May 27, 2026

Last Orders for Evidence: The Shaky Case Against Alcohol Advertising

Sometimes, late at night, an uncomfortable thought surfaces: who is actually going to pay for all of this? The growing national debt, the ever-expanding social promises, the risinA study published in BMJ Public Health has claimed that Lithuania’s ban on alcohol advertising led to a 35% reduction in teenage drunkenness.g federal subsidies for pensions and welfare.
May 1, 2025

A Liberal Future for Ukraine?

It has been over three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As morning dawned on 24th February 2022, most analysts in the West thought Ukraine stood little chance. As Russian troops flooded into Ukraine from the north, south, and east, the talk from media outlets and Western governments was about arming an insurgency, not a conventional defence.
March 19, 2025

UK-EU Youth Mobility and the Errors of the Political Right

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) recently published a report in which they called for the introduction of a Youth Mobility Scheme between the UK and the EU. This echoes last year’s calls by the EU Commission for a similar scheme.

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EPICENTER publications and contributions from our member think tanks are designed to promote the discussion of economic issues and the role of markets in solving economic and social problems. As with all EPICENTER publications, the views expressed here are those of the author and not EPICENTER or its member think tanks (which have no corporate view).