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Book Launch: The measure of progress - counting what really matters
Professor Dame Diane Coyle in conversation with Gillian Tett
Tuesday 29 April 2025 (6pm-7:30pm) Waterstones, Cambridge
Join renowned economist Diane Coyle (Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge) for the launch of her latest book, The Measure of Progress, which explores how outdated economic metrics are distorting our understanding of today’s digital economy. She will be in conversation with Gillian Tett (Provost of King’s College, Cambridge). Book signing to follow.
Why do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today’s economy? The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. In The Measure of Progress, Diane Coyle argues that the framework underpinning today’s economic statistics is so outdated that it functions as a distorting lens, or even a set of blinkers. When policy makers rely on such an antiquated conceptual tool, how can they measure, understand, and respond with any precision to what is happening in today’s digital economy? Professor Coyle makes the case for a new framework, one that takes into consideration current economic realities.
For more information and to book your ticket, please visit the Waterstone's website.
Professor Dame Diane Coyle
Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge