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David Chivers is a British economist and academic specializing in the macroeconomics of growth, inequality, labor markets, and economic development. He serves as Associate Professor in the Business School at the Durham University and is also an Associate Fellow of its Institute of Advanced Study. Previously, he lectured at the University of Oxford and earned his PhD from the University of Manchester under the supervision of Keith Blackburn and Anne Villamil. His research has examined topics including poverty traps, labor mobility, inequality, and health insurance. Chivers has also worked with the Home Office on evaluating the Drugs Interventions Programme and is the co-author of the book How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the New ...more

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The UK smoking ban: can paternalism be justified?

Every day I tell my toddler off for doing something he shouldn't.

He has no idea why playing with plug sockets are bad but light switches are ok, or why running off into the middle of the road is bad but running around the garden is fine. He just needs to do what I say as I am his Dad and I know better than him, it is for his own good.

At some point, he will grow up and be able to decide for himsel

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