Consumers are the biggest losers from excessive lifestyle regulations, yet their views are largely absent from policy decisions Public health … Continue reading “Consumers should fight back against nanny state, says IEA paper”

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This is the fourth in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #4 – Smoking”

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