Christopher Snowdon

Not to be confused with Christopher Snowden.

Christopher Snowdon
Born	1976 North Yorkshire
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

Snowdon was born in North Yorkshire in 1976 and studied history at Lancaster University, graduating in 1998. He was later^{[ when? ]} awarded a Ph.D in economics from the University of Buckingham. ^[1]

Career

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

• 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 Snowdon.) ^[6]

See also

• The Spirit Level (book)

References

1. "IEA Staff". Institute of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. "Christopher Snowdon". The Telegraph. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
3. "Christopher Snowdon, Author at The Spectator". The Spectator. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. "Anti-smoking activism - Puff by puff, inch by inch". The Economist. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
5. "Blowing Smoke at a Ban". New York Times. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
6. "Little Dice". Powerbase. Retrieved 13 October 2024.