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Tim Harford
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 51 |
Date of birth | September 27,1973 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Kent |
United Kingdom | |
Employers | BBC |
Financial Times | |
International Finance Corporation | |
Official site | timharford.com |
Awards | Bastiat Prize |
Alma mater | Brasenose College |
Books | The Undercover Economist |
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy | |
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics | |
The Logic of Life | |
Movies/Shows | Trust Me I'm an Economist |
FASTER! | |
Nationality | British |
English | |
Education | University of Oxford |
Brasenose College | |
Aylesbury Grammar School | |
Employ | BBC; Financial Times; International Finance Corporation |
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ID | 409409 |
Tim Harford Life story
Timothy Douglas Harford OBE is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford. Harford is the author of four economics books and writes his long-running Financial Times column, "The Undercover Economist", syndicated in Slate magazine, which explores the economic ideas behind everyday experiences.
Eurovision 2023: The man who made a living betting his house on a song
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...By Tim HarfordCautionary TalesAre you tempted to bet on the outcome of Eurovision? One man made a living out of taking such gambles, betting his home as collateral… until the year his luck seemed to run out...
News Daily: Leaders in TV showdown, and Mourinho is new Spurs boss
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... Why do billions of people still not have glasses? By Tim Harford, presenter, 50 Things That Made the Modern EconomyHistorically, the World Health Organization has collected data on people who have really serious problems with their vision only...
The Penny Post revolutionary who transformed how we send letters
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... You and I might agree that if you sent me an envelope addressed Tim Harford , that would signify you were well, but that if you addressed it Mr T Harford , I would understand you needed help...