https://antidismal.blogspot.com/2011/06/tim-harford-video.html
Anti-Dismal: Tim Harford video
This is edited highlights from a RSA Event video: "Why success always starts with failure". It is Tim Harford discussing some of the ideas b...
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https://timharford.com/data-detective/
data-detective | Tim Harford
Nov 16, 2020 - The Undercover Economist
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https://www.worklearning.com/2025/05/27/book-the-data-detective-by-tim-harford/
Book: The Data Detective by Tim Harford » Work-Learning Research
May 27, 2025 - The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford In The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics, Tim Harford...
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https://timharford.com/2022/03/how-to-make-resolutions-stick/
How to make resolutions stick | Tim Harford
Feb 18, 2022 - How are those New Year’s resolutions going? If you’re persisting, good for you. Many people do not. I began musing on this problem in December when the writer...
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https://timharford.com/2007/12/in-favour-of-queue-jumping/
In Praise of Queue Jumping | Tim Harford
Dec 22, 2007 - Dear Economist, My time waiting in a bank queue is vastly longer than standing in a supermarket one. How can I reduce my queuing time? Ken Dear Ken, On a...
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https://timharford.com/2010/01/why-us-banks-and-taxpayers-owe-big-thanks-to-hank/
Why US banks and taxpayers owe big thanks to Hank | Tim Harford
Jan 23, 2010 - On October 13 2008 – a public holiday in the US – the Treasury Secretary of the day, Henry “Hank” Paulson, summoned bank bosses to a meeting and made them an...
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https://timharford.com/2013/05/proof-that-leaders-need-to-look-the-part/
Proof that leaders need to look the part | Tim Harford
May 11, 2013 - We expect successful people to be attractive, writes Tim Harford ‘Governor Chris Christie, who once famously called himself “the healthiest fat guy you’ve ever...
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https://timharford.com/2026/09/the-big-power-of-small-annoyances/
The Big Power of Small Annoyances | Tim Harford
Aug 5, 2026 - In a small black box, in a cupboard just out of reach of my desk, I keep one of my few treasured possessions: a set of Oblique Strategies cards, signed by...
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https://timharford.com/2007/07/criminal-interest/
Criminal interest | Tim Harford
Jul 7, 2007 - Even I do not get terribly excited by the typical economics paper (a recent example picked at random: “Consumption and Labour Supply with Partial Insurance: An...
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https://timharford.com/2010/08/calculators-away-lifes-big-choices-call-for-gut-instinct/
Calculators away … life’s big choices call for gut instinct | Tim Harford
Aug 13, 2010 - Life presents us with some very large decisions: where to live, whom to marry, whether to have children. Is there any reason to believe that we make these...
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https://ideas.ted.com/author/tim-harford/
Tim Harford |
Tim Harford is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “Messy” and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”, a senior columnist at the...
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https://timharford.com/2023/08/the-inconvenient-truth-about-productivity/
The inconvenient truth about productivity | Tim Harford
Aug 4, 2023 - I didn’t ask to become a personal productivity guru, but somehow my colleagues keep volunteering me for the role — most recently for Isabel Berwick’s Working...
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https://timharford.com/2009/06/why-weather-forecasts-can-affect-your-prosperity/
Why weather forecasts can affect your prosperity | Tim Harford
Jun 27, 2009 - Spare a thought for the weather forecasters. Taken for granted when they get it right, they are invariably whipping boys when they get things wrong – despite a...
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https://timharford.com/2008/10/where-economics-meets-neuroscience/
Where economics meets neuroscience | Tim Harford
Oct 28, 2008 - From BBC Online. Is a stock market bubble a medical condition? You might well have thought so, had you taken a walk around a trading floor and looked at the...
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https://timharford.com/2016/01/the-price-of-being-female/
The price of being female | Tim Harford
Jan 19, 2016 - ‘Gender-based mark-ups may not be an economy-wide phenomenon. But they seem to exist for certain products’ Does a dollar in my pocket buy more than a dollar in...
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https://timharford.com/2016/04/what-ive-been-reading-in-march/
What I’ve been reading in March | Tim Harford
Apr 4, 2016 - Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis - a remarkable short novel about a mysterious uncle who tries to solve a great mathematical...
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https://timharford.com/2021/12/the-books-you-need-for-your-2022-new-years-resolutions/
The books you need for your 2022 New Year’s Resolutions | Tim Harford
Dec 27, 2021 - The self-help genre gets a bad press, and not without reason, but there are a few self-help books that I’ve read, enjoyed, and felt wiser as a result. The Tao...
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https://timharford.com/2016/06/the-dubious-power-of-power-poses/
The dubious power of power poses | Tim Harford
Jun 14, 2016 - ‘Many notable results in psychology are now being questioned because later research has reached different conclusions’ Imagine that a group of researchers set...
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https://timharford.com/2011/03/revolutionary-roads/
Revolutionary roads | Tim Harford
Mar 5, 2011 - In 1381, a tax collector arrived at the Essex village of Fobbing to collect the third oppressive poll tax in four years. The villagers threw him out. Soldiers...
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https://timharford.com/2007/08/price-fighters/
Price fighters | Tim Harford
Aug 25, 2007 - What is the perfect rate of inflation? It is the kind of odd question that economists like to ask each other for fun, but which central bankers have to decide...
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https://timharford.com/2020/06/book-of-the-week-24-dark-data-by-david-hand/
Book of the Week 24 – Dark Data by David Hand | Tim Harford
Nov 21, 2020 - Visit the post for more.
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https://timharford.com/2012/03/is-it-okay-to-lie-in-the-service-of-a-greater-truth/
Is it okay to lie in the service of a greater truth? | Tim Harford
Mar 19, 2012 - I'm just catching up with this quite remarkable episode of one of my favourite shows, This American Life. Quick background. The "monologist" Mike Daisey has...
