Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist
Tim Harford, “the Undercover Economist”, is a Financial Times columnist, BBC broadcaster, and the author of eight books (most recently “The Next Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”) and the podcast “Cautionary Tales”.
Biography - Tim Harford
Tim Harford is an economist, journalist and broadcaster who writes for the Financial Times and presents BBC shows. He has authored ten books, including "The Undercover Economist" and "The Data Detective", and won several awards for his journalism and podcasts.
Where to find me these days - Tim Harford
Nov 27, 2024 · The simplest and most reliable way to see everything I create is here on this blog, via RSS or email. (I don’t share your email or use it for any other purpose.) Try it! FT Subscribers If you have an FT subscription then you may already know that you can click “Add to my FT” on my FT page and ...
My epic, 40-year Dungeons & Dragons odyssey | Tim Harford
4 days ago · Editor’s note: This story is presented in a choose-your-own-path style. If you happen to have a D20 on hand, feel free to roll for your choices. In 1984, when I was 11 years old, a friend told me about something new, something exciting. He urged me to try it. …
Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
In 1979, Archie Cochrane published an essay chastising (not for the first time) his fellow doctors. “It is surely a great criticism of our profession,” he wrote, “that we have not organised a critical summary, by speciality or subspeciality, adapted periodically, of ...
It’s the uncertainty, not the delay, that gets you in the end
Sep 22, 2022 · 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.
Messy - Tim Harford
Messy is a book that celebrates the benefits of disorder, confusion, and disarray for creativity, responsiveness, and resilience. It uses research and stories from various fields and domains to show how messiness can produce new ideas and opportunities.
Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy - Tim Harford
Visit the post for more. “Packed with fascinating detail… Harford has an engagingly wry style and his book is a superb introduction to some of the most vital products of human ingenuity.”
The Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
A book by Tim Harford that explains the fundamentals of the modern economy with examples from around the world. Read what critics and experts say about this lively and insightful introduction to economics.
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 …