Tim Harford weaves together economic ideas with remarkable personal histories in some unusual locations. The presenter of Radio 4’s More or Less speaks to an audience from a shop window on London’s Regent Street, and turns his attention to heated pants and the business of innovation. He tells the moving story of Mario Capecchi, whose struggle to get funding for his experiments tells us much about where new ideas come from, and how to foster them.
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BBC - Pop-Up Economics: Hotpants Vs The Knockout Mouse
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Interview with Daniel Kahneman
Tim Harford interviews Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics. The author of Thinking, Fast and Slow describes the common mistakes people make with statistics.
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Blackwells Podcast - Tim Harford: Adapt
In this podcast, we are joined by the Financial Times’ undercover economist and presenter of Radio Four’s More or Less, Tim Harford. Tim tells us about his new book, Adapt, in which he argues that in order to succeed we have to learn how to fail. He sees applications for this approach in fields as diverse as business, warfare and climate change mitigation.
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Freakonomics » Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You’re Driving?
Conspicuous conservation is the theme of our latest podcast, called “Hey Baby, Is That a Prius You’re Driving?” It centers around a paper by Alison and Steve Sexton, a pair of Ph.D. economics candidates (who happen to be twins, and who happen to have economist parents), called “Conspicuous Conservation: The Prius Effect and Willingness to Pay for Environmental Bona Fides.”
Includes an appearance by Tim Harford.
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Where do good ideas come from?
Tim Harford, the FT’s Undercover Economist talks to internet entrepreneur Steven Johnson about his latest book, ‘Where do good ideas come from?’.
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More or Less: with Tim Harford
Tim Harford asks whether it’s really true, as some politicians claim, that more tax can be raised from lower tax rates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/moreorless/
First aired Fri, 11 Jun 10
Duration: 28 mins
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The Consolations of Economics
This event was recorded on 6 October 2009 in Old Theatre, Old Building For six years, Tim Harford has been answering readers’ personal problems in the pages of The Financial Times, using the latest economic research to provide advice on dating, etiquette, parenting and even personal hygiene. In a light-hearted but thoughtful lecture, Tim explains what he has learned about whether economics really can bring us personal happiness. Tim Harford is a columnist for the Financial Times, presenter of Radio 4’s More or Less, and author of The Undercover Economist and The Logic of Life. His new book is Dear Undercover Economist.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/publicLecturesAndEvents.htm