Contents Foreword In 2016, the IEA and EPICENTER launched the first edition of Dr Christopher Snowdon’s ‘Nanny State Index’, which … Continue reading “Defanging the Nanny State”

This is the second in a series of articles about how ideological interest groups react when their institutional preferences are … Continue reading “Not Invented Here #2 – Alcohol”

Last year the World Health Organization launched a public consultation on its draft “Global Alcohol Strategy to Reduce the Harmful … Continue reading “It is not obvious that the world needs an alcohol strategy”

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?”

Nutrition is, at present, a provisional science. Studies are published every week which update the orthodox positions on everything from … Continue reading “Government diet guidelines should strive for public education, not social engineering”

It’s easy to dismiss ‘nanny state’ regulation as a minor nuisance but the underlying paternalism of those who wish to … Continue reading “Why can’t nanny state campaigners at least admit that they’re anti-liberal paternalists?”

When the NHS was created in 1948, Aneurin Bevan believed that healthcare spending would fall as the population became healthier. … Continue reading “Healthy lives cost money”

Sin and consumption taxes, including taxes on tobacco and alcohol, cost low income people more than 37% of their income … Continue reading “Sin Taxes”

Are the British developing a taste for smuggled booze and moonshine? There was a five-fold increase in the number of … Continue reading “Less affordable alcohol will push drinkers towards the black market”