Technology is shifting the line between what is part of the economy and what is not

Passengers and patients could benefit if local authorities mimic platform networks

Improve what is included since the data fail to reflect the real productivity

An overhaul of industry watchdogs will head off calls for renationalisation

The column on entrenched discrimination has had a big response online and on Twitter

Seminars are hostile occasions for point-scoring and aggressive challenge

Economists need to provide regulators with tools to deal with market concentration

The economics of sorting out the property market are straightforward

‘Postcode lottery’ fears dog devolution but if demand is unequal so should supply be

Even those who think they are just observers of facts can make things happen

Simply paying people will not help if the fabric of a thriving economy is lacking

Decisions on health and education funding will test the UK chancellor’s adeptness

The additional strain on an already buckling sector will hit the whole country

Now is the time to embrace dissent and talk to those who disagree with us

New York fines for homeowners who rent out rooms are misconceived, writes Diane Coyle

Social convention means we know when we buy a drink we don’t keep the glass, writes Diane Coyle

Aim policy at improving some skills and leave the rest to robots, writes Diane Coyle