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Thursday, 9 January 2014

The BMJ: Sour grapes and gutter journalism

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Jonathan Gornall: "Mummy! People disagree with me! It's not fair!!!" In a grubby little smear job in the BMJ (with an e...
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

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Looks like those crazy libertarians were right...
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Monday, 6 January 2014

Gambling in the UK: Ethics and Economics

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This is a guest post by Sam Miranda. In the political and financial discourse surrounding commercial gambling in the UK, one question ten...
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Sunday, 5 January 2014

Fad diets

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The Sunday Times is advising readers to give up sugar entirely for the new year because it's addictive and toxic etc. And who better to...
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Friday, 3 January 2014

Has obesity quadrupled in the developing world?

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No it hasn't The BBC's headline above is typical of the media outlets that have covered this non-story in that it conflates ove...
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Thursday, 2 January 2014

Lifestyle regulation? No thanks

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An Ipsos MORI poll of 19 major countries has found that the majority of the population everywhere (except Russia) thinks that the governmen...
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Sunday, 29 December 2013

Drugs have not been legalised, Mr Hitchens, but they should be

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In the Mail on Sunday , Peter Hitchens has repeated his claim that drugs have been effectively legalised in Britain. The article - titled ...
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Christopher Snowdon
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Writer and researcher at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Blogging in a personal capacity. Author of Polemics (2020), Killjoys (2017), Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism (2015), The Art of Suppression (2011), The Spirit Level Delusion (2010) and Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009).
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