February 27, 2025
The report The People vs. Paternalism examines why grassroots opposition to government paternalism is weak and how it could be strengthened.
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June 24, 2024
The WHO is clearly not just opposed to ‘health-harming industries’ but to private industry and the free market in general based on their new report.
April 23, 2024
In the early days behavioural economics was not associated with an approach to public policy.
December 5, 2023
The online pornography industry has historically been a pioneer of many innovations that have later influenced the rest of the internet.
October 13, 2023
Recent legislation in Poland restricting the sale of energy drinks has sparked a debate over the extent of state intervention.
July 27, 2023
The economics literature shows that advertising can increase the sale of individual brands but, in mature markets, does not increase aggregate sales of the type of product being
advertised.
May 31, 2023
Germany has taken the top spot as the freest country in Europe once again, with the least amount of nannying regulations like banning, taxing, and regulating food & soft drinks, alcohol, tobacco, and e-cigarettes.
March 15, 2023
This briefing outlines a number of simple measures that could be taken to improve regulation to encourage the use of reduced-risk nicotine products among smokers.
June 1, 2022
The European Commission is asking for feedback on its Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). The call for evidence closes on 17 June 2022 and is intended to ‘assess to what extent the framework has fulfilled its goals and whether it is able to support a “Tobacco-Free Generation” by 2040’. A new TPD is likely to be proposed and brought into law in the next few years.