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Diane Coyle

Diane Coyle co-directs the Bennett Institute for public policy at the University of Cambridge. She was previously 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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    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Why economics needs to wake up to ageing populations

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    Building back better requires systemic shifts

    The first step is to acknowledge the failures of organisation of society and the economy

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    Martin Sandbu’s prospectus is a radical plan, but where is the radical who will do it?

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    How should we measure the contribution of a teacher or a health worker during this crisis?

  • Monday, 30 March, 2020
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    We are fast moving to a world where more economic activity takes place in digital form

  • Sunday, 5 January, 2020
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    It is easier to set limits while only a few players can afford the needed technology

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    UK government spending
    Johnson to overhaul spending rules to boost regions

    Wellbeing of people in poorer areas to be made key investment measure as well as national growth

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
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    Governments and businesses mismanage what will be a key asset of modern economies

  • Thursday, 19 September, 2019
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  • Monday, 13 May, 2019
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  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
    Big tech
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    Tougher regulation can insure digital markets are not controlled by monopolies

  • Tuesday, 6 November, 2018
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    It would be foolish to let institutions fail — higher education is not a market

  • Wednesday, 15 August, 2018
    Global economic growth
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    Some economists — and the tech community — believe output is being mis-measured

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    We need a public rival to Facebook and Google

    The BBC stands as a model for how we can fight abuses and improve online services

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    Economic forecasting
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  • Wednesday, 25 April, 2018
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    Neither market nor state is the right ownership structure in the information age

  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
    UK labour productivity
    Time is the best measure of productivity in services

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

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    Privatised monopolies need tougher regulation

    An overhaul of industry watchdogs will head off calls for renationalisation

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  • Monday, 28 August, 2017
    Gender politics
    Economics has a problem with women

    Seminars are hostile occasions for point-scoring and aggressive challenge

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