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Tim Harford Archives - Shanghai Noir
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https://timharford.com/2021/05/cautionary-tales-fritterin-away-genius/
Cautionary Tales – Fritterin’ Away Genius | Tim Harford
May 24, 2022 - Claude Shannon was brilliant. He was the Einstein of computer science... only he loved "fritterin' away" his time building machines to play chess, solve...
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https://timharford.com/2009/08/should-my-wife-use-positive-incentives/
Should my wife use ‘positive incentives’? | Tim Harford
Aug 1, 2009 - Dear Economist, Now that we have completed our family, my wife wants me to have a vasectomy, strongly hinting that she will withdraw all sexual favours unless...
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https://www.drugstory.co/p/on-patent-medicines-with-tim-harford
On patent medicines (with Tim Harford) - by Thomas Goetz
Mar 17, 2026 - A special episode of Tim Harford's Cautionary Tales podcast
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https://timharford.com/2005/12/the-political-philosophy-of-getting-on-the-bus/
The political philosophy of getting on the bus | Tim Harford
Dec 3, 2005 - Dear Economist, Recently I was waiting, baby in pushchair, for the bus. The driver refused to let me on unless the pushchair was folded up, then sped on...
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https://timharford.com/2009/12/business-life-gift-cards/
Business Life: Gift Cards | Tim Harford
Dec 1, 2009 - This Christmas, will you buy your loved ones presents that they may not like? Or will you slip them some cash instead? Neither option has much appeal. A gift...
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https://timharford.com/2013/04/microjobs-have-a-massive-potential/comment-page-1/
Microjobs have a massive potential | Tim Harford
Apr 13, 2013 - A new company aims to pair the least-skilled and most excluded workers with jobs that need doing on a more industrial scale The internet has a wonderful habit...
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https://timharford.com/2012/11/banking-goes-nuclear/
Banking goes Nuclear | Tim Harford
Nov 9, 2012 - Download my contribution to Wired's "World in 2013" - absolutely free! (PDF, 2 pages - posted with permission.)
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https://timharford.com/2014/02/why-opposites-shouldnt-attract/
Why opposites shouldn’t attract | Tim Harford
Feb 13, 2014 - ‘While it may be natural and familiar, assortative mating also breeds inequality’ Those of you out courting next Friday, do enjoy yourselves – but with a...
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https://timharford.com/2017/08/fantasy-gaming-can-be-better-than-reality/
Fantasy gaming can be better than reality | Tim Harford
Aug 4, 2017 - "The only thing that can make me happy is computer games!" So declares my five-year-old son, tears streaming down his cheeks, with a vehement desperation that...
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Tim Harford – Jose Sande
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https://timharford.com/2007/02/pretty-vacancies-undercover-economist/
Pretty vacancies – Undercover Economist | Tim Harford
Feb 24, 2007 - Senator Joe Biden did himself no favours when he “praised” his fellow presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, as “the first mainstream African-American who is...
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https://timharford.com/2008/11/the-stock-market-generation-game-and-how-to-win-it/
The stock-market generation game and how to win it | Tim Harford
Nov 8, 2008 - Here are the chief investment lessons of the financial crisis for today’s young people: they should be buying more shares and running up debts to do so. I’m...
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https://timharford.com/2008/09/how-can-i-make-my-children-behave/
How can I make my children behave? | Tim Harford
Sep 20, 2008 - Disciplining children seems simple enough. Reward them when they do well and punish them when they misbehave. They should respond to incentives, right? Am I...
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https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/
Cautionary Tales | Tim Harford
My podcast, telling true stories about mistakes and what we should learn from them.
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https://drdouggreen.com/2013/adapt-why-success-always-starts-with-failure-by-tim-harford/
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford - Dr. Doug Green Dr. Doug Green
Dec 25, 2013 - Resources for Parents, Teachers and Administrators by Retired educator Dr Doug Green. Book Reviews and Links to educational resources about Technology, Ai,...
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https://timharford.com/2017/06/undercover-monday-3/
Undercover Monday 3 | Tim Harford
Jun 5, 2017 - Books of the week I read Elie Wiesel's Night - his account of surviving Auschwitz. It's a simple and powerful book, almost unbearable. I picked it up in a...
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https://timharford.com/2010/11/a-case-for-consultants/
A case for consultants? | Tim Harford
Nov 13, 2010 - Management consultants don’t have the most stellar reputation for offering value for money – although, truth be told, the infamy of investment bankers has long...
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https://timharford.com/2020/12/what-ive-been-reading-a-passionate-statistican-and-a-deep-worker/
What I’ve been reading: a passionate statistican, and a deep worker | Tim Harford
Dec 6, 2020 - Florence Nightingale, by Mark Bostridge. I don’t read many biographies and perhaps I should read more, if this is anything to go by. I have been particularly...
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https://timharford.com/2018/05/statistics-fast-and-slow/
Statistics, Fast and Slow | Tim Harford
May 11, 2018 - Written for and first published in the Financial Times on 13 April 2018. One way to understand China is to look at the statistics. Real income per person has...
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https://nemphosbraue.com/team/tim-braue-elected-to-harford-county-public-library-foundation/
Tim Braue Elected to Harford County Public Library Foundation - Nemphos Braue
Tim Braue of Nemphos Braue LLC joins Harford Library Foundation Board, lending his corporate law skills to aid the community
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https://timharford.com/2006/05/market-trade-offs/
Market trade-offs | Tim Harford
May 13, 2006 - The Undercover Economist - FT Magazine, 13 MayMy wife and I have become hooked on the national addiction: pressing our noses against the windows of estate...
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