Timothy Douglas Harford (born 27 September 1973) is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford.[ Video (and audio) of interview of Tim Harford by Will Wilkinson on Bloggingheads.tv][ An interview with Tim Harford about The Logic of Life on The Marketplace of Ideas][ A series of short film commentaries by Tim Harford on the work of past Nobel Laureates in economics, as part of the Nobel Perspectives project] Harford is the author of four economics books
Since October 2007 Harford has presented the BBC Radio 4 programme More or Less. The series segments are also available as podcasts. Subsequently, Harford launched his own podcast on the podcast production network Pushkin Industries, called Cautionary Tales.
Education
Harford was born in Kent.
Career
Harford joined the Financial Times in 2003 on a fellowship in commemoration of business columnist Peter Martin.[ Blog at the FT, which began October 2007][ Harford's column at the Financial Times with RSS Feed] He continued to write his financial column after joining International Finance Corporation in 2004, and he rejoined the Financial Times as economics lead writer in April 2006. He is also a member of the newspaper's editorial board.
Tim has spoken at TED,
In August 2007, he presented a television series on the BBC, Trust Me, I'm an Economist.[ All is fair in love and war and poker – details of the first episode of "Trust me, I'm an economist" (BBC)]
Harford is managed by the agency Knight Ayton.
Awards
Publications
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The Market for Aid
[The Market for Aid (2005) with Michael Klein, ]
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The Undercover Economist
[The Undercover Economist (2005), ]
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The Logic of Life
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Dear Undercover Economist: Priceless Advice on Money, Work, Sex, Kids, and Life's Other Challenges
[Dear Undercover Economist: Priceless Advice on Money, Work, Sex, Kids, and Life's Other Challenges (2009). New York, Random House. 2009. ]
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Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Runor Ruinan Economy
['The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Runor Ruinan Economy (2014). Penguin Riverhead Books (US). ]
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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
[Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives (2016). Riverhead Books. ]
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Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy
[50 Things That Made the Modern Economy (2017). Little, Brown. ]
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The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
[The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy (2020). The Bridge Street Press. ]
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How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
[How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers (2020). Little, Brown. ] published in North America as: The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics[The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics (2021). Riverhead Books. ]
Personal life
Harford lives in Oxford with his wife Fran Monks, a photographer, and their three children.
