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SUMMARY:Professor Diane Coyle - Cogs and Monsters: economists\, experts an
 d measuring progress - Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of P
 ublic Policy at the University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Lucy Theobald
DESCRIPTION:Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Polic
 y at the University of Cambridge.  On the 20th of November she will be hol
 ding her inaugural lecture at the Department of Politics and International
  Studies (POLIS): "Cogs and Monsters: economists\, experts and measuring p
 rogress."\n\nEconomists have long offered advice as if for a clockwork uni
 verse\, and for long enough this analytical tradition has made economics h
 ighly influential in public policy. Now\, though\, their expertise is disd
 ained\, economic 'facts' become matters of opinion\, and belief in the ide
 a of economic progress appears to be fading. Ideas have a dangerous habit 
 of bringing about their own reality\; so rethinking how to define and meas
 ure prosperity\, and reflecting on the role of economics in public policy\
 , have become pressing challenges.\n\nDiane co-directs the Bennett Institu
 te with Professor Michael Kenny.  At the Insititute she leads research in 
 the fields of public policy economics\, technology\, industrial strategy a
 nd global inequality. She specialises in the economics of new technologies
  and competition policy and has held a number of public service roles. Her
  books include GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History\, The Economics of En
 ough: How to run the economy as if the future matters\, and The Soulful Sc
 ience.\n\nBook your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cogs-and-mo
 nsters-economists-experts-and-measuring-progress-tickets-49978812975
LOCATION:Alison Richard Building\,  SG1 &amp\; 2
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