My colleague Kristian Niemietz recently commissioned an opinion poll to get the measure of Millennials and Zoomers. He concluded that … Continue reading ““Millennial Socialism” is not Bolshevism – it is a confused and shallow knee-jerk socialism”

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics this week looked a ban on e-cigarette flavours implemented in San Francisco on 1 … Continue reading “The empirical evidence is clear: anti-vaping policies are pro-tobacco policies”

Some countries allow you to buy a beer at any time day or night. Others have total prohibition. The enormous … Continue reading “WHO is your nanny?”

Was it really only last Monday that the ‘rule of six’ came into force? From tomorrow, pubs and restaurants will … Continue reading “The new Covid restrictions seem largely about sending a message – but the cost will be real”

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic reached our shores, there were calls for spending on public health to be increased. Health … Continue reading “The pseudo-economics of preventive care”

F. A. Hayek’s motivation for writing The Road to Serfdom (1944) was his fear that measures needed to conduct World … Continue reading “Beware the normalisation of illiberalism”

An article published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives recently outlined the theoretical justifications for taxing sugary drinks. The authors … Continue reading “The economics of soda taxes”

At the weekend, I put up a tweet suggesting that supporters of the BBC make mutually exclusive claims when they … Continue reading “The case for the BBC licence fee is based on bad arguments”

Tim Worstall has written a nice little essay about paternalism for the IEA. In To Ban or Not To Ban?, … Continue reading “When is the government justified in restricting freedom?”