Books bring together years of empirical research into broader narratives. They represent the judgement of individual authors while remaining grounded in the evidence developed through CGHA's wider research programme.
An investigative narrative revealing how smartphones, deregulation, and pandemic isolation turned America’s pastime into its newest addiction — and the book behind CGHA’s gambling research programme.
Every project undertaken by CGHA begins with evidence. We collect field data, undertake surveys, analyse markets, study institutions and measure outcomes before drawing conclusions. Reports, books and commentary are all built upon that evidence.
One thing that distinguishes CGHA from many organizations is that we do not see the reports as the primary product.
That is also why much of the work published here appears under the name of the Center rather than individual authors. Individual researchers make essential contributions, and books and journal articles are properly attributed. The underlying evidence, however, is intended to become part of a permanent institutional resource that others can examine, challenge, refine and build upon.
Original CGHA measurements. Every chart links to the survey or paper that produced it.
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Five programmes, each organized around the questions it exists to answer.
CGHA research evaluates public-health policies using empirical evidence rather than assumption — combining economics, epidemiology, behavioural science, field research and institutional analysis.
Lessons from America and Britain on gambling, loneliness, and the new economy of engagement. The emotional reward often comes not from winning — but from no longer losing.
When a product is excluded from the lawful market, prohibition may change the supplier without ending the demand.
Distrust is nearly uniform across political groups. Uptake varies by roughly three times.