Diane Coyle
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Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
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Emma Harding
about 7 hours ago
âSnow was general all over Ireland...â Itâs the perfect day to curl up with some Smyrna figs & one of the great short stories -
#JamesJoyceâs
The Dead from
#Dubliners
- set at a party for the Feast of
#Epiphany
Read by Jonathan Forbes for @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Dead
Epiphanies at a Twelfth Night party in Dublin. By James Joyce. Read by Jonathan Forbes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026mzc
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Glen O'Hara
about 6 hours ago
Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.
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Francesc Trillas Jané
about 4 hours ago
Things are changing in the relationship between politics and "technocrats". In my blog in English, "Real Progress," I argue that a new balance is necessary.
@dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
realprogressinenglish.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-ne...
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A New Balance Between Technocracy and Progressive Politics
As the historian Timothy Snyder has argued, post-truth is pre-fascism . It follows that resisting neo-fascism requires a commitment to truth...
https://realprogressinenglish.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-new-balance-between-technocracy-and.html
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Oh my, snow in suburbia:
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I enjoyed this conversation with Oles Andriychuk - & there's a nice view of my office:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=doxv...
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Prof. Diane Coyle: Furman Review 'Unlocking Digital Competition': Five Years Down the Road: UK & EU
YouTube video by Digital Markets Research Hub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doxvaCyvOEg
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Competition policy is how to make sure industrial policy succeeds
www.ft.com/content/2c9c...
Showdown in Brussels over competition policy is nearing
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Showdown in Brussels over competition policy is nearing
The EUâs rewrite of merger guidelines has become a battleground for how much leeway companies should have on M&A
https://www.ft.com/content/2c9cc8e3-0662-4acb-b33e-4769e6a7f8ff?shareType=nongift
about 7 hours ago
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Rory Cellan-Jones
about 20 hours ago
There are plenty of queues to be stood in at
#CES2026
but this is the longest- itâs journalists waiting for a free sandwich lunch
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Rory Cellan-Jones
about 19 hours ago
My first report from
#CES2026
- if the preview show is anything to go by expect lots of health tech but few products that are clinically proven
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...
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One of us is working hard on a book draft, the other (#sophiefromromania) not so much
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Economics Observatory
1 day ago
TODAY on the Economics Observatory â Why did Venezuelaâs economy collapse? Revisiting Frank Muciâs 2024 analysis.
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social
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Why did Venezuelaâs economy collapse? - Economics Observatory
The Venezuelan economy has suffered from decades of disastrous economic policies â and more recently, from economic sanctions. The country has seen the largest ever decline in living standardsâŠ
https://buff.ly/8pOh8lQ
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Charlie Beckett
1 day ago
And over to you
@ofcom.bsky.social
We have the regulatory tools. You would not tolerate this with any other medium, why not act now? Shut it down. Imagine if any other company did this, their owner would be in court/jail
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Tony Tassell
1 day ago
Just a few more days left to apply for the Paul McLean graduate trainee programme at the FT. This is an amazing opportunity for any aspiring journalist
job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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Paul McClean Graduate Trainee
London
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes33/jobs/4718439101
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ESCoE
1 day ago
Read about ESCoE work on public service productivity, in collaboration with the UK Office for National Statistics,
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
,
@rug.nl
& Birkbeck, University of London:
tinyurl.com/ym97ybnc
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Martin Stanley
2 days ago
A random question led me to a fascinating story involving currency trading, an inquiry into civil service integrity, some high quality writing, a very annoyed wife, and the Katyn massacre. You can read it here:
ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/what-links...
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What links âa model of good Englishâ, Civil Service Integrity and the Katyn Massacre?
It all started with an email that asked me whether I could provide a copy of the report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Francs case. This had apparently been praised by Sir Ernest Gowers[1] as âa...
https://ukcivilservant.substack.com/p/what-links-a-model-of-good-english
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As
@rorycj.bsky.social
is away (Vegas,baby)
#sophiefromromania
and I had an icy walk walk and a nice (but not big) breakfast
2 days ago
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Michael Clemens
3 days ago
This online, PhD-level course in the economics of innovation is a huge opportunity. Taught by some of the world's top scholars on this:
@heidiwilliams.bsky.social
, Chad Jones, Azoulay, van Reenen, many others! Co-sponsor
@ifp.bsky.social
If you're admitted, it's free. Applications due January 9th!
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Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Online PhD Short Course | Institute for Progress
https://ifp.org/economics-of-ideas/
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Coincidentally Iâm reading Philippe Sandsâ 38 Londres Street so Iâm feeling unexpectedly well informed about the legal immunity of serving heads of state. And ex-heads of state for that matter. (Itâs an excellent book.)
3 days ago
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Rachel Coldicutt
4 days ago
In case youâre feeling a bit tasty, recruitment is open for the new Chair of Ofcom
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8842
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Appointment details â Ofcom - Chair â Apply for a public appointment â GOV.UK
https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8842
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Thomas Aubrey
4 days ago
Richard is absolutely spot on. Sadly this is still not the norm in the UK. đ
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I've had two outstanding public service experiences this hols: a new passport within 2 days of application & a prescription ready to pick up within 2 hours of request. Time saved is a key (unmeasured) productivity metric: digital tech makes a huge difference when implemented well.
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Rory Cellan-Jones
4 days ago
Be careful out there - rain has fallen on icy pavements making them treacherous. Even
#sophiefromromania
did some involuntary skating
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Oh I loved this book. Also - anything by Kaushik Basu is a must-read
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5 days ago
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Rory Cellan-Jones
5 days ago
Happy New Year everyone!
