MY RESEARCH

I have been the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs since 2013. Here are some of my research papers, all of which can be downloaded for free.

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Not Invented Here: Institutional Resistance to Practical Solutions (with Zion Lights and Kristian Niemietz)

 

The People vs Paternalism: Building a Consumer-Led Movement Against Paternalistic Regulation

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The Corporate Playbook: A Self-Serving Myth 

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Drinking, Fast and Slow: Ten years of the Licensing Act

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You had one job: The shortcomings of Public Health England and the World Health Organization during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Cheap as Chips: Is a healthy diet affordable?

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Closing Time: Who's killing the British pub?

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Sweet Truth: Is there a market failure in sugar? (with Rob Lyons)

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Death and Taxes: Why longer lives cost money

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Alcohol and the Public Purse: Do drinkers pay their way?

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The Hangover: The Cost of Minimum Alcohol Pricing in Scotland (with John Duffy and Mark Tovey)

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The Proof of the Pudding: Denmark's Fat Tax Fiasco

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Fast Food Outlets and Obesity: What is the evidence?

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Calories out: The unintended consequences of food reformulation (with Gavin Sandercock and Alex Scott-Bayfield)

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Sock Puppets

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Euro Puppets

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The Sock Doctrine

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The Crack Cocaine of Gambling?

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Never Mind the Gap (with Ryan Bourne)

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Truth in Advertising (preface to Advertising in a Free Society)

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Are More Equal Countries Happier? (chapter in And the Pursuit of Happiness)

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Journal articles

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Bootlegging Baptists: the logic of paternalistic collective action (Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice)

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Paternalism, Nudging and Liberty (Economic Affairs)

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Testing the total consumption model of alcohol (Economic Affairs)

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Towards a Rational System of Alcohol Taxation (Economic Affairs)

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Harm reduction and tobacco: a new opportunity or a step too far? (Drugs and Alcohol Today)

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