Tim Harford
@timharford.ft.com
FT columnist, BBC journalist, author, host of Cautionary Tales, professional nerd.
Should we put a high price on work visas? timharford.com/2025/11/shou...
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Should we put a high price on work visas? timharford.com/2025/11/shou...
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Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1)
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November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1)
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Are bubbles good, actually? on.ft.com/495uSte
Are bubbles good, actually?
[FREE TO READ] On Jeff Bezos’s defence of AI mania
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November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Are bubbles good, actually? on.ft.com/495uSte
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Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1)
timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cautionary Tales - The Treaure Hunt that Broke America (Pt 1)
timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
Are bubbles good, actually? on.ft.com/495uSte
Are bubbles good, actually?
[FREE TO READ] On Jeff Bezos’s defence of AI mania
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Are bