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Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of "How To Make the World Add Up" / "The Data Detective", "Messy", and the million-selling "The Undercover Economist". Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4’s "More or Less", the iTunes-topping series "Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy", and the podcast "Cautionary Tales". Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney Opera House. He is an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford and of the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.

Books by Tim Harford

The Measure of Everything

Bestselling, prize-winning author, podcast host and FT columnist Tim Harford reveals the incredible story of how counting has shaped our past and future, for fans of Yuval Harari, Ed Conway, Adam Grant and Tim Marshall.

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Simon Evans Goes to Market: The Complete Series 1-5

How do you make economics funny? How do you put the comedy in commodity? Simon Evans has the answer

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