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”.

One line biography Tim Harford, “the Undercover Economist”, is a Financial Times columnist, BBC broadcaster, and the author of ten books (most recently "The Truth Detective") and the podcast “Cautionary Tales”. Brief biography Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of "How To Make the World Add Up" / "The Data Detective",…

Visit the post for more. When faced with complex problems, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a grand vision, experts to draw up a detailed plan of action, or gurus who can provide us with some infallible solution.

2022年9月22日 · 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 the uncertainty.…

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.”

2022年12月1日 · Quitting is underrated. by Tim Harford | Dec 22, 2022 | Undercover Economist “I am a fighter and not a quitter,” said Liz Truss, the day before quitting. She was echoing the words of Peter Mandelson MP over two decades ago, although Mandelson had the good sense to speak after winning a political fight rather than while losing one.

“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 …

2025年1月31日 · Cautionary Tales – Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point. by Tim Harford | Feb 11, 2025 | Cautionary Tales. This episode is released exclusively on Pushkin+. Episodes are released on the main feed each Friday.

Cautionary Tales Brilliant" - The Guardian We’ve always warned children by telling them unsettling fairy tales. But my Cautionary Tales are for the education of the grown ups. And my Cautionary Tales are all true. Cautionary Tales is my new podcast from Pushkin Industries, makers of Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History, Michael Lewis's Against The Rules, and Laurie Santos's Happiness…

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