Tim Harford Returns
Book Shambles
It’s been almost three years since we had Tim Harford (BBC’s More or Less) on the show so we’re delighted to have him back in the virtual studio to talk about his new book How to Make the World Add Up. They chat about that, what got Tim interested in economics and statistics, how facts can be misused and then Tim blows Josie’s mind with the real rules of Monopoly.
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Reading List
Books recommended this week include:
How to Make the World Add Up by Tim Harford
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
The Soul of the Ape by Eugène Marais
The Soul of the White Ant by Eugène Marais
How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan
Merchants of Doubt by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes
The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Jan Harold Brunvand
The Norm Chronicles by David Spiegelhalter and Michael Blastland
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez
The Monopolists by Mary Pillon
The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China by Philip Ball
Critical Mass by Philip Ball
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