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Higher education: Competition produces clusters of excellence – and that is a good thing

29 January 2016
Education

Higher education: Competition produces clusters of excellence – and that is a good thing

James Knight
29 January 2016
There used to be a cap to ensure universities had a limited number of students achieving grades AAB or higher … Continue reading “Higher education: Competition produces clusters of excellence – and that is a good thing”

Free schools and academies: replacing local authority control with cental government control is not the answer

22 January 2016
Education

Free schools and academies: replacing local authority control with cental government control is not the answer

Daran Sarma
22 January 2016
British governments regularly make changes to school education with little warning or thinking through the consequences for schools: this is … Continue reading “Free schools and academies: replacing local authority control with cental government control is not the answer”

Rebuttal: ‘The NHS is wonderful, just underfunded’

13 January 2016
Healthcare

Rebuttal: ‘The NHS is wonderful, just underfunded’

Kristian Niemietz
13 January 2016
The NHS funding crisis The NHS is ‘at breaking point’, ‘starved of resources’, ‘on the verge of collapse’, overstretched, underfunded, … Continue reading “Rebuttal: ‘The NHS is wonderful, just underfunded’”

Sugar taxes defy basic economics, argues new report

13 January 2016
Lifestyle Economics

Sugar taxes defy basic economics, argues new report

13 January 2016

Sugar taxes: A Briefing

The evidence for taxing soft drinks – or any other source of calories – as a means of reducing obesity … Continue reading “Sugar taxes defy basic economics, argues new report”

Sugar taxes: A briefing

13 January 2016
Research

Sugar taxes: A briefing

Christopher Snowdon
13 January 2016

New IEA briefing explains why a sugar tax would be regressive & wrong

Taxing food and soft drinks in the name of obesity is not a new idea. Dozens of jurisdictions have experimented … Continue reading “Sugar taxes: A briefing”

Chief Medical Officer is scaremongering with new alcohol advice

8 January 2016
Lifestyle Economics

Chief Medical Officer is scaremongering with new alcohol advice

8 January 2016

IEA reaction to new alcohol guidelines released today

Commenting on the new alcohol guidelines released today, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Eocnomics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, … Continue reading “Chief Medical Officer is scaremongering with new alcohol advice”

Government intervention on sugar would be harmful and regressive

7 January 2016
Lifestyle Economics

Government intervention on sugar would be harmful and regressive

7 January 2016

IEA reaction to recent speculation about possible sugary drinks tax

Commenting on recent speculation that a tax on sugary drinks is being reconsidered by Ministers, Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle … Continue reading “Government intervention on sugar would be harmful and regressive”

Healthier lifestyles will not defuse the demographic time bomb

17 December 2015

Healthier lifestyles will not defuse the demographic time bomb

17 December 2015

How healthy living is costing us more in the long term

As the British population gets older, spending on healthcare, social care and pensions will consume an extra five percent of … Continue reading “Healthier lifestyles will not defuse the demographic time bomb”

Death and Taxes: Why longer lives cost money

17 December 2015
Research

Death and Taxes: Why longer lives cost money

Christopher Snowdon
17 December 2015

How healthy living is costing us more in the long term

Summary:  The British population is getting older. In 1948, life expectancy was 68. Thanks to healthier lifestyles and medical advances, … Continue reading “Death and Taxes: Why longer lives cost money”

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