Saturday, 30 April 2022
Saying farewell to Covid again
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Every time I call time on the Covid pandemic another variant shows up so let's hope that doesn't happen now that I have written what...
Thursday, 28 April 2022
Pod chats
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I did a couple of podcasts this week. I was back with TV funnyman Geoff Norcott for the third time (I think) talking about Musk, Le Pen, Chi...
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Kellogg's sues the government
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'Junk food' John Harvey Kellogg was a miserable, teetotal, anti-smoking puritan so it's richly ironic to see his company attac...
Monday, 25 April 2022
An innovation principle for new nicotine products
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My colleague Victoria Hewson and I recently wrote a report about vaping in which we discussed the precautionary principle. The precautionary...
Sunday, 24 April 2022
Mexico was meant to prove a sugar tax worked. New figures tell a different story
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First published by Spectator Health in May 2016 Back in January we were told that Mexico’s tax on sugary drinks cut consumption by six ...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Graphic warnings on alcohol
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More thinly veiled activism from the University of Stirling... Prominent health warnings on alcohol products make drinking “unappealing”,...
Sunday, 10 April 2022
Escaping Paternalism with Glen Whitman
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It was my great pleasure to speak to one of my favourite economists, Glen Whitman, this week about nudge theory. His book Escaping Paternali...
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