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Diane Coyle

Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, is the author of “Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be” (Princeton University Press, 2021) and “The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters” (Princeton University Press, 2025).

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AI will transform business as well as jobs

Many people fear that artificial intelligence could cause a “job-pocalypse.” This year’s Davos gathering sounded the alarm over the technology’s implications for employment, while recent announcements about job cuts in white-collar industries are widely viewed as straws in the wind.

February 19, 2026