Tim Harford
Economist and journalist; the Financial Times' Undercover Economist and presenter of Cautionary Tales.
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- Tim Harford is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford.
- He writes The Undercover Economist column in the Financial Times, which he joined in 2003, and presented BBC Radio 4's More or Less from October 2007.
- He hosts the podcast Cautionary Tales for Pushkin Industries (from November 2019) and has written books including The Undercover Economist, Adapt, Messy and How to Make the World Add Up.
- He was appointed OBE in 2019.
Key facts
- Born
- 27 September 1973, Kent1
- Financial Times
- Joined 2003; economics lead writer from April 2006; The Undercover Economist column; member of the editorial board1
- BBC
- Presenter of More or Less on Radio 4 from October 2007; 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy from 20161
- Podcast
- Cautionary Tales (Pushkin Industries), from November 20191
- Books
- The Undercover Economist; The Logic of Life; Adapt; The Undercover Economist Strikes Back; Messy; Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy; How to Make the World Add Up1
- Education
- Brasenose College, Oxford: BA in PPE; MPhil in economics, 19981
- Honours
- OBE, 2019 New Year Honours; Bastiat Prize, 20071
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- Financial TimesOrganization
joined 2003; economics lead writer from April 2006, The Undercover Economist columnist, editorial board (as of November 2026) source on Financial Times
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