Emmanuel Igwe
Emmanuel Igwe is an economist at the Prosperity Institute.
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
NHS worship is over
Britons no longer whisper their doubts about the NHS and immigration
Rachel Reeves doesn’t understand basic economics
The Budget is based on ignorance as well as irresponsibility
Spending like there’s no tomorrow
The endless cycle of spending and debt has always been a choice
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
