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Tim Harford

    27 de septiembre de 1973

    Tim Harford es miembro del consejo editorial del Financial Times. Su columna, “The Undercover Economist”, revela las ideas económicas detrás de las experiencias cotidianas y se publica en el Financial Times y se distribuye internacionalmente. De manera única, dirige una sección de problemas, “Dear Economist”, donde las cuestiones personales de los lectores del FT son respondidas con humor y empleando la teoría económica más reciente.

    Tim Harford
    Dear undercover economist
    The data detective : ten easy rules to make sense of statistics
    The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
    El economista camuflado
    El economista camuflado ataca de nuevo
    Cincuenta innovaciones que han cambiado el mundo
    • El economista camuflado ataca de nuevo

      • 272 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      Tras la gran recesion, la economía se ha convertido en un tema que nadie puede ignorar. Todos, desde las amas de casa hasta los inversores en bolsa, necesitan comprender cómo funciona la economía mundial. En su nuevo libro el autor desmitifica la macroenomía, prescinde de terminologías huecas y descubre la verdad de cómo funciona en realidad la economía del mundo. Este libro plantea respuestas a cuestiones como: ¿qué sucedería si se cancelara la deuda de todo el mundo?; ¿qué pasará con el euro?; ¿por qué los bancos continúan pagando unos bonus de escándalo?; ¿cómo se crea realmente empleo? ; o ¿llegarán los países emergentes a controlar la economía mundial? Con los conocimientos de auténtico experto y la inteligencia de un divulgador, el autor explica lo que está pasando de verdad, más allá de los grandes titulares, por qué nos afecta a todos sin excepción y qué podemos hacer para entenderlo

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    • El economista camuflado

      la economía de las pequeñas cosas

      • 344 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      ¿Por qué pagas en Starbucks por una taza de café el triple de lo que pagarías en un simple bar? A partir de esta sencilla pregunta Tim Harford, uno de los economistas más prestigiosos del mundo, se convierte en un detective que nos enseña a seguir las pistas para averiguar cómo funciona el mundo. Porque quizá pienses que simplemente estás disfrutando de un capuchino espumoso, pero el economista ve otra cosa: tu capuchino refleja el producto de un sistema de complejidad asombrosa. El economista puede explicar cómo funciona un sistema como éste, cómo las empresas intentarán explotarlo y cómo tú, como consumidor, puedes protegerte.

      El economista camuflado
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    • In Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy, the revolutionary, acclaimed book, radio series and podcast, bestselling economist Tim Harford introduced us to a selection of fifty radical inventions that changed the world. Now, in this new book, Harford once again brings us an array of remarkable, memorable, curious and often unexpected 'things' - inventions that teach us lessons by turns intimate and sweeping about the complex world economy we live in today. From the brick, blockchain and the bicycle to fire, the factory and fundraising, and from solar PV and the pencil to the postage stamp, this brilliant and enlightening collection resonates, fascinates and stimulates. It is a wonderful blend of insight and inspiration from one of Britain's finest non-fiction storytellers.

      The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
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    • From “one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics” (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics .Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective . We shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics—we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.” If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly—understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray—statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter.As “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” ( New Statesman ), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective , he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful.

      The data detective : ten easy rules to make sense of statistics
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    • Dear undercover economist

      The very best letters from the "Dear Economist" column

      Are there tangible benefits in flossing? Is it wrong to fake orgasms? What does the perfect online dating ad look like? Should we bother doing the ironing? From family rows and the stock market to buying socks or speed dating, you'll find within these pages a witty explanation for almost everything you ever wanted to know about life.

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    • The urge for tidiness is deeply ingrained in human nature, as many find comfort in organization and categorization. While structured systems are beneficial—like reference systems in libraries or standardized measurements in science—this obsession with order has gone too far. Corporate and governmental pressures demand everything be labeled and numbered, and with technology amplifying this tendency, it seeps into our personal lives. We confine children to sanitized spaces and rely on algorithms for love, imposing order where chaos or messiness could foster creativity and resilience. Excessive tidiness leads to rigidity and sterility. In this exploration, the author highlights the value of embracing messiness in various aspects of life—be it personal, professional, or creative endeavors. A cluttered desk or an unstructured approach can yield responsiveness and innovation. This narrative advocates for a balance, suggesting that allowing some disorder can enhance our experiences and outcomes in business, politics, and everyday life. It’s a call to appreciate the advantages of a little mess, encouraging a shift away from the constraints of excessive tidiness.

