Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist
Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, “Messy”, and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”. Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”, the iTunes-topping series “Fifty Things That Made ...
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Oct 31, 2024 · Cautionary Tales – The Poet who Toppled the British Empire. by Tim Harford | Oct 11, 2024 | Cautionary Tales. India, 1930. Sarojini Naidu is marching towards a British-controlled saltwork; behind her is a long column of protestors all dressed in white. The great campaigner for India’s Independence, Gandhi, is now in jail.
Biography - Tim Harford
Brief biography. Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “How To Make the World Add Up” / “The Data Detective”, “Messy”, and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”. Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”, the iTunes-topping series ...
Podcasts - Tim Harford
Tim Harford (Financial Times, BBC, author of “The Data Detective”) brings you stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos. They'll delight you, scare you, but also make you wiser. New episodes every other Friday. The Edinburgh Body Snatchers: Murder at …
Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
Mozart and Haydn were composing string quartets a quarter of a millennium ago, when the industrial revolution was in its infancy. Since then, the scale of the world economy has increased at least a hundredfold and material living standards in western Europe have grown... After a spasm of concern about the role of misinformation in fuelling ...
The Next Fifty Things - Tim Harford
“Endlessly insightful and full of surprises — exactly what you would expect from Tim Harford.” Bill Bryson. In Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, I presented a selection of fifty radical inventions that changed the world. Now, in this new book, The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, I’m back with another array of remarkable, memorable, curious …
The Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
A totally delightful book that educates as well as entertains. The Undercover Economist is a rare specimen: a book on economics that will enthrall its readers. Beautifully written and argued, it brings the power of economics to life. This book should be required reading for every elected official, business leader, and university student.
It’s the uncertainty, not the delay, that gets you in the end
Sep 22, 2022 · It’s the uncertainty, not the delay, that gets you in the end. I first began to conceive of this column three and a half hours before typing these words, as I stood with my wife and children in an impossibly long queue for the Eurostar, snaking across Gare du Nord in 35C heat. The problem was not the delay, but the discomfort, the anxiety and ...
Back to school - Tim Harford
Sep 13, 2021 · I hope you’ve had a wonderful summer – or winter, if you’re reading this in the southern hemisphere, or in early 2022. I’ve held off posting lots of August updates but now I’m back, and with a lovely little review of The Next Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy (Amazon, Bookshop) from the Daily Mail. “Tim Harford is an economist and broadcaster with a gift for making his ...
Archives - Tim Harford
Dec 23, 2021 · Year: 2021 How to make New Year’s Resolutions that you will keep. by Tim Harford | Dec 29, 2021 | Marginalia. As David Epstein @DavidEpstein recently pointed out in his newsletter, Range Widely, the first of January is a great time to make resolutions.