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Diane Coyle

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February 12, 1961

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Dame Diane Coyle is a British economist, academic and writer. Since March 2018, she has been the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, co-directing the Bennett Institute.
Coyle's early career as an economist was followed by a period in journalism including being economics editor at The Independent from 1993 to 2001. She was professor of economics at University of Manchester from 2014 to 2018. She was vice-chair of the BBC Trust from 2011 to 2016 and a member of the UK Competition Commission from 2001 until 2009.
Coyle has written nine books on economics. ...more

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January hibernation reading – a catch-up

Where did January go? Just as well it’s over, as the worst month of the year. Still, I have read a few things. So this is a quick catch up post.

Post Wall, Post Square by Kristina Spohr was recommended by someone on BlueSky and I had high hopes, thinking it would do for the world what Tony Judt’s magnificent Postwar had done for Europe – that is, extend the focal length so the reader can understand

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Average rating: 3.64 · 1,447 ratings · 191 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History 3.65 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be 3.67 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex, Drugs & Economics: An Unconventional Introduction to Economics by Diane Coyle, Victoria Tietze Larson (Editor), Myles Thompson (Editor) 3.52 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters 3.43 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters 3.31 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Markets, State, and People: Economics for Public Policy 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's the Use of Economics?: Teaching the Dismal Science After the Crisis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradoxes of Prosperity: Why the New Capitalism Benefits All 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It turns out from a number of more recent studies that reported happiness is strongly positively linked with the change or growth in GDP per capita from year to year.”
― Diane Coyle, GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History - Revised and expanded Edition

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“Variety is the spice of life because it is the natural enemy of adaptation.”
― Diane Coyle, The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters

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“GDP is the way we measure and compare how well or badly countries are doing. But this is not a question of measuring a natural phenomenon like land mass or average temperature to varying degrees of accuracy. GDP is a made-up entity. The concept dates back only to the 1940s.”
― Diane Coyle, GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History

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Diane Coyle's Blog

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Diane Coyle’s books