Tim Harford
British economist and journalist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1973 · age 53
Timothy Douglas Harford, OBE is an English economic journalist who lives in Oxford. Harford is the author of four economics books and writes his long-running Financial Times column, The Undercover Economist, syndicated in Slate magazine, which explores the economic ideas behind everyday experiences.
Tim Harford is read about 87 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2019Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward2016Bastiat PrizeAward2006Bastiat PrizeAward1973Born27 September 1973
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His column in the Financial Times, Since You Asked, ran between 2011 and 2014 and offered a sceptical look at the news of the week.
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Born 1973 · age 53
