I'm off on holiday for a week, but before I do I should give you a belated introduction to Lifestyle Economics. For those who don't ...

It appears that Irish politicians are (yet again) lining up to be guinea pigs for one of tobacco control's back-of-a-fag-packet ideas. I...

A message of apology from The Guardian : In recent years this newspaper, along with the entire British left, may have given the impressi...

I have a new IEA publication out today: The Proof of the Pudding: Denmark's Fat Tax Fiasco (free download). Lobbyists for sin taxes...

From the Guardian : Alcohol advertising on television to be reviewed Ofcom has ordered a review into whether to cut the amount of alco...

Back in January, I wrote about the research that shows that being overweight does not increase mortality risk and may reduce it. This has b...

In August 2011, there were three nights of rioting in London with cars set alight, police officers attacked and shops looted. It was trigger...