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Diane Coyle

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Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist

Dame Diane Coyle is a British economist. Since March 2018, she has been the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, co-directing the Bennett Institute.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 11m

Here’s #sophiefromromania taking @rorycj.bsky.social for his morning stroll

Rory and Sophie dog next to one of her favourite sniff-stops

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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · 1h

On this day in 1996, Edith Penrose died. We have to admit, we didn't know much about this remarkable woman until @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social recommended her for a podcast episode. Her work on firms is as relevant now as they have ever been. Have a listen. #EconSky open.spotify.com/episode/3rpp...

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Edith Penrose

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 6h

“As the U.S. & other countries are finding out, statistics on global supply chains are sparse, although the Trump administration’s tariffs & haphazard economic policies are making it all too clear which imports were crucial.”

— @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

The Urgent Need For Revolutionizing Economic Statistics | NOEMA

Donald Trump’s abandonment of honest economic statistics highlights what’s been true for a while: The way we measure economic activity has long been inadequate for modern political challenges.

www.noemamag.com

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 16h

The people's AI? www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...

The people’s AI? | The Enlightened Economist

www.enlightenmenteconomics.com

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 18h

Very pleased my colleagues
@bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
are one of the teams selected for this excellent
@ai.cam.ac.uk
initiative to streamline university ops: www.ai.cam.ac.uk/news/eight-t...

Eight teams awarded funding to pioneer AI in University operations

From cutting exam administration time by 90 percent to helping researchers bring medical software to regulators 60 percent faster, eight new AI for University Operations projects will use artificial i...

www.ai.cam.ac.uk

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 21h

Join our Virtual Open Day to learn about our graduate courses starting Oct 2026 with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & @terzibus.bsky.social

📅 4 Nov 2025
🕒 9–11am

Meet course directors, ask questions, and explore our MPhils in Digital Policy & Public Policy.

www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 21h

High-profile departures from the US - congrats to @econ.uzh.ch

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 22h

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 22h

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · 23h

What counts as "the economy"? How can we factor in unpaid work and everyday life?

A new discussion paper by @ucl.ac.uk's Jonathan Gershuny explores how time-use data can reveal this hidden economy: tinyurl.com/4ev8x5fc

Beyond the market: Measuring unpaid work and everyday life - ESCoE

By Jonathan Gershuny When economists measure growth, they often focus on the money economy – […]

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 1d

#sophiefromromania doing her morning stretches

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 1d

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"

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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.

It's not just AI. And education still matters

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

on.ft.com

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

On the far bank, if you zoom in

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

#sophiefromromania says she just wants to be friends…

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 2d

The map below shows how far behind France and Germany we are in mass transit. In France, every place with over 150,000 people has some form of tram or metro.

But if mayoral areas can 'become builders' as @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social puts it in the foreword, we can turn this around.

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The UK has very few mass transit systems compared to peers

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Josh Martin @joshmartinecon.bsky.social · 2d

New #productivity data - we build labour productivity estimates for over 180 industries in the UK, more than doubling the detail available from official stats. #econsky

Paper with @escoeorg.bsky.social - www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...

Blog - www.escoe.ac.uk/uk-labour-pr...

UK labour productivity estimates for 184 industries - ESCoE

New research from ESCoE and The Productivity Institute produces UK productivity estimates for 184 industries.

www.escoe.ac.uk

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 2d

The prof restored order on a fine morning to the walk with #sophiefromromania though we had to scoot quickly past the film crew’s location catering truck

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 2d

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Got a fun story this morning about a triumph for AI in healthcare that isn’t quite what it seems. Subscribe to my Substack to get it in your inbox soon

Rory’s Always On Newsletter | Rory Cellan-Jones | Substack

A tech notebook with a focus on health - and occasional glimpses of a dog called #sophiefromromania. Click to read Rory’s Always On Newsletter, by Rory Cellan-Jones, a Substack publication with tens o...

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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 2d

🎉 Policy and Politics, Vol 53 Issue 4 is live!

We are happy to share our latest Issue featuring many fantastic articles by our authors: @samwarner.bsky.social sky.social , David Richards, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social coyle1859.bsky.social , Martin J. Smith...

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

This is on a par with discovering you can send wireless signals through rock, Cave Link www.cavelink.com/cl3x_neu/ind...

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

Alas, not possible up Station Road …

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

On the way from my office to the station today

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NBER @nber.org · 2d

Abundant AI geniuses will be great, but only if we can work out what to use them for, from Ajay K. Agrawal, @joshgans.bsky.social, and Avi Goldfarb https://www.nber.org/papers/w34316

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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 2d

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI - excellent column by @johnthornhill.bsky.social. "Instead of hyperventilating about AI ushering in a new era of abundance, wouldn’t it be better to drop the rhetoric and build AI systems for more defined, realisable goals?" www.ft.com/content/3474...

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI

Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence

www.ft.com

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NBER @nber.org · 2d

Characterizing the potential and limits of using satellite imagery and machine learning technology to measure ground conditions, from Proctor, Carleton, Chong, Fransen, Greenhill, Katz, Murayama, Sherman, Tseng, Druckenmiller, and Hsiang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34315

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Stuart McIntyre @stuartgmcintyre.bsky.social · 2d

ONS has taken a lot of stick recently over problems with core economic statistics, but its response today on the public finance stats - setting out what happened and a path forward - is a frank and useful explainer from the new team that's to be welcomed. blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/08/a...

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 2d

This morning‘s walk with #SophieFromRomania had everything – a film crew setting up, kids going to school, the bin lorry, the excitement of another dog to bark at furiously. And throughout there was my bad back which meant I had to stop every few yards. All in all I think she coped pretty well.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d

Given the circular deals, it surely isn’t a $1T market?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d

The recent wave of circular deals and partnerships involving Nvidia and OpenAI is escalating concerns that they are artificially propping up the $1T AI market (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 3d

#sophiefromromania returned from her walk invigorated by hunting through the leaves and especially by her furious bark off with the two golden retrievers behind their front gate. The owner and I apologised to each other profusely but it wasn’t our fault!

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 4d

Speedy #sophiefromromania had fun with Juno and some other dogs today

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