Tim Harford
Author & Presenter of Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy; Undercover Economist at the FT; presenter of BBC More or Less. Views my own, of course.
Writer2 stories / week
Alan Krueger, a ‘master-economist’ for our age, bows out
Economics was dominated by theory until pioneering research created a role for evidence
Skew dice - d6
These 6 sided dice aren't regular cubes. The're oddly wonky. But amazingly they are totally fair. That's because they are isohedral, meaning every face can be mapped onto every other face through a…
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean the algorithms aren’t out to get…
If you do not like the price you’re being offered when you shop, do not take it personally: many of the prices we see online are being set by algorithms that respond to demand and may also try to g…
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy: Tim Harford: 9780735216143: Amazon.com: Books
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy: Tim Harford: 9780735216143: Amazon.com: Books
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy [Tim Harford] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <b>NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 by BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK, THE FINANCIAL TIMES</i>, AND AMAZON A lively history seen through the fifty inventions that shaped it most profoundly
Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy: Amazon.co.uk: Tim Harford: 9780349142630: Books
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A Look On the Lighter Side: Sparks of joy? Or sparking creativity?…
I was beginning to panic. I had been neatening papers since noon of the day before, and both I and my home were looking, if anything, even more disorganized and disheveled than when I’d begun. My in…
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
The Confidence Game
“Konnikova… is an insightful analyst of the dark art of the scam.” —New York Times Book Review “An unnerving manual for conning and getting conned.” —Washington Post“[An] excellent study of Con…
Superstar companies lose their lustre
The contribution of big groups to US productivity has fallen by 40 per cent since 2000
Is life a bet, or an experiment?
Since the official Brexit policy of the UK government now seems to be “accidents happen”, it is a nourishing age for those who dine on uncertainty. Most of us, however, started feeling queasy long …
Talk
Hello Following on from [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47564793 this week’s ongoing events in Parliament]], we thought it would be interes
Gender bias in data affect health and wealth
There are gaps in the way we gather statistics that have far-reaching effects
Why inflation is good for us
Not long ago, I wrote a column in defence of central banks. Some readers were quick to disagree. Central banks had failed to maintain “the real value of our fiat currencies”, wrote one, urging me t…
After Brexit, Britain will be a rule-taker
The salutary parable of the noisy lawnmower and the chlorine-washed chicken
Lack of data is an issue of global injustice
“If every life counts, we should count every life,” says Claire Melamed. And yet, there are countless (literally!) unregistered people and small communities,...
Some fabulous books about numbers
I had a treat over Christmas avoiding Twitter and reading pre-releases of books about maths. The joys! Two particular pearls are about to be released. The Art of Statistics (US) (UK) by Sir David S…