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Institutional redesign in order for economic change
News, Diane Coyle, Published on 30/12/2025
» The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded both this year and last year to scholars who, in different ways, emphasised the importance of institutions to economic growth.
Help arrives as Nan floods stir panic
News, Published on 02/08/2025
» Diane Francheska Ruiz knew something was wrong. Warnings blared in Thai through the streets in Nan's Muang district throughout the day on July 23, but she didn't understand them.
Reform needs more than just a chainsaw
News, Diane Coyle, Published on 10/03/2025
» Billionaire and Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) czar Elon Musk and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer could not be more different. But they share a stated common goal: cutting red tape and reducing the burden of government on businesses.
Tackling populism at its roots
News, Diane Coyle, Published on 10/01/2024
» As Western democracies become increasingly polarised, rural and small-town voters are regularly pitted against their counterparts in larger urban centres. While this is not a new phenomenon -- and certainly not the only factor affecting voting patterns -- the rural-urban divide is a significant driver of today's culture wars. This dynamic, which economist Andres Rodriguez-Pose evocatively described as the "revenge of the places that don't matter", suggests that the ongoing populist surge largely reflects geographic disparities.
An unlikely solution
News, Postbag, Published on 25/12/2022
» Re: "Redressing Lipe's wrongs," (Editorial, Dec 21).
Profiting from vice
News, Postbag, Published on 21/12/2022
» Re: "Rich couple arrested for operating gambling, pornography websites" (BP, 16 Dec).
So we're paying for THAI?
News, Postbag, Published on 27/11/2022
» Re: "THAI to borrow less amid recovery," (BP, Nov 24).
GDP's headline appeal on the wane
News, Diane Coyle, Published on 20/12/2021
» How should we measure economic success? Criticism of conventional indicators, particularly gross domestic product, has abounded for years, if not decades. Environmentalists have long pointed out that GDP omits the depletion of natural assets, as well as negative externalities such as global warming. And its failure to capture unpaid but undoubtedly valuable work in the home is another glaring omission. But better alternatives may soon be at hand.