Tim Harford

Tim Harford is a Financial Times columnist. His latest book, The Logic of Life, will be published in paperback on Feb. 10.

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Tim Harford’s Adapt: How to fund research so that it generates insanely great ideas, not pretty good ones.

Tim Harford

May 16, 2011 7:17 PM

Tim Harford’s Adapt: What the RAF’s World War II Spitfire can teach us about nurturing innovation and radical ideas.

Tim Harford

May 15, 2011 9:18 PM

Michael Lewis and Tim Harford play a game of Saint Petersburg.

Tim Harford

Feb 06, 2011 7:15 AM

Behavioral economics under attack.

Tim Harford

Jan 30, 2011 7:00 AM

What industrial safety can teach us about preventing financial meltdowns.

Tim Harford

Jan 16, 2011 7:09 AM

C’mon, you can do better than a gift card.

Tim Harford

Nov 24, 2009 4:49 PM

Why the NFL should replace the overtime coin toss with an auction system.

Tim Harford

Jan 29, 2009 6:49 AM

Why not start the weekend on Wednesday?

Tim Harford

Dec 27, 2008 7:37 AM

Unemployment benefits do encourage joblessness. But that may not be a bad thing.

Tim Harford

Dec 12, 2008 6:36 PM

Why it’s so hard to predict how bad the recession will be.

Tim Harford

Nov 28, 2008 7:08 AM

Why 20-year-olds should invest way more in the stock market, and 50-year-olds, way less.

Tim Harford

Nov 15, 2008 7:41 AM

What can “neuroeconomics” teach us about how we think about money?

Tim Harford

Nov 01, 2008 7:55 AM

Why it’s so hard to get away with blackmail.

Tim Harford

Oct 18, 2008 6:15 AM

Americans should stop complaining about the “moral hazard” problem and enjoy the bailout.

Tim Harford

Oct 03, 2008 6:13 PM

Why it’s dangerous to be a witch in a recession.

Tim Harford

Sept 20, 2008 7:11 AM

An economics mystery—why houses cost more in summer—has finally been solved.

Tim Harford

Sept 05, 2008 6:51 PM

An amazing economics experiment and how it got field workers to pick a lot more fruit.

Tim Harford

Aug 23, 2008 12:02 AM

Why are economic forecasters so wrong, so often?

Tim Harford

Aug 09, 2008 6:44 AM

Finally, a sensible way to measure poverty.

Tim Harford

July 26, 2008 7:25 AM

Stop blaming speculators for high oil prices.

Tim Harford

July 12, 2008 7:27 AM