Author How To Make The World Add Up (UK) / The Data Detective (US). Cautionary Tales podcast. Undercover Economist at the FT. BBC More or Less. Views my own.
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Joined April 2009
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Column here - first 300 clicks free
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The very wonderful @romanmars joins me to explain why milk cartons "scared the bejeezus out of a generation". Unmissable.
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Tear yourself away from the vote count for a moment, if you wish, to consider my nominations for the Ig Nobel in economics: as.ft.com/r/007a3a6a-2ed4-46…
Liberated by technology (again)
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Halloween lessons in what to be afraid of
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If you're in Birmingham on Monday evening, 9 November, come along to the 50th anniversary Baggs Memorial Lecture - it's ME revealing the SECRETS OF HAPPINESS, through DATA.
I promise some twists and turns. It will be lots of fun. Free, but register. Come along!
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The problem with P(doom)
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A pre-budget-day guide to Britain's bad taxes, with a guest appearance from Hotblack Desiato:
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Very excited to read this. Best book title ever?
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A Tale of Blood and Ashes - The Exeter Vampires
(Cautionary Tales Halloween Season continues...)
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AI can forecast the future. Should we ask it to?
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Why the Nobel foundation could usefully express a little more self-doubt
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What's the frequency, Zenith?
The Great Telepathy Experiment.
(Cautionary Club exclusive - new Halloween episode drops on the main feed on Friday)
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Made it - a really fun run with 15,000 inspiring fellow runners and great support too.
Thank you so much to everyone who kindly donated money to a good cause.
My mother died 30 years ago after a long and difficult illness. I'm running the Oxford Half this October in her memory and to raise money for Occtopus, the Oxford Colon Cancer Trust.
They do good work, and any donations would be gratefully received.
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The run is tomorrow. Wish me luck!
My mother died 30 years ago after a long and difficult illness. I'm running the Oxford Half this October in her memory and to raise money for Occtopus, the Oxford Colon Cancer Trust.
They do good work, and any donations would be gratefully received.
justgiving.com/page/tim-harf…
Some weekend recommendations
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