# Christopher Snowdon

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Welfare Walloped

On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the IEA, to respond to the Government’s emergency mobile phone alert warning the public about the risk of barbecues causing wildfires. Lee Anderson, Reform UK's party chairman and MP for Ashfield, discu…

Are We Becoming Two Nations? | IEA Podcast

In this week’s IEA Podcast, Director General Lord Daniel Hannan is joined by regulars Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics, and Dr Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director, to discuss the widening pay gap between the public and private sectors, the real cost of net zero, and the economi…

The Bond Market Is Panicking — Should We Be? | IEA Podcast

In this week’s IEA Podcast, IEA Director General Lord Hannan is joined by Dr Kristian Niemietz, the IEA’s Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy, and Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics. They discuss the sharp rise in UK borrowing costs, with ten-year gilt yields hitting t…

Nearly 1 Million Young People Not in Work: Is Britain Facing a "Lost Generation"? | IEA Podcast

In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, host Maeve Halligan is joined by Managing Editor Daniel Freeman and Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon to discuss the new Chancellor’s first major speech as well as its emphasis on fiscal devolution, deregulation and “public control”. They…

How Britain Became a Command Economy Without Anyone Noticing | IEA Briefing

In this Institute of Economic Affairs briefing, IEA managing editor Daniel Freeman is joined by his colleague Dr Christopher Snowdon to discuss his new paper, The Capitalist Command Economy, out today. They examine how the Government increasingly directs private companies to meet political targets,…

Scrap Stamp Duty, Scrap Inheritance Tax? | IEA Podcast

In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, host Lord Hannan is joined by Christopher Snowdon, IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, and Kristian Niemietz, IEA Head of Political Economy, for their regular economics and politics round-up. This episode covers the Bank of England’s decision to hold inte…

Why Can't Britain Fix Its Pensions? | IEA Podcast

In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, IEA Director General Lord Hannan is joined by Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy, and Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics. This week, the proposal to replace the state pension with a system of compulsory p…

Britain's capitalist command economy | Christopher Snowdon on a BBC tax, vaping and 20mph

Is Britain a "capitalist command economy"? Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Damian Pudner to explain how government now steers private industry with targets and fines, from heat pumps and electric cars to supermarket calories, and why i…

Do the Tories’ Inheritance Tax Plans Add Up? | IEA Podcast

In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics, is joined by Kristian Niemietz, Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy, and Daniel Freeman, Managing Editor and Deputy Editorial Director at the IEA.This week, Kemi Badenoch’s speech to Con…

Forecasts, Football and Folic Acid | IEA Podcast

In this Institute of Economic Affairs podcast, Maeve Halligan is joined by Dr Valentin Boboc, Chief Economist, and Dr Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA.This week, the International Monetary Fund’s upgraded growth forecast for Britain is up for discussion, from its warning …