Books by Tim Harford
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review 1: This book definitely kept me interested in the way it was written just kept me reading through the chapters. Event thought it is definitely a difficult read as all books about Economics, but amazingly it kept me thinking and imagining myself being in charge of a countries economy...
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review 1: I often thought that the 60s retro science fictions somewhat over-estimated the future: with interstellar travel, flying cars, people frequently travelling to the Moon & all that. There can be another more logical explanation: The projection of future was at per with the rapid ad...
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review 1: Who would have thought an advice column by an economist would work? There's this brilliant but cheeky economist who has a column in the Financial Times where he answers readers' questions about losing odd socks, splitting a bill, waking up late, having an affair, applying for lea...
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review 1: Fantastic synthesis of numerous ideas from different fields - complexity theory, travels thru solution space via evolution complete with small forays and huge leaps, Christensen's disruptive innovation, James Reason's work on human error, Thaler's Nudge. Includes numerous practi...