Tim Harford

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Tim Harford (2012)

Tim Douglas Harford (born September 27, 1973 in Kent ) is a British economist and journalist . He is the author of the bestseller The Undercover Economist , (dt. Ökonomics ) of nearly a million were sold times translated into 30 languages and worldwide.

Life

Harford is a columnist for the Financial Times and also writes for other magazines and newspapers such as The Atlantic , Esquire , Forbes Magazine , Wired , New York Magazine , The Guardian , London Times , Washington Post and New York Times . He also presents TV and radio programs for the BBC and other programs.

Harford previously worked for Royal Dutch Shell and the World Bank . He is a Visiting Fellow at Nuffield College and Cass Business School . He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

In 2010 he was awarded by the Royal Statistical Society for presenting statistical methods in his books in a generally understandable manner.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor - And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-518977-9 .
    • German: Economics: Why the rich are rich and the poor are poor and you can never get a cheap used car . Riemann Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-570-50073-6 .
  • The Logic of Life: Uncovering the New Economics of Everything . Little, Brown and Company, 2008, ISBN 978-0-316-02756-4 .
    • German: The logic of life: Why your boss is overpaid, oral sex is booming and New Orleans will not be rebuilt - the rational motives of our apparently irrational decisions . Riemann Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-50096-5 .
  • Dear Undercover Economist: The Very Best Letters from the "Dear Economist" Column: The Undercover Economist Solves Life's Everyday Mysteries and Problems . Little, Brown and Company, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4087-0154-6 .
    • German: Why you are always at the wrong till: Economic answers to 163 everyday questions . Econ Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-430-20091-2 .
  • Adapt: ​​Why Success Always Starts with Failure . Little, Brown and Company, 2011, ISBN 978-1-408-70152-2 .
    • German: Trial and Error: Why only defeat leads to success . Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2012, ISBN 978-3-498-03016-2 .
  • The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run or Ruin an Economy . Little, Brown and Company, 2013, ISBN 978-1-408-70424-0 .
  • Messy: How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World . Little, Brown and Company, 2016, ISBN 978-1-408-70676-3 .
  • Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy . Little, Brown and Company, 2017, ISBN 978-1-408-70911-5 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susie Mesure: Tim Harford: The man who gives geeks a good name , Vita at The Independent , August 25, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Harford, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harford, Tim Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Kent