March 2024

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New Paternalism Meets Older Wisdom

Erik Matson

27 March 2024

Contents Introductory Remarks In recent decades, economics and related policy sciences have taken what might be called a ‘behavioural turn’. … Continue reading

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