1981, BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Brasenose College, Oxford; 1987, MA; 1983, AM and 1985, PhD in Economics, Harvard Univ. 1981-85, Research Assistant, Nat'l Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge; 1985-86, Senior Economic Assistant, HM Treasury; 1986-88, Senior Economist, DRI Europe; 1988-89, Intern, The Economist; 1989-93, European Editor, Investors Chronicle. The Independent 1993- 2001. Founder, Enlightenment Economics. Professor of Economics, University of Manchester. Member of Council, Royal Economic Society; Trustee of Centre for Economic Policy, NIESR, ProBono Economics & CORE Economics. Member of American Economic Association and Society of Business Economists. Fellow Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce. Author of numerous publications inc. GDP, A Brief But Affectionate History. OBE, 2009.
Building back better will require governments to increase investment and recalibrate national balance sheets by doing more to nurture natural and social capital, writes Professor of Publi...
Nowadays, productivity is largely seen as kinds of intangible goods and services that define economies.
Research into the impact of new technologies, the economics of innovation, and the quality of management is a good start. But many crucial questions about economic progress remain unanswe...
Mainstream economics has largely failed to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation, and must rethink their strategy in order to remain relevant.
After 8 decades as the premier measure of economic success, there appears to be a widespread consensus that GDP is no longer fit for purpose in the modern world.
In 1831, when Charles Darwin boarded The Beagle for its five-year voyage of exploration, ships navigated with the help of chronometers, which showed the precise time at a reference locati...
最近十年来，当发达国家的旅客来到低收入国家游玩时，最令他们难忘的就是智能手机以及移动互联网的普及。移动科技在亚非拉国家的社会和经济发展中扮演了重要的作用——法国、英国这样的西欧国家在上世纪70年代也经历了相同的过程。家庭关系、社会关系以及商业、教育机遇也随着移动科技的发展，一同发生了转变。
Despite the common view that regulations are bad for business, they can be beneficial to economies.
The economist Diane Coyle uses six kinds of capital, from financial capital to social capital, to give a more nuanced view of the state of an economy.
Se suponía que la elección que acaba de tener lugar en el Reino Unido iba a arrojar -como decía el eslogan de campaña del Partido Conservador- un gobierno "fuerte y estable". Terminó cons...
近来，由于经济全球化和产业自动化让大众难以追赶时代趋势，人们开始逐渐担心民主制度的解构是否会遭到破坏。我觉得这样的担心不无道理，但事实上，这根本不是什么新的命题。早在上世纪80年代，民主制度的危机就已经产生了种种苗头，但那时我们并没意识到危险，更没有采取补救措施，直到如今危机真的来了我们才开始担忧。
近来，由于人们被全球化和自动化抛在身后而为民主的结构受到破坏担忧成为一种潮流。我认为这样的恐惧一定程度上是成立的，但这并非是一个新提出的问题，至少在上世纪80年代它就产生了。我们那时未能认识到它并采取措施便是如今它演化为危机的原因。
How can governments help stabilize democracy at a time of globalization and automation?
Diane Coyle, Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester, examines Brexit in the context of globalization.
Diane Coyle looks at the problem of measuring economies as the world undergoes digital transformation.
