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Economist Tim Harford discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.
Tim Harford 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 BBC Radio’s More or Less, How To Vaccinate The World, and Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, as well as 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 the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.
Bill Phillips https://timharford.com/books/undercovereconomist-strikes-back/
In A Silent Way https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/in-a-silent-way-181826/
Fermi problems https://www.innovativeteachingideas.com/blog/an-excellent-collection-of-fermi-problems-for-your-class
Dragon Warriors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warriors
The versatility of paper https://timharford.com/books/50things/
Lyonnesse by Jack Vance http://king-conan-review.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-complete-lyonesse-by-jack-vance.html
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Economist Tim Harford discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.
Tim Harford 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 BBC Radio’s More or Less, How To Vaccinate The World, and Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, as well as 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 the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.
Bill Phillips https://timharford.com/books/undercovereconomist-strikes-back/
In A Silent Way https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/in-a-silent-way-181826/
Fermi problems https://www.innovativeteachingideas.com/blog/an-excellent-collection-of-fermi-problems-for-your-class
Dragon Warriors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warriors
The versatility of paper https://timharford.com/books/50things/
Lyonnesse by Jack Vance http://king-conan-review.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-complete-lyonesse-by-jack-vance.html
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