Benedikt Koehler
Dr Benedikt Koehler is an Economics of Religion Fellow at the IEA
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
