Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/330322 
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Year of Publication: 
2025
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IEA Discussion Paper No. 142
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Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), London
Abstract: 
*Expansion of EDI bureaucracy has been fuelled by government regulation, not by market forces or rising prejudice *Growth of EDI undermines meritocracy, replacing fairness and talent with group quotas and targets *Previous estimates suggest direct public sector EDI costs of £557m a year, with wider costs to the economy potentially in the tens of billions *New paper calls for rolling back EDI, including scrapping procurement requirements and outlawing quotas
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Working Paper

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