#SophiefromRomania
wants to know why nobody is up on this lovely morning
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rocking her new pink harness this morning
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Rory Cellan-Jones
6 days ago
Hurrah - the new safe harness for
#sophiefromromania
has arrived. Not sure how impressed she is but weâll feel more relaxed on walks
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Confidently Paranoid
7 days ago
Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s:
www.rigb.org/christmas-le...
I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!
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Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch-royal-institution-christmas-lectures-archive
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Erica Groshen
7 days ago
12/30/25: New info from
#BLS
on impact of
#shutdown
on
#CPI
data, including: How were Nov. indexes calculated? Why BLS chose carry-forward imputation? How missing Oct data will impact April 2026 rent & OER indexes? Statistical weighting changes made in 11/25?
www.bls.gov/cpi/addition...
#econsky
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Kate Barker
7 days ago
Dan Corry also
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Many congratulations to the economists in the New Year Honours list - I spotted Paul Mizen, Andrew Scott, Tony Travers, Nancy Hey (
@worklifeyou.bsky.social
), Jonathan Wadsworth; and a special welcome to the Damehood for Wendy Carlin of
@coreecon.bsky.social
!
7 days ago
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Rory Cellan-Jones
8 days ago
Took
#sophiefromromania
to a great new park today with pal Juno - she was mostly ok but always leaving the path in search of woods because wide open spaces scare her. So we finished with a romp off lead in our back garden
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Andy Marshall
8 days ago
The 12th-century Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral rarely steals the spotlight (thanks to that lantern tower), but itâs absolutely jaw-dropping
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The winner of the 2025 Enlightened Economist book prize (ie. my top choice among the econ and econ-adjacent books I read this past 12 months):
www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...
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And the 2025 winner is⊠| The Enlightened Economist
http://www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.php/2025/12/and-the-2025-winner-is/
8 days ago
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Is Ent dot com already taken?
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8 days ago
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Dina Pomeranz
8 days ago
Great pre-doc opportunities at
@econ.uzh.ch
in Zurich for aspiring PhD candidates from low- & middle income countries or with a refugee/asylum seeker background. Predoctoral Program Global Talent Common Application:
www.facultyhiring.oec.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...
Please share widely in your networks!
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Some tlc for Santa from
#sophiefromromania
before whatâs left of him goes away until next year
8 days ago
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Agence France-Presse
9 days ago
⫠Brigitte Bardot, actrice française légendaire, icÎne féminine des années 1960 et fervente protectrice des animaux, est décédée à l'ùge de 91 ans, a annoncé ce dimanche la Fondation Brigitte Bardot.
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Rory Cellan-Jones
9 days ago
âWhere is everybody?â the prof asked as we set off on our Sunday walk in darkness at 0730..,
#sophiefromromania
and I said nothing, just got on with it, then home for a
#bigbreakfast
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Rory Cellan-Jones
10 days ago
Was walking from the Brentford ground to the pub after our stunning victory when I came across this little fellow who seemed bemused by the crowdsâŠ
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Kate Bevan
10 days ago
You need a licence if you watch pretty much anything in the UK anyway. It's not just if you watch the BBC.
www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you...
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Well I just (eventually) rewatched Perfect Days. I love that movie.
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Itâs taken me literally 15 minutes and 3 remote controls (with
@rorycj.bsky.social
on the end of the phone trying to keep me calm and talk me down) to turn on a movie on the TV - is our setup uniquely complicated?
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The Royal Society
10 days ago
#OnThisDay
in 1831, the HMS Beagle departs on its second voyage with an unknown young naturalist aboard. The ship will eventually visit the Galapagos Islands where the scientist, Charles Darwin, will begin to formulate his theories on evolution.
#HistoryOfScience
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Ben Fenton
10 days ago
Max Hastings â> Nail â> Head
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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We must back BBC to the hilt against Trump
Assault on the broadcaster is part of wider game to discredit any news source that is not sympathetic to the president
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/bbc-donald-trump-case-broadcaster-zh5z0fc3z
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Richard Jones
10 days ago
End of year overview of posts on my blog Soft Machines. Featuring -the UK's economic stagnation -why the UK's new nuclear build programme failed -good & bad reasons for growing UK manufacturing -scenarios for the future of AI -Moore's law -university/R&D policy for hard times
softmachines.org?p=3218
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The Year in Soft Machines â Soft Machines, by Richard Jones
https://softmachines.org/?p=3218
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Don Moynihan
11 days ago
New, from me: Time for something fun - I wrote about themes and fashions of the Knives Out Universe (KOU). đ§”
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/exploring-...
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Exploring the Knives Out Universe
Are they just entertaining murder mysteries or something more?
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/exploring-the-knives-out-universe
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Oh, that they have to think about it for more than a momentâŠ
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People, AI is not better searchâŠ
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Rory Cellan-Jones
11 days ago
Solo walk with
#sophiefromromania
then home to Burford Blue boiled eggs
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Libération
12 days ago
đŠ A Londres, 10 000 renards trottent toutes les nuits dans les rues. Devenus emblĂšmes de la ville, oĂč ils font perdurer une once de vie sauvage, ces animaux suscitent autant dâattachement que dâagacement. Reportage Ă lire dans le LibĂ© des animaux :
bit.ly/4pTZnrJ
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