The Tobacco Wars
How Australia's war on tobacco backfired.
Policy
11 articles
Gary Stevenson Is Wrong About Wealth Inequality
Gary Stevenson says Britain's wealth inequality is spiralling out of control. The data says otherwise—and Channel 4 never thought to check.
The Housing Crisis Is Destroying Homeownership—and Undermining Democracy
Escalating house prices and density rules trap young people in renting, eroding homeownership—a key to democracy.
As a Hereditarian, I Strongly Support Economic Redistribution
A recognition that genetic influences on social outcomes are important will potentially influence the kind of help that society offers poorer individuals. But it does not in any way compel an absence of help, or a casual indifference.
My APA Resignation
These are terrifying words. They’re also at best debatable, arguably simply untrue.
Making the (Conservative) Case for Vaccine Passports
In many parts of the world, the anti-vaccination cause is now closely associated with the right-leaning side of the political spectrum.
A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy
In a dizzying volte-face, the world’s most murderously anti-natalist regime has become its most pleadingly pro-natalist.
Motivated Reasoning Is Disfiguring Social Science
The bottom line is that professional guilds such as the APA and AAP have a demonstrable track record of unreliability when speaking on matters of science.
Why Does Ralph Northam Deserve No Mercy?
Elite liberalism is embracing modes of thought that I once associated with the political Right: joy in punishment and us-versus-them thinking.
The Policy of Censorship Is Extreme — Even for Google
There is no room for nuance, no room for subtlety. Feelings supersede facts. The emotions of the most fragile must be soothed at any cost, even if the truth is a casualty.
Remain vs Leave: Elite Technocracy vs Liberal Democracy
Brexit: A democratic choice, despite economic uncertainty, challenging technocracy, and promoting accountability and sovereignty.