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Diane Coyle

Diane Coyle

Writing for PS since 2017
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Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, is the author of Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be (Princeton University Press, 2021) and the forthcoming The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters (Princeton University Press, Spring 2025).

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. The Digital Economy’s Growing Time Tax
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    The Digital Economy’s Growing Time Tax

    Jun 28, 2024 Diane Coyle explains why, instead of simplifying daily life, technological innovation is making it more burdensome.

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    What Trump 2.0 Means for Africa and Latin America

    Kenneth Rogoff

    US President Donald Trump’s decision to shut down USAID will deal a severe blow to African countries, weakening public-health systems and eroding American credibility. But Trump’s return could trigger a long-overdue rightward shift in Latin America after decades of failed socialist experiments.

     highlights the far-reaching implications of the new administration’s move to slash foreign-aid funding.
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    Emerging Economies Must Get Rich Before They Get Old

    Anu Madgavkar & Marc Canal Noguer recommend policies that would mitigate the impact of increased longevity and declining birth rates.
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    Musk and DOGE Are Doing It Wrong

    Diane Coyle highlights the fundamental flaw in the Trump administration’s push to cut red tape and curb wasteful spending.
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    Who Will Lead the Democratic World?

    Ian Buruma thinks the onus of defending our political freedoms will be on two countries that once tried to destroy them.
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    The World Must Rally Around Algeria’s Hunger Artist

    Jean-Michel Blanquer calls for global solidarity with the writer Boualem Sansal, unjustly detained and dying for freedom.
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    The End of Globalization as We Know It

    Dalia Marin examines how rising uncertainty and progress on automation have changed firms' views on global value chains.
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    Will Trump Trigger a Eurozone Debt Crisis?

    Desmond Lachman hopes the US president recognizes that his proposed tariffs could quickly blow back on the US.
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    Indonesia’s Incomplete Industrial Strategy

    Keun Lee & Marco Kamiya point out that, for emerging and developing economies, attracting foreign direct investment is not enough.
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    Europe’s Powerful Tool Against Russia

    Andrew Kosenko & Joseph E. Stiglitz

    If European leaders want to follow through on their statements in support of Ukraine following America’s betrayal of the country, they must seize the moment by seizing Russia’s assets. Europe has become the world’s bulwark against the rising tide of authoritarianism, and it can no longer afford to hide behind legalistic excuses.

     urge European governments to seize the $220 billion of Russian assets frozen in their jurisdictions.

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