Sam Bowman
Sam Bowman is Director of Competition Policy at the International Centre for Law and Economics.
Why the government’s planning overhaul won’t fix the housing crisis
Don’t waste an opportunity to solve Britain’s biggest problem
Live free and die: Sweden’s coronavirus experience
What have we learnt from the coronavirus outlier?
Why the coronavirus shutdown is worth it
Decisive action to slow the spread of Covid-19 is a no brainer
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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
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
