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Tim Harford is economics leader writer for the Financial Times and writes the “Undercover Economist” columns on Saturdays. He first joined the FT as Peter Martin Fellow in 2003 and after a spell at the World Bank in Washington DC he rejoined the FT’s leader writing team in 2006.
Tim’s book, The Undercover Economist, is a Business Week bestseller and a Sunday Times bestseller, and was number one on Amazon.co.uk. It has been translated into sixteen languages. He is now working on a sequel.
Tim is also the presenter of the BBC2 series, Trust Me, I’m an Economist. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
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How do you strip down the state?
Government cuts are shrinking the state, but gauging its size in the first place is hardly straightforward, writes Tim Harford
Nudge, nudge. Think, think. Say no more ...
David Cameron’s Nudge unit is back in the news ... and could be pushing in the right direction, writes Tim Harford
Five steps to an organised inbox
Tim Harford hands out tips on the important practical task of getting your email under control
Everyone’s a critic now – or are they?
A substandard romantic novel is trivial, whereas a ruined weekend tryst in Paris is a minor tragedy, writes Tim Harford
The tricky business of measuring growth
Two experts offer a new approach to weighing economic strength, posing many good questions about the practice, writes Tim Harford
No growth, but the LSE is looking for it
Today’s crisis is arguably graver than the situation in the 1930s. Given another year of this kind of growth it will be inarguably worse, writes Tim Harford
Why have house prices stayed so high?
The reluctance for prices to slump may have as much to do with psychology as with conventional economics, writes Tim Harford
Are you saying John Lewis isn’t perfect?
In the trade-off between providing incentives and exposing workers to risks, shares and share options don’t provide a happy medium, writes Tim Harford
Can the minimum wage create jobs?
If one cannot produce enough of value to justify being paid a living wage, nothing we do to the minimum wage will help, writes Tim Harford
The unlikely boons of longer train journeys
A saving of 40 minutes on a journey from London to Birmingham – is HS2 really worth it? Tim Harford examines the implications
