In the News
Chief Medical Officer calls for extended sugar and salt bans
Graham Watson
21st December 2018
The country's Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies, wants a ban on adding sugar to baby food, and further taxes to cut the nation's salt and sugar intake. However, the real meat to the report is in looking to 2040, and trying to normalise healthy behaviours. This, in the longer-term is the key to resolving many of the negative consumption externalities associated with our eating and drinking habits.
You might also like
Scotland introduces a minimum charge for plastic bags
21st October 2014
Flood defences and the Public Goods debate
7th January 2014
Housing Market Failure (Revision Presentation)
Study Presentations
Economic Growth - Disadvantages
Study Notes
Cigarettes, demerit goods and government failure
12th July 2013
Climate Change Policies - Finding the Right Mix
30th April 2012
Development Barriers - Corruption and Conflict
Study Notes
State Intervention – Growth and Development
Study Notes