Tim Harford
Season 6, Episode 7
The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, joins Robin and Josie to talk about his latest book 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy, great economics writers and why it’s perfectly fine to have a messy desk.
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Reading List
Tim recommends:
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared Diamond
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century by Jonathon Glover
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Obituary of Alfred Marshall by John Maynard Keynes
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers by Paul Hoffman
E=mc²: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis
Tim’s Messy reading list is here
Tim’s 50 Things reading list is here
Robin recommends:
Moondust by Andrew Smith
The Astronaut’s Wife Club by Lily Koppel
Messy: How To be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World by Tim Harford
Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy by Tim Harford
The Language of Genes by Steve Jones
Almost Like a Whale by Steve Jones
Off the Wall: A Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg by Calvin Tompkins
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
Josie recommends:
Astronomy for Dummies by Stephen P. Maran
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
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