Best-selling economist, Tim Harford (Brasenose, 1992)

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Feb 11, 201615:23Arts

Tim Harford shares his prize-winning economic insights, explaining why you can’t buy a decent used car and why you should exercise caution with big data. The author of the million-selling The Undercover Economist talks a...

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