Cogs and Monsters
What Economics Is, and What It Should Be
$33.16
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2023
Summary
Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionising both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and Monsters, Diane Coyle explores the enormous problems — but also opportunities — facing economics today if it is to respond effectively to these dizzying changes and help policymakers solve the world’s crises, from pandemic recovery and inequality to slow growth and the climate emergency.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691231044 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691231044 |
| Author: | Diane Coyle |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards”
“Financial Times Best Economics Book of the Year 2021”
“A CapX Book of the Year”
“Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards”
“Eloquent… . Thought-provoking.”—Felix Martin, Financial Times
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Coyle’s contribution is valuable. The book reads like a timely intervention delivered by a perceptive friend, in the kindest tone they can muster. Economists would do well to listen.
”—James Plunkett, Prospect”[Coyle] is extremely wise, and the best friend economics could have—one willing to offer some serious tough love.”—Tim Harford, timharford.com
“Full of illuminating anecdotes about the gap between theory and practice.”—Simon Torracinta, Boston Review
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An inspiring read for those developing, using or seeking to understand economics in a rapidly changing world.
”—Dr Anna Valero, London School of Economics BlogDiane Coyle
Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Her books include GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History, The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters, and The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters (all Princeton). She lives in London.
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