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  • November 28, 2009

    Correction: The Undercover Economist

    * The final sentence of The Undercover Economist in the FT Weekend Magazine on November 21 was incomplete. It should have read: If it is the thought that counts, a first step towards a happier Christmas is to spend less, and think more.
  • August 7, 2009

    Readers respond to the Undercover Economist

    ...your influence. . . . June 14 2008 Dear Economist,I am about to be married, and have no doubts about...collection of Tim Harford’s favourite Dear Economist letters, ‘Dear Undercover Economist’, will be published by Little, Brown...
  • February 5, 2010

    No yolking matter

    The Undercover Economist (Tim Harford): It's always the little problems that create the biggest fuss, but in this case...the same unexpected way. If only more bankers had pondered the fable of the eggs.www.ft.com/undercover
  • November 10, 2006

    Undercover Economist: Cereal killers

    ...Nothing beats a stroll around the supermarket to inspire an undercover economist. My latest visit revealed a cornucopia of breakfast cereal...out new ground and discouraged competitors from entering. Economist Aviv Nevo reached similar conclusions more recently. He...
  • January 13, 2006

    The Undercover Economist

    ...advantage. But that daydream brings out the Undercover Economist in me: what salary would be fair? Washington DC...for a pay cut. Tim Harford’s book “The Undercover Economist” will be published in the UK on March 23...
  • August 11, 2007

    Undercover Economist: Scarce tactics

    ...from any serious attempt to develop an economist’s guide to life is a lesson that every economist should remember: theory is nice...all. Tim Harford’s book ‘The Undercover Economist’ (Little, Brown) is out in paperback
  • May 25, 2007

    Undercover Economist: Under the hammer

    ...think that if there’s one thing an economist should be able to tell you how to...natural habitat. David Reiley, an economist at the University of Arizona...too. Tim Harford’s book ”The Undercover Economist” (Little, Brown) is out now in...
  • December 16, 2005

    The Undercover Economist

    ...Two recommendations from the Undercover Economist, then: first, keep the price...games.” No self-respecting economist could disagree. Tim Harford’s book “The Undercover Economist” is to be published in the UK...
  • July 20, 2007

    Undercover Economist: Professional killers

    ...economic downturns – although the economist Emily Oster seems to have found an...incompetent. Claude Berrebi and the Harvard economist Efraim Benmelech studied – there’s no...grateful. Tim Harford’s book ‘The Undercover Economist’ (Little, Brown) is out now in...
  • September 8, 2007

    Undercover Economist: Sheepish response

    ...as journalism. First, the error. In the “Dear Economist” column, I recently described the research...properly. Sorry. Tim Harford is author of ‘The Undercover Economist
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