Pop Up Economics is now Pop Up Ideas, and the next series will be inspired by ideas from anthropology and political science. We're recording the entire series in front of a live audience - please come along. You can apply for free tickets here. Speakers will include...
Speeches
I try to keep track of my gigs below. To invite me to give a speech, please contact my agents.
How to nurture innovations that matter – Tim Harford live at Wired 2012
Here's my talk at Wired late last year. It was a really fun event. Enjoy! (Note, incidentally, that Matt Parker has now moved from cycling to rugby.)
Come and see live economics storytelling at St Pancras Station…
This is the second recording session for my brand new series, "Pop Up Economics". Come along - it's free and it will be lots of fun. 12.45pm, St Pancras Station, 14 January. Details, and for free tickets, here. EDIT: Sorry - oversubscribed five times over...
Come and see me record a brand new radio show about economics!
I'm delighted to announce that the BBC will be broadcasting a brand new show called "Pop Up Economics" - just me telling short stories about important people and ideas in economics. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll optimise. Come along! The first recording is in...
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...
Three PowerPoint tips you really need to know
Microsoft bought PowerPoint 25 years ago. Happy anniversary. PowerPoint has a curious status these days - it's ubiquitous and yet widely loathed. Both the ubiquity and the loathing are overdone. Here are three tips I've found very useful as a speaker. 1) There are...
PopTech talk: Preventing Financial Meltdowns
Change of date: Speaking at LSE (@lsepublicevents), 15 October 2012
Details to follow; event starts at 6.30pm. Come along! (Was previously 2 October.)
Speaking at Warwick Words, Thursday 4 October
This is an evening speech; details to follow. Do come along if you're in the area. The Warwick Words website is here.