About this episode
Christopher Snowdon discusses lifestyle economics and its implications on personal freedoms and public policies.
What is lifestyle economics and why does it matter? The IEA's Christopher Snowdon is a fun-loving political thinker and explains his opposition to puritanism, why we should have more freedom and what that would mean for our policies on smoking, alcohol, gambling and the very existence of the NHS. Also... what are ultra-processed foods and are they necessarily bad? THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE 9 March: Zack Polanski 30 March: Lisa Nandy 20 April: Shabana Mahmood https://nimaxtheatres.com/shows/the-political-party-with-matt-forde/ SIGN UP to Matt's mailing list to get free audience tickets to his Radio 4 series: https://www.mattforde.com/mailing-list SEE Matt's brand new stand-up tour 'Defying Calamity' across the UK: https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Matt Forde
Guest: Christopher Snowdon
Topics covered
- lifestyle economics
- freedom
- puritanism
- smoking policies
- alcohol policies
- gambling policies
- ultra-processed foods
Keywords
- lifestyle economics
- freedom
- puritanism
- smoking
- alcohol
- gambling
- NHS
- ultra-processed foods
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IEA
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