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Professor of economics at the University of Manchester

Diane Coyle is a professor of economics at the University of Manchester, has served on the BBC Trust, the Competition Commission and the Migration Advisory Committee, and is the author of a number of books on economics including GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History

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