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Tim Harford's book recommendations
Key facts
- Tim Harford has recommended or discussed 7 books on podcasts, as of November 5, 2022.
- Tim Harford has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of November 5, 2022.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of November 5, 2022.
- The 3 books Tim Harford has mentioned in the most episodes, as of November 5, 2022: Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Dollars And Sex and Everybody Lies.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Tim Harford aired on November 5, 2022.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Tim Harford appears on, in one place — not just one.
Tim Harford’s most mentioned books
- Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton
- Dollars And Sex by Marina Adshade
- Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
- The Coming of the Fairies by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Timothy Douglas Harford, OBE is an economic journalist based in Oxford, England, who writes the long-running Financial Times column The Undercover Economist and authored four economics books. Appearing on podcasts such as People I (Mostly) Admire and Modern Wisdom, Harford discussed a wide array of books concerning data, statistics, and human behavior. On People I (Mostly) Admire, he analyzed Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics, praising how the book successfully presents compelling insights about the world through data analysis without falling into cynicism. During his conversation on Modern Wisdom, Harford explored several other titles, including Arthur Conan Doyle's The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes alongside a discussion of writings about fairies, Giles Milton's Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and Marina Adshade's economics book Dollars and Sex. He also referenced Darrell Huff's famous book on statistical deception, How to Lie with Statistics, to explain the mechanics of reflexive skepticism, and discussed his preference for Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's book Everybody Lies, using these literary examples to unpack the complexities of modern thinking and empirical analysis.
Books Tim Harford recommended or discussed
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Discussed“I got suggested a book this weekend uh Churchill's Ministry of ungentlemanly warfare”
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Dollars And Sex
Discussed“she's an economist at British Columbia page University and she's written a book called dollars and page sex if I remember rightly”
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Everybody Lies
Discussed“I enjoyed the his first one which was what everybody lies yes I got I got more out of everybody lives”
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Freakonomics
Discussed“and actually it's interesting because Freakonomics is a book that doesn't make that mistake so Freakonomics right from the start is a book that says hey let me tell you something really interesting about the world using this data”
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How to Lie with Statistics
Discussed“you can prove anything with Statistics or this famous book how to lie with Statistics”
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The Coming of the Fairies
Discussed“um and he wrote a whole book at the coming of the fairies”
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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
Discussed“um and he wrote a whole book at the coming of the fairies”
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Books by Tim Harford
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The undercover economist
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The Logic of Life
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Dear undercover economist
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Adapt
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The Data Detective
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How to Make the World Add Up
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Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy
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Messy
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult? - Tim Harford - #548 | Modern Wisdom | 2022-11-05 | 8 |
| Tim Harford: “If You Can Make Sure You’re Not An Idiot, You’ve Done Well.” | Episode 15 | People I (Mostly) Admire | 2021-02-13 | 2 |
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
“This is the lesson I draw in my book adapt.”
“yeah so my that is a point I made in my most recent book which is called the data detective in the US and it's called how to make the world add up in the UK”
“yeah so my that is a point I made in my most recent book which is called the data detective in the US and it's called how to make the world add up in the UK”
“so my that is a point I made in my most recent book which is called the data detective in the US and it's called how to make the world add up in the UK”
“so my that is a point I made in my most recent book which is called the data detective in the US and it's called how to make the world add up in the UK”
“so there's a discuss some of the evidence for this early on in my book the data detective of how to make the world add up”
“so there's a discuss some of the evidence for this early on in my book the data detective of how to make the world add up”
“and in fact I wrote a whole book called the logic of life which is all about the different ways in which rational Choice Theory could be used”
“I studied the bicycle for another book of mine called 50 things that made the modern economy which also is a podcast series and I just explored different inventions”
“I mean there's so many different things that I studied the bicycle for another book of mine called 50 things that made the modern economy”
“it's how I begin my book messy the book that's really all about how disruption and challenges”
“This is the lesson I draw in my book, Adapt. You need to carry out lots of experiments and you need to create a system that allows lots of experiments.”