Housing and Planning

Government plans to commission, build and sell homes is at odds with the principles of a market economy

Commenting on the government proposal to directly commission, build and even sell homes, Mark Littlewood, Director-General at the Institute of … Continue reading “The government must not pick winners in the housing market”
Lifestyle Economics

Plain packaging has failed to have any effect on smoking rates

Commenting on the two two year anniversary of plain packaging in Australia, Christopher Snowdon, Director of Lifestyle Economics at the … Continue reading “Two years on, all evidence shows that plain packaging has failed in Australia”
Trade, Development, and Immigration

As far as welfare is concerned, you need to pay in before you can take out

Commenting on David Cameron’s speech on immigration, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs said: “The Prime … Continue reading “Politicians should take a simple stance when it comes to immigration”
Lifestyle Economics

Christopher Snowdon and John Duffy react to the actions of The European Commission in relation to minimum alcohol pricing

The European Commission has refused to fund a series of articles published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) which attacked … Continue reading “European Commission refuses to pay for ‘ad hominem attack’”