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Guardian editorial discusses Democracy Institute book

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Pssst! Wanna boost kids’ smoking? Have a display ban!

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Patrick Basham blogs about smoking on the Institute of Economic Affairs web site.
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Anti-smoking law may be overturned in UK government review

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Guardian article cites Patrick Basham's IEA display ban paper as key evidence.
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Adjunct scholar Christopher Snowdon critiques "The Spirit Level" in the Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal 9 July 2010
A year after its publication, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always do Better is a regular feature on the bookshelves of left-wing intellectuals. This book purports to offer strong support for the claim that income redistribution creates social good. Unfortunately, this conclusion doesn't stand up to serious scrutiny.
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Rather than being written in the stars, a nation's soccer fortune is written in the stats

 a nation's soccer fortune is written in the stats, http://www.democracyinstitute.org/ Patrick Basham
July 6, 2010
Rather than being written in the stars (human or celestial), a nation's soccer fortune is written in the stats - the economic stats. My analysis of each World Cup nation's level of economic freedom provides a fairly reliable guide to their performance in South Africa.
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London's Institute of Economic Affairs publishes Patrick Basham's tobacco display ban study

London's Institute of Economic Affairs http://www.democracyinstitute.org/ Patrick Basham
July 1, 2010
Despite UK display ban advocates’ repeated assertions, the empirical evidence does not demonstrate that tobacco display bans have reduced smoking prevalence or consumption in the four countries where they have been instituted: Canada, Iceland, Ireland, and Thailand. In this sense, display bans appear to be - like so many other tobacco control policies - highly ineffective. A powerful and growing body of research evidence suggests that each country that implements a new tobacco display ban risks significant economic damage and a deterioration in public health.
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Patrick Basham quoted in Correio Braziliense on Obama's Afghanistan strategy

Presedent Obama & Petraeus Patrick Basham
June 27, 2010
Patrick Basham quoted in Correio Braziliense on Obama's Afghanistan strategy .
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Kicking The Soda Can: Hard Truths About Soft Drink Taxes

Soft Drinks
June 4, 2010
Before the nation's food police begin fantasizing about a thinner population, coupled with sizeable new streams of government revenue, a closer look at five key problems with soft drink taxes is warranted.
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Democracy Institute adjunct scholar Christopher Snowdon's new book:
The Spirit Level Delusion: Fact-Checking the Left's Theory of Everything

Spirit Level Delusion
May 28, 2010
Here, the author of The Spirit Level Delusion explains why Britain’s chattering classes were so wrong to embrace The Spirit Level and its argument that all of society’s problems are caused by inequality.
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Five-a-Day Won't Keep the Doctor Away

No_10_Downing_St Patrick Basham & John Luik
May 13, 2010
The idea that eating fruit and veg can help to ward off cancer is repeated over and over again. Despite not being true.
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A Canadian Lesson for a Conservative Minority Government07-May-2010

London (7 May 2010) – For 13 years, your political ambitions were frustrated by a centre-l..

UK Campaign Report Card06-May-2010

Patrick Basham grades the three major parties' respective campaigns: Liberal Democrats A-; Conservat..

The War on Working Class Culture04-May-2010

Do working class diets, habits, preferences, pleasures, and leisure and recreational pursuits ex..

The Guardian on public health attacks on the working class29-Apr-2010

The Guardian on public health attacks on the working class (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis..

Put indoor tanning myths to bed28-Apr-2010

Put indoor tanning myths to bed (http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8659/) Pa..

Patrick Basham's essay on why the British General Election matters to America21-Apr-2010

Patrick Basham's essay on why the British General Election matters to America. (/LiteratureRetr..

Patrick Basham quoted in Business Week on the food industry's response to Michelle Obama's anti-obes14-Apr-2010

Patrick Basham April 14, 2010 Patrick Basham quoted in Business Week on the food industry's ..

Russia’s War on Drugs is identical to its American and British counterparts: it’s a failure07-Apr-2010

By Patrick Basham Russia’s War on Drugs is identical to its American and British coun..

Patrick Basham and John Luik on the food addiction myth06-Apr-2010

Tuesday 6 April 2010 Are you dying for a fix of burger and chips? There’s one problem ..

Terrorists Attack Moscow Subway31-Mar-2010

Terrorists Attack Moscow Subway (http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=..

Patrick Basham in The Times of London on Obama's smoking habit04-Mar-2010

Patrick Basham in The Times of London on Obama's smoking habit (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/to..

Patrick Basham is interviewed about threatened trade sanctions against Sri Lanka.22-Feb-2010

Patrick Basham is interviewed about threatened trade sanctions against Sri Lanka. (http://www.y..

Despite its shortcomings, scrapping Sri Lanka's trade benefits would only impede its progress toward14-Feb-2010

Patrick Basham (http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/patrick-basham) guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardi..