Christopher Snowdon
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Christopher Snowdon | |
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| Born | 1976 |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University, University of Buckingham |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist |
Christopher John Snowdon is a British author and freelance journalist. He is particularly known as a vocal opponent of government intervention in areas such as tobacco, alcohol, and obesity.
Early life
[edit]Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998. He was later awarded a Ph.D in economics from the University of Buckingham.[1]
Career
[edit]He has written for the Spiked website, The Daily Telegraph[2] and The Spectator,[3] as well as the Conservative Home website.
Snowdon is "Head of Lifestyle Economics" at the Institute of Economic Affairs,[1]
Works
[edit]- Velvet Glove, Iron Fist[4][5] (Self-published, 2009) ISBN 978-0956226501
- The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-checking the Left's New Theory of Everything (Democracy Institute/Little Dice, 2010) ISBN 978-0956226518
- The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition since 1800 (Little Dice, 2011) ISBN 978-0956226532
- Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism: Debunking Myths about the Free Market (IEA, 2015) ISBN 978-0-255-36679-3
- Killjoys: A Critique of Paternalism (IEA, 2017) ISBN 978-0-255-36750-9
- Polemics (Little Dice, 2020)
(Little Dice appears to be a proxy for self-publishing by Snowden.)[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "IEA Staff". Institute of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Christopher Snowdon, Author at The Spectator". The Spectator. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Anti-smoking activism - Puff by puff, inch by inch". The Economist. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Blowing Smoke at a Ban". New York Times. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Little Dice". Powerbase. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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