Christopher Snowdon is the Head of Lifestyle Economics at the IEA. He is the author of The Art of Suppression, The Spirit Level Delusion and Velvet Glove; Iron Fist. His work focuses on pleasure, prohibition and dodgy statistics.
London, (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Bank of England (BoE) was remarkably slow in seeing an inflationary threat that was obvious to monetarists and businessmen. As recently as last May, the BoE was forecasting inflation rates between 1.9 per cent and 2.3
