All books mentioned in Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You’re Not An Idiot, You’ve Done Well.”

Episode: Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You’re Not An Idiot, You’ve Done Well.” | Episode 15

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

The undercover economist

by Tim Harford

"His first book, The Undercover Economist, came out over 15 years ago, and it's still the first book I recommend to anyone who asks me for advice about what to read."

Freakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Andrea Montero Cusset

Buy on Amazon

"Actually, it's interesting because Freakonomics is a book that doesn't make that mistake. Freakonomics, right from the start, is a book that says, 'Hey, let me tell you something really interesting about the world using this data.'"