Institute of Economic Affairs

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🚬 How did Australia's to***co tax revenue collapse from $16bn to $4bn?
💸 Can you tax a product so hard you lose the money?
🇬🇧 Is Britain heading the same way?

Dr. Christopher Snowdon speaks with Rohan Pike, founder of the Australian Border Force's To***co Strike Team. 👇

Tax Rises Built a Black Market. Britain Is Next. | IEA Interview In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Head of Lifestyl...

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📦 Is evidence-based policy a myth?
🍷 Did the sugar tax or minimum pricing ever work?
📱 Is the social media ban based on anything?

Callum Price speaks with Dr Christopher Snowdon on his new book, Inside the Sausage Factory. 👇

The Truth About Britain's Nanny State Policies | IEA Briefing Read the paper here: https://iea.org.uk/publications/inside-the-sau...

🔁 "In politics, everyone acting rationally can lead to irrational policies being introduced."

Dr. Christopher Snowdon for CapX on how self-interest, not evidence, drove a run of failed 'public health' policies. 👇

https://capx.co/the-nanny-statists-lack-evidence-for-their-campaigns

"Smoking was already falling fast, helped by the rise of va**ng, before plain packaging was even mandatory. The policy took the credit for a trend it didn't start."

Dr Christopher Snowdon on plain packaging, for his new book Inside the Sausage Factory.

https://iea.org.uk/publications/inside-the-sausage-factory/

🩹 "When the policies were eventually introduced, there was little sign that they made the slightest improvement to any of the problems they were supposed to address."

Dr Christopher Snowdon on plain packaging, the sugar tax and minimum pricing. 👇

https://spectator.com/article/is-policy-making-evidence-based/