CHRISTOPHER SNOWDON

Christopher Snowdon is the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs. His research focuses on social freedoms, prohibition and policy-based evidence. He is a regular columnist for The Critic and an occasional contributor to Spiked, The Spectator and The Telegraph. He often appears on TV and radio discussing social and economic issues.

Snowdon is the editor of the Nanny State Index and the author of six books: '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). He has also written more than twenty reports for the Institute of Economic Affairs including ‘Drinking, Fast and Slow’, ‘The Proof of the Pudding: Denmark’s Fat Tax Fiasco’, ‘Cheap as Chips’, ‘Sock Puppets’ and ‘The People vs Paternalism’.

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He blogs at Velvet Glove, Iron Fist and at the Snowdon Substack.