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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
    Messy: How to be creative and resilient in a tidy-minded world
    Dear undercover economist
    How to Make the World Add Up
    The Next Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy
    El economista camuflado ataca de nuevo
    Cincuenta innovaciones que han cambiado el mundo
    • 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 Economy2020
      4,1
    • How to Make the World Add Up

      • 304 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Using his trademark narrative skills, Tim Harford takes us deep into the world of statistics and shows how important and powerful they can be

      How to Make the World Add Up2020
      4,2
    • The urge for tidiness is deeply ingrained in human nature, with many feeling threatened by chaos or ambiguity. We find comfort in systems, scripts, and categorization, which can be beneficial to a point—think of libraries, global trade, and scientific collaboration. However, the push for order has gone too far, driven by corporate and bureaucratic pressures that demand everything be labeled and neatly organized. This tidy mindset, now aided by technology, is encroaching on our personal lives, from structuring children's play to relying on algorithms for romance. Excessive tidiness can lead to rigidity and sterility, stifling creativity and responsiveness. In this exploration, Tim Harford illustrates how qualities we cherish—like resilience and innovation—thrive in messiness. He advocates for embracing disorder in various aspects of life: at home, in the workplace with cluttered desks, in creative environments, and in our approaches to business and politics. By allowing for some chaos and ambiguity, we can foster a more dynamic and productive existence. It's time to appreciate the advantages of a little mess.

      Messy: How to be creative and resilient in a tidy-minded world2016
      3,9
    • 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.

      Who Gets What - And Why2015
      3,4
    • 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

      El economista camuflado ataca de nuevo2013
      3,9
    • 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 Failure2011
      3,9
    • 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 Lebens2010
      4,0
    • 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.

      Dear undercover economist2009
      3,8
    • 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 prodejců2008
      3,7
    • 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 life2008
      3,8
    • The Undercover Economist

      • 288 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.

      The Undercover Economist2006
      3,8