On the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, renowned economist Diane Coyle speaks with La Vanguardia about how outdated statistics are leaving us 'in the dark' within a rapidly evolving digital economy.
In this interview with La Vanguardia, economist Diane Coyle argues that our current economic metrics, designed for an industrial era, are obsolete in a digital world shaped by mobile technology and data. She highlights how failing to measure “hidden” values like the attention economy or digital monopolies leads to rising inequality and poor government decision-making. Diane warns that tech giants are eroding sovereignty through data control and calls for a radical rethinking of how we define and measure prosperity. Ultimately, she stresses that understanding new geopolitical bottlenecks and digital value chains is essential to navigating today’s economic reality.
We’re all navigating the digital economy in the dark because we don’t know how to measure it.”
Read the interview: Spanish (original), English (translated)
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