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Tim Harford

Author of The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car

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Tim Harford is an award-winning columnist, broadcaster, and economist. He is the author of Messy, Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy, and the million-selling The Undercover Economist, and is the host of the .Cautionary Tales podcast. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, and in 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to improving economic understanding. — biography from The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics… (more)
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Canonical name
Harford, Tim
Legal name
Harford, Timothy Douglas
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Date of birth
1973-09-27
Date of death
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
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Birthplace
Kent, England, UK
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Education
University of Oxford (BA | MA | 1998 - Brasenose College)
Aylesbury Grammar School
Occupations
economist
journalist
editor
Relationships
Monks, Fran (wife)
Agents
Organizations
Financial Times
International Finance Corporation
BBC Radio
Shell
World Bank
Awards and honors
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (2019)
Royal Statistical Society (honorary fellow, 2017)
Bastiat Prize (2007)
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