Tim Harford OBE

Tim Harford OBE “the Undercover Economist”, is a Financial Times columnist, broadcaster and author.

His long-running column, “The Undercover Economist”, reveals the economic ideas behind everyday experiences, while he also writes op-eds, interviews and long feature articles for the FT.

Tim’s first book, “The Undercover Economist” has sold over one million copies worldwide in almost 30 languages.

He is also the author of nine books, most recently “How To Make The World Add Up” and “The Data Detective”.

As a broadcaster, Tim has presented television and radio series for the BBC, most famously “More or Less”, “How To Vaccinate The World”, and “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, as well as the podcast “Cautionary Tales”.

Awards include:

• Science and Data Commentator of the Year 2018
• Bastiat Prize for economic journalism 2006 and 2016
• Royal Statistical Society journalistic excellence award 2015
• Society of Professional Economists writing prize (Rybczynski prize) 2014-15
• Economics Commentator of the Year 2014

In 2018 “Fifty Things” was nominated for a Webby Award while “More or Less” won “Best Radio News and Current Affairs Programme” from the Voice of the Viewer and Listener.

“More or Less” has repeatedly been recognised for Journalistic Excellence by the Royal Statistical Society, winning in 2010 and 2013, with special commendations in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018.

Tim has appeared on the Colbert Report, Newsnight, Marketplace, Planet Money, PM, Today, The One Show and many other popular radio and TV programs.

His writing has been published by the leading magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, including Esquire, Forbes, Wired, New York Magazine, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the New York Times.

Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.

Tim Harford Keynote Speaker:

As a leading conference speaker Tim’s speaking topics and titles include:

• Innovation, Creativity and Experimentation:-
  • Make More Mistakes.
  • Ideas that Matter.
• Finance and the Economy:-
  • Preventing financial meltdowns.
  • The economic outlook – what the economists aren’t telling us.
  • How to run or ruin an economy.
• Management and Business Strategy:-
  • Do you believe in sharing – the corporate responsibility agenda.
  • Management lessons from the war in Iraq.
• Big Data and Data Visualisation:-
  • The Big Data trap.
  • Misinformation is beautiful.
• After-Dinner Speech:-
  • Trust me, I’m an economist.