Author: Christopher Snowdon

Total posts: 162

Research

WHO proposals on sin taxes could increase a British family’s food bills by nearly £500 each year

Summary:  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments to raise the price of sugar-sweetened beverages by twenty per … Continue reading “The impact of WHO food and drink taxes on a typical household”
Regulation

IEA releases new report on fixed-odds betting terminals

The claim that fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) are ‘the crack cocaine’ of gambling is both exaggerated and unfounded. In a … Continue reading “Moral panic surrounding fixed-odds betting terminals baseless and unwarranted”
Research

New IEA research calls on government to do more to end state-funded political activism

Summary: The IEA has previously published two reports about state-funded political activism (Sock Puppets and Euro Puppets). This discussion paper … Continue reading “The Sock Doctrine – What can be done about state-funded political activism?”
Research

A new IEA publication explores the case for deregulating the gambling market

Executive summary: The 2005 Gambling Act was intended to modernise gambling in the United Kingdom by replacing the anachronistic 1968 … Continue reading “Seven Years Later – Casinos in the aftermath of the 2005 Gambling Act”