Liberty After The Lockdown

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Liberty After The Lockdown

Christopher Snowdon

4 May 2020

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Summary

Laws passed in late March 2020 to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic are the greatest restrictions on liberty in modern British history.

Any benefits that have emerged as a side effect of the restrictions have been far exceeded by the costs to the economy and to civil liberties.

Civil society and the media should maintain pressure on the government to repeal the Coronavirus Act and its associated regulations as soon as the crisis has passed.

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Christopher Snowdon

Head of Lifestyle Economics, IEA

Christopher Snowdon is the Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA. He is the author of The Art of Suppression, The Spirit Level Delusion and Velvet Glove; Iron Fist. His work focuses on pleasure, prohibition and dodgy statistics. He has authored a number of papers, including "Sock Puppets", "Euro Puppets", "The Proof of the Pudding", "The Crack Cocaine of Gambling" and "Free Market Solutions in Health".