IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Mail responding to new data showing a … Continue reading “Minimum Unit Pricing Has Failed to Tackle Alcohol Harms”

2017 research by IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon and co-author Mark Tovey has been referenced in The Times … Continue reading “Tobacco Ban Will Hurt the Nation’s Finances”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for Spiked criticising the government’s generational ban on tobacco after Health … Continue reading “What Would Churchill Do?”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Telegraph criticising legislation imposing a generational ban … Continue reading “A New Era of Prohibition Has Begun”

IEA Communications Officer Reem Ibrahim has written for The Daily Mail criticising proposals for a generational ban on tobacco and … Continue reading “Tobacco and Vape Crackdowns Will Turbocharge the Black Market”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for The Critic discussing the government’s impact assessment for the proposed … Continue reading “Assessment Failed”

IEA Communications Officer Harrison Griffiths has written for CapX praising Germany’s decision to decriminalise recreational cannabis. Harrison wrote: “After Colorado … Continue reading “Germany Takes Giant Step Towards Ending the War on Drugs”

Erik Matson, Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow and author of new IEA research on paternalism and behavioural economics has written … Continue reading “New Paternalism, Same Old Problems”

Contents Introductory Remarks In recent decades, economics and related policy sciences have taken what might be called a ‘behavioural turn’. … Continue reading “New Paternalism Meets Older Wisdom”