This week’s episode is a joint episode with the friends at Consumer Choice Radio. One of our topics in this episode: Ireland attempts to stick warning labels on your booze, and we’re not a fan. February 23, 2023 Check out more of Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/ Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: […]
Où s’arrêtera l’Etat-nounou?
Avertissements sanitaires obligatoires sur l’alcool : les nouvelles règles de l’Irlande ne sont qu’un début. Le gouvernement irlandais avance dans son projet d’apposer des étiquettes d’avertissement sanitaire obligatoires sur les boissons alcoolisées telles que le vin et la bière. Ce mois-ci, la période d’objection de la Commission européenne concernant les modifications proposées à la loi irlandaise […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP77: Chaos for only €9, PFAS implications, and The digital Euro (w/Niko Jilch)
In this week’s episode: 🥂 Minimum alcohol pricing doesn’t work 🚄 Germany’s €9 public transport ticket causes chaos 💻 David Clement explains what a PFAS ban would mean for consumers ₿ Bitcoin & the digital euro (w/ Niko Jilch) You can follow Niko Jilch on Twitter @NikoJilch. Check out Fix the Money: https://fixthemoney.substack.com Check out […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP74: RyanAir being kind of awesome, “Rumscholzen”, and Germany eyes cannabis legalisation (w/ Daniel Kaddik)
We’re back! In this week’s episode: 🧑✈️ RyanAir goes after state aid cases 🇩🇪 Fred Roeder explain “rumscholzen” and the German SPD’s troubles 🌿 Germany considers cannabis legalisation (w/ Daniel Kaddik) Follow Daniel Kaddik on Twitter @DKaddik. Check out the European Liberal Forum: https://liberalforum.eu/ — Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP67: Special episode! CCC team in the UAE
This week the Consumer Choice Center team is in the United Arab Emirates for a staff retreat. Joining this special episode: Fred Roeder, Fabio Fernandes, Simon Lee, and Luka Dzagania. Our topics: ⚡ Energy dependence in Europe ₿ Crypto under fire energy use 🍷 The latest in Nanny State rules Check out these websites if […]
Parenting, not paternalism, defeats bad diets
The European Union regulates so-called “junk food” advertising, in order to protect children from exposure to harmful content. Its rules target food that are high in energy, saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, sugar and salt. This really translates as a massive distrust in parenting. It undoubtedly sounds terrible when we read the words “advertisements targeting children”. […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP25: Fake smokes, Amazon win, and the Nanny State Index (w/ Chris Snowdon)
The last episode of ConsEUmer before a two-week break. In this week’s episode: 🚬 Fake cigarettes are a threat 📦 Amazon wins appeal in tax case 👶 Chris Snowdon presents the Nanny State Index 2021 You can follow Chris Snowdon @cjsnowdon. May 14, 2021 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
ConsEUmer podcast / EP24: Papers please, Fighting obesity, E-scooter Revolution (w/ Yaniv Rivlin)
This week: 💉 How the EU COVID pass will work 🍔 Maria Chaplia talks about her new paper on junk food ad restrictions 🍷 Ireland introduces minimum alcohol pricing 🛴 E-scooters are taking over (w/ Yaniv Rivlin)
ConsEUmer podcast / EP22: Junk food ads, Consumer privacy, and Streaming quotas (w/ Fernando Valdés)
This week: 🍔 The EU wants to crack down on junk food ads 💽 Yaël Ossowski presents his new policy note on data privacy 🇨🇿 The Czech Republic drops anti-consumer rules 🇲🇽 Mexican streaming quotas are bad (so are the European ones) (w/ Fernando Valdés) You can follow Fernando Valdés on Twitter @fervaldes_ and the […]
Only the individual can solve Britain’s obesity crisis
As Britain becomes the fat man of Europe, a blanket approach to large-scale policy-making will not solve Britain’s obesity crisis. Only the individual can do the work. Am I overeating? This question is, in essence, a modern one. Our ancestors would have stood in awe at the sheer availability of refrigerated and affordable meat in […]