Tim Harford

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Tim Harford is a member of the Financial Times editorial board. His column, “The Undercover Economist”, which reveals the economic ideas behind everyday experiences, is published in the Financial Times and syndicated around the world. He is also the only economist in the world to run a problem page, “Dear Economist”, in which FT readers’ personal problems are answered tongue-in-cheek with the latest economic theory.

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An education on social mobility by degrees

‘Social mobility is about creating a truly level playing field and a fair race. That is why, for example, the Coalition government is encouraging universities to recruit on the basis of academic potential, on the basis of an ability to excel, not purely on previous attainment.’

Nick Clegg, May 22

Why does Mr Clegg want to lean on Universities?

Because he seems to believe that armed with an expen...

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Books by Tim Harford

Average rating: 3.68 · 5,623 ratings · 673 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Undercover Economist 3.67 avg rating — 4,079 ratings — published 2006 — 25 editions	My rating:
	The Logic of Life 3.70 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 2006 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure 3.85 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Dear Undercover Economist 3.51 avg rating — 209 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Market for Aid by Michael Klein, Tim Harford 2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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“Pluralism matters because life is not worth living without new experiences - new people, new places, new challenges. But discipline matters too; we cannot simply treat life as a psychedelic trip through a series of novel sensations.”
― Tim Harford, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

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“The Most successful industry of the last forty years has been built on failure after failure after failure.”
― Tim Harford, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

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“The evolutionary algorithm--of variation and selection, repeated--searches for solutions in a world where the problems keep changing, trying all sorts of variants and doing more of what works.”
― Tim Harford, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure

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