TIM HARFORD

'Tim Harford' (born 1973) is an English economist and journalist, residing in London. He is the author of two economics books, presenter of BBC television series ''Trust Me, I'm an Economist'', and currently writes a humorous weekly column called "Dear Economist" for ''The Financial Times'', in which he uses economic theory to attempt to solve readers' personal problems.
Harford joined the Financial Times in 2003 on a fellowship in commemoration of the business columnist Peter Martin. He continued to write his column after joining the International Finance Corporation in 2004 and re-joined the Financial Times as economics leader writer in April 2006. He is also a member of the FT's editorial board.
He earned his MPhil in economics from the University of Oxford in 1998.
Tim Harford is the presenter of a BBC series, Trust Me, I'm an Economist, whose first transmission was broadcast on BBC Two on 18 August2006.
He is also the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 series More or Less, taking over from Andrew Dilnot in the series beginning October 2007.

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Books by Tim Harford

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Books by Tim Harford

★ ''The Market for Aid'' (2005) with Michael Klein

★ ''The Undercover Economist'' (2006)

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External links

★ Tim Harford's personal webpage

★ Harford's column at the Financial Times with RSS Feed

★ He was a founder of PSD Blog - The World Bank Group's Private Sector Development Blog

★ All is fair in love and war and poker - details of the first episode of "Trust me, I'm an economist, BBC)

★ More or Less BBC website