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Diane Coyle

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Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, is the author of the forthcoming The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters (Princeton University Press, April 1, 2025).

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  1. Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more
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    Diane Coyle on innovation, AI, economic data, and more

    Mar 11, 2025 Diane Coyle suggests ways to account for “free” digital services in economic frameworks, considers how to prevent the emergence of AI monopolies, warns that cutting funding for basic research is tantamount to destroying the US economy’s foundations, and more.

  2. Musk and DOGE Are Doing It Wrong
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    Musk and DOGE Are Doing It Wrong

    Mar 5, 2025 Diane Coyle highlights the fundamental flaw in the Trump administration’s push to cut red tape and curb wasteful spending.

  3. Successful Industrial Policy Requires Industry Experts
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    Successful Industrial Policy Requires Industry Experts

    Dec 10, 2024 Diane Coyle thinks governments need to rebuild capacities they abandoned decades ago.

  4. Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more
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    Diane Coyle on economic progress, tech monopolies, artificial intelligence, and more

    Oct 22, 2024 Diane Coyle advocates a new public philosophy that rejects viewing “government” and “market” as opposites, explains why time-use data must shape technological development, warns that policymakers are devising AI regulation in a thick conceptual fog, and more.

  5. Will the AI Revolution Lead to Greater Prosperity?
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    Will the AI Revolution Lead to Greater Prosperity?

    Aug 26, 2024 Diane Coyle explains why transformative technologies may not translate into measurable economic benefits.

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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Accelerate America’s Economic Decline

    Kaushik Basu draws parallels between the administration’s policies and those that led to Argentina’s decades-long slump.
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    Trump, Tariffs, and the Fate of the Dollar

    Mark Blyth

    Donald Trump’s attempt to reindustrialize the US economy by eliminating trade deficits will undoubtedly cause pain and disruption on a massive scale. But it is important to remember that both major US political parties have abandoned free trade in pursuit of similar goals.

     argues that America’s protectionist policies reflect a global economic reordering that was already underway.
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    Trump’s Old World Order

    Ahmet Davutoğlu warns that the US administration’s reckless conduct may destroy the last vestiges of multilateral cooperation.
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    Crippling America’s Innovation Economy

    William H. Janeway

    Donald Trump and Elon Musk's reign of disruption is crippling research universities’ ability to serve as productive partners in innovation, thus threatening the very system that they purport to celebrate. The Chinese, who are increasingly becoming frontier innovators in their own right, will be forever grateful.

     warns that the pillars of US dynamism and competitiveness are being systematically toppled.
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    America’s AI Iron Curtain

    Soňa Muzikárová explains how US export controls are harming allies and potentially helping Russia and China.
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    What Rebalancing the US Economy Really Requires

    Glenn Hubbard thinks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is neglecting the need for spending cuts in major federal programs.
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    America’s Voice No Longer Speaks for Democracy

    Heela Rasool-Ayub explains why authoritarians worldwide are celebrating Donald Trump’s renunciation of democratic advocacy.
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    Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

    Pierre du Rostu touts the technology’s benefits for an industry that must shift its focus from paying claims to managing risk.
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    It’s Time to Abandon Trump’s Flawed Negotiation Playbook

    Michele Gelfand points out that the best dealmakers strive for win-win outcomes, not zero-sum Pyrrhic victories.

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