“You’ve never had it so good” – my brief history of British living standards
Tim Harford
The Undercover Economist
Video
My favourite video clips. You can subscribe to my YouTube channel.
The astonishing life of Bill Phillips
This is the latest video from the recording of my my radio series, “Pop Up Economics“. (Alternative link to watch.)
Thomas Schelling, Henry Kissinger, and Dr Strangelove
The full video of the latest episode of Pop Up Economics (free podcast here). Enjoy and please spread the world. (You can also watch here.)
Thomas Schelling, game theory, and nuclear deterrence
Here’s a four-minute video, an extract from a forthcoming episode of Pop-up Economics – do please sign up for the free podcast! Next episode on BBC Radio 4 tonight, 8.45pm GMT. [EDIT: Full 14 minute video is now available.]
The Indiana Jones of Economics
This is an edited version (five minutes rather than thirteen) of my talk on the amazing life of Bill Phillips. [EDIT: The full-length version is now available.]
It’s part of the pop-up economics series – listen out at 8.45pm GMT, Radio 4, for the story of of two Nobel laureates – a doctor and an economist – who revolutionised transplant surgery. Podcast and other details here.
How to support innovations that matter
That was the topic of the first episode of “Pop Up Economics“, and here’s the video!
Tim Harford at the Sydney Opera House: “Make more Misstakes”
“In a complex and fast-moving world, if we want to move ahead in leaps and bounds, rather than in small steps, we need to rethink the conditions for making progress in science, business and society in a fundamental way. We need to realise there is no ‘right way’, lose our fear of failure, embrace opportunity and take risks.
We need to stop looking for leaders who can provide us with all the answers, and encourage the search for many solutions – for that is where we will find the ‘one in a hundred’ that delivers real results. We need to understand that to adapt to the challenges of the future, we must make mistakes, lots of them.”
“Make more misstakes” is here – one hour. Enjoy!