      Messy : how to be creative and resilient in a tidy-minded world
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    • Who Gets What - And Why

      Understand the Choices You Have, Improve the Choices You Make

      • 260 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      This book shows how our lives are shaped not only by the choices we make, but by the choices we have. From dating, school and university applications to the job market, understand the most important decisions you'll ever make with insights from a Nobel Prize-winner.

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    • Everything we know about solving the world's problems is wrong. Out: Plans, experts and above all, leaders. In: Adapting - improvise rather than plan; fail, learn, and try again In this groundbreaking new book, Tim Harford shows how the world's most complex and important problems - including terrorism, climate change, poverty, innovation, and the financial crisis - can only be solved from the bottom up by rapid experimenting and adapting. From a spaceport in the Mojave Desert to the street battles of Iraq, from a blazing offshore drilling rig to everyday decisions in our business and personal lives, this is a handbook for surviving - and prospering - in our complex and ever-shifting world.

      Adapt. Why Success Always Starts with Failure
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    • The logic of life

      • 288 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      From the author of 'The Undercover Economist, ' this book applies the economics of rational choice theory to modern life. Harford explains, for example, why drug addicts and teenage muggers can be rational, why suburban sprawl and inner city decay are rational, and why the endless meetings and injustices of working life are rational

      The logic of life
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    • Die Logik des Lebens

      Was hinter scheinbar verrückten Entscheidungen steckt

      • 349 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Menschliches Verhalten erscheint oft zutiefst unlogisch. Aber ist das wirklich so? Für den preisgekrönten Wirtschaftsjournalisten und Bestseller-Autor Tim Harford prägen rationale Motive unser Verhalten viel stärker als bisher angenommen. Seine Theorie verdeutlicht er anhand einer Fülle von Fallbeispielen. Warum sind Chefs meistens überbezahlt? Was ist die Ursache des Oralsex-Booms? Warum setzt sich das Wohl der Wenigen auch in einer Demokratie häufig gegen das Wohl der Vielen durch? Durch Harfords Röntgenblick kommt die verborgene Logik des Lebens zum Vorschein.

      Die Logik des Lebens
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    • Tim Harford má daleko do nudného učitele moderní ekonomie, protože mu jde hlavně o praxi. Uvědomuje si totiž, že jeho obor není jen suchopárná věda, ale pojednává také o tom, jaké ekonomické problémy v každodenním životě řešíme a jak by se lidem i jejich financím mohlo vést lépe - což jim většina odborníků bohužel dosud nedokázala názorně vysvětlit. Aby předvedl, že je to proveditelné, poodkrývá čtenářům prostřednictvím desítek příkladů triky prodejců, odhaluje jim nejen mnohá úskalí nakupování, velkoměstské dopravy, ale i systémů zdravotní péče, ochrany životního prostředí či fungování akciových trhů a mezinárodního obchodu. Současně poukazuje na překážky stojící v cestě konkurenčnímu prostředí volných trhů, jež projevují přirozenou schopnost učinit náš svět lepším místem k životu. Pro jednu z nejžádanějších britských knih dneška je charakteristický jízlivý náhled na nejrůznější obchodní praktiky a zádrhely i nechuť vůči zažitým nepravdám a klišé. Autor v ní však neopomíjí ani starost o budoucnost obyvatel třetího světa, kterou nelze v podmínkách sílící globalizace ztrácet ze zřetele. Harfordův pronikavý výklad, připomínající podle recenzentů "náhled na všední den, viděný očima pronikavýma jako rentgen", zároveň vyzáří množství ostrovního humoru, neboť postupuje v duchu nejlepších popularizátorských tradic, jimž nic lidského není cizí.

      Důvtipný zákazník. Jak prohlédnout triky prodejců
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