Diane Coyle

@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

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Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist

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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 · 16m

I don’t think the manufacturing vs services distinction is at all helpful now. There are too many odd measurement artefacts, & anyway high value manufacturing is melded with services both as inputs and part of output.

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

Solo walk with #sophiefromromania then home to Burford Blue boiled eggs

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 4h

There was a fascinating British Museum exhibition decades ago about copies and replicas

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 4h

Isn’t the point to incentivise due security - replacement value is infinite?

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Libération @liberation.fr · 1d

🦊 A Londres, 10 000 renards trottent toutes les nuits dans les rues. Devenus emblèmes de la ville, où ils font perdurer une once de vie sauvage, ces animaux suscitent autant d’attachement que d’agacement.

Reportage à lire dans le Libé des animaux : bit.ly/4pTZnrJ

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

And from me!

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

Merry Christmas everyone from me, the prof and #sophiefromromania - wrap up warm it’s bitter out there!

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

Merry Christmas everyone from me, the prof and #sophiefromromania - wrap up warm it’s bitter out there!

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 1d

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years

An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 1d

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 1d

Retired to bed early to read and find #sophiefromromania has commandeered my book. I don’t like to tell her she has it upside down.

Sophie dog reading (chewing) a paperback book on the bed

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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 1d

Ciaran Jenkins and I have recorded another Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration for Christmas. This year we play The Coventry Carol. To all who are celebrating, wishing you a happy, peaceful Christmas.

For Christmas, a BBC/Channel 4 collaboration: The Coventry Carol

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 1d

“Economics brings a toughness of thought to policy making,through insisting on thinking about opportunity costs, the balance of costs and benefits, and the likelihood that people will respond to incentives”

Diane Coyle in “Cogs and Monsters”

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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 2d

🎄 Herring soup and piss ups: this is Christmas in Georgian Manchester. We look at how Mancunians in the 18th century made merry.

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Herring soup and piss ups: this is Christmas in Georgian Manchester

We look at how Mancunians in the 18th century made merry

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 2d

Surely you’ve all been waiting for the Enlightened Economist book prize long list for 2025? www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...

The Enlightened Economist Prize 2025 – Longlist | The Enlightened Economist

www.enlightenmenteconomics.com

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Tom Forth @tomforth.co.uk · 2d

When the Manchester Guardian calls, the people of the North heed the call. And if those people are me, we inject Manchester Liberalism, even from across the Pennines, right back in to the paper of Northern record. Get your fill. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britain’s cities are desperate for better transport. Why is Westminster derailing our plans in Leeds? | Thomas Forth

A long-promised tram network has been pushed back to the late 2030s – unless we build local, northern growth will be snuffed out, says Thomas Forth, co-founder of tech firm The Data City

www.theguardian.com

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Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk · 2d

We're looking for a Professor of Public Policy to join our senior leadership team.

They'll play a leading role in teaching on the School's postgraduate courses, & make a significant contribution to research & research leadership in the new School.

Apply by 9 February 2026: bit.ly/4j6UMQ4

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 2d

The government has adopted some long-standing Institute for Government recommendations to speed up public appointments, but a recent investigation raises concerns about how the process is run zurl.co/tqOGF

Public appointments are being streamlined. But will it work? | Institute for Government

The success of the updated Governance Code on Public Appointments depends on ministers and departments putting it into practice.

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 3d

Still utopian: www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...

Still utopian | The Enlightened Economist

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 3d

My Habermas review for the FT www.ft.com/content/9f89... Jürgen Habermas: Germany’s political and cultural phenomenon

Jürgen Habermas: Germany’s political and cultural phenomenon

Two new books bring fresh insights into the philosopher who has towered over seven decades of German public life

www.ft.com

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Carolyn Sissoko @csissoko.bsky.social · 3d

I riff on @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social’s discussion of institutions and growth to explain why banking may be an important missing link in economists’ understanding of how and why growth takes place.

Institutions and growth: How banks used to provide the liquidity that fuels innovation and growth

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

#SophiefromRomania went on a good walk with Juno and Nuna but got a bit over excited when we met a group of friendly dogs

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

An extra leg to our morning walk when #sophiefromromania decided to head up towards a busy road- then she suddenly stopped as we neared the junction and said “are you mad?We’re not going there!”

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 4d

Thoughts on the importance of teaching aspiring scientists about how to communicate their science to policy makers and the wider public, prompted by @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social and @michaelkenny.bsky.socials piece on the topic in Nature occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...

Have We Had Enough of Experts? | Athene Donald's Blog

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 5d

My reflections on @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social and @michaelkenny.bsky.social 's recent article in Nature about getting science back into policy-making occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...

Have We Had Enough of Experts? | Athene Donald's Blog

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 5d

A perfect pre-Xmas Saturday

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 5d

The Prof was very late home last night after her last foreign trip of the year – when I told #sophiefromromania that she was only five or 10 minutes away she got very excited and agitated