Tim Harford's profile photo

Tim Harford

Oxford

Writer at Freelance

Columnist, Undercover Economist at Financial Times

Author How To Make The World Add Up (UK) / The Data Detective (US). Cautionary Tales podcast. Undercover Economist at the FT. BBC More or Less. Views my own.

Articles

  • 1 week ago | timharford.com | Tim Harford

    To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

  • 1 week ago | ft.com | Tim Harford

    Can we “nudge” our way to a higher rate of economic growth? In a recent speech, David Halpern argued that we should at least try.

  • 1 week ago | timharford.com | Tim Harford

    The quest for the elusive Giffen good has taken economists to the depths of the Irish potato famine, to the poorest parts of rural China and to the cages of lab rats at Texas A&M University. Now the Giffen good has been spotted at Disney theme parks. But what do Giffen goods really tell us about the way the world economy works? Giffen goods were first described in Alfred Marshall’s ubiquitous textbook Principles of Economics.

  • 2 weeks ago | timharford.com | Tim Harford

    Sixteen years have passed since Ferdinand De Lesseps’ catastrophic failure in Panama, and the dramatic collapse of the French Panama Canal company. Now, President Theodore Roosevelt has picked up the task. “No single great material work,” Roosevelt tells Congress, “is of such consequence to the American people.”The Americans have their work cut out. Enter chief engineer John Stevens. How does he spot a problem no-one else has noticed? And what does he do to solve it?

  • 2 weeks ago | ft.com | Tim Harford

    A good columnist is never unintentionally tedious, but this week’s effort is about obsolete telephone directories, binary counter...

Contact details

Socials & Sites

Try JournoFinder For Free

Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →

X (formerly Twitter)

Followers
195K
Tweets
5K
DMs Open
No
Tim Harford
Tim Harford @TimHarford
9 May 25

Who broke the internet? New 4 part podcast from @doctorow , sign me up at once. https://t.co/PLnoYm8OzE

Tim Harford
Tim Harford @TimHarford
9 May 25

The zero-sum mindset is no mystery: https://t.co/34JSTteiI2

Tim Harford
Tim Harford @TimHarford
9 May 25

Cautionary Tales - Lab Leak: Could Smallpox come back? https://t.co/EYwIb5Ke1o