IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has commented on a campaign urging Nestle to sell less chocolate in The … Continue reading “Private Companies Do Not Control What People Eat”

IEA Economics Fellow Julian Jessop has been quoted in City AM explaining what a ‘good level’ of interest rates might … Continue reading “Striking the Right Balance on Interest Rates”

There has been a long-running decline in social mobility in the UK, dating back to the 1970s. This has combined … Continue reading “Britain’s housing crisis blocks geographic mobility and social mobility”

Commenting on January’s GDP data, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, … Continue reading “Britain on track to weak recovery, says IEA Economics Fellow”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written in The Critic criticising the Good Law Project’s new campaign against … Continue reading “New Anti-Gambling Campaign Based on Questionable Evidence”

The good news in last week’s budget statement is that over the short term the cut in national insurance rates … Continue reading “Budget 2024: ‘Bracket creep’ will cancel out Hunt’s modest tax cuts”

Research by IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon on the impact of restricting alcohol advertising has been referenced in … Continue reading “Advertising Ban Will Not Reduce Alcohol Harms”

This year’s International Women’s Day theme was #InspireInclusion, one of those clichéd phrases which do little other than signal adherence … Continue reading “The socialist origins of International Women’s Day”

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has written for Spiked criticising the new tax on e-cigarette liquid. Christopher said: … Continue reading “‘Saint Tax’ on Vaping will Drive More People to Smoke”