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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:25 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 01:39:35 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/arts/columnists/timharford http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/life-arts/undercover-economist http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d722a00-c232-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct To some, small coins are the foundation of great fortunes; to others, they are what is found down the back of the sofa Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d722a00-c232-11e2-8992-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 0d722a00-c232-11e2-8992-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb4d269c-c282-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Data visualisation, which creates powerful images from complex information, is designed to persuade but can also be potentially deceptive Fri, 24 May 2013 17:33:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cb4d269c-c282-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct cb4d269c-c282-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53124280-bd77-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Auctions seem a fine way of assessing a market in terms of willingness to pay but there always seems to be a higher bidder Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/53124280-bd77-11e2-890a-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 53124280-bd77-11e2-890a-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7b0c3676-bcfd-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Two economists have been collecting data to assess whether online friends are good for the soul. The quick answer: not really. Fri, 17 May 2013 17:43:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7b0c3676-bcfd-11e2-b344-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7b0c3676-bcfd-11e2-b344-00144feab7de http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/69a96688-b776-11e2-841e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Many observers have come to the conclusion that patents are not helping innovation, but strangling it Fri, 10 May 2013 18:17:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/69a96688-b776-11e2-841e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 69a96688-b776-11e2-841e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d313c038-b89c-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Although consciously we try not to judge people by appearance, subconsciously we expect successful people to be attractive, says Tim Harford Fri, 10 May 2013 18:07:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d313c038-b89c-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct d313c038-b89c-11e2-869f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/51e29f8c-b1eb-11e2-9315-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct New research shows with horrible clarity what a wretched trap long-term unemployment is becoming Fri, 03 May 2013 17:48:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/51e29f8c-b1eb-11e2-9315-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 51e29f8c-b1eb-11e2-9315-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/604cd6b0-b258-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The human cost of a European embargo on the Asian country would be far higher than that of the Rana Plaza factory collapse Fri, 03 May 2013 17:28:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/604cd6b0-b258-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 604cd6b0-b258-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/276a591a-acdd-11e2-9454-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The minister responsible for the arts probably means well but has cooked up a strategy in which cake can rescue a crumbling economy, writes Tim Harford Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:19:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/276a591a-acdd-11e2-9454-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 276a591a-acdd-11e2-9454-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2610c528-ac7d-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Teachers are better placed than anybody to generate new research questions, writes Tim Harford Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:19:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2610c528-ac7d-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2610c528-ac7d-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b61d2af6-a775-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct We could scrap planning permission, but I suspect most people believe the island is too crowded to return to pure libertarianism, writes Tim Harford Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:33:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b61d2af6-a775-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b61d2af6-a775-11e2-9fbe-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ee315aa4-a6fb-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Simple, pragmatic research is a sensible thing for a regulator to be doing – the cost of such experiments is tiny relative to potential gains, writes Tim Harford Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:55:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ee315aa4-a6fb-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ee315aa4-a6fb-11e2-885b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1da415d6-a177-11e2-bae1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A new company aims to pair the least-skilled and most excluded workers with jobs that need doing on a more industrial scale, writes Tim Harford Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:10:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1da415d6-a177-11e2-bae1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1da415d6-a177-11e2-bae1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1982ae9e-a2a9-11e2-9b70-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If we just automatically put people on the donor register, we’d presumably see more transplants and more lives transformed, writes Tim Harford Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:33:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1982ae9e-a2a9-11e2-9b70-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1982ae9e-a2a9-11e2-9b70-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ebffbd5c-9bfc-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Should we feel queasy about the growth of abstract, deeply technical thinking in finance? By Tim Harford Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:26:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ebffbd5c-9bfc-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ebffbd5c-9bfc-11e2-8485-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50451a72-9d43-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Bitcoin bubble, the result of a recent buying frenzy, is a modern tulip mania but without the benefit of pretty flowers, writes Chris Cook Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:17:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50451a72-9d43-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 50451a72-9d43-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/514d712c-967b-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The British educational establishment should ignore online open courses at its peril, writes Tim Harford Fri, 29 Mar 2013 18:22:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/514d712c-967b-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 514d712c-967b-11e2-9ab2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be53220a-9223-11e2-a6f4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Osborne has hurled himself down the slippery slope of budgetary chicanery in his efforts to ‘level with the people’, writes Tim Harford Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:49:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be53220a-9223-11e2-a6f4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct be53220a-9223-11e2-a6f4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/89772b46-91bd-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The core case against the science is uncertainty about its consequences, but it would likewise be irresponsible to turn our backs on it, writes Tim Harford Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:15:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/89772b46-91bd-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 89772b46-91bd-11e2-b4c9-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01c5df90-90bd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The chancellor could start by scrapping national insurance entirely and raising the lost revenue through income tax, writes Tim Harford Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:32:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01c5df90-90bd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Farts_columnists_timharford%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 01c5df90-90bd-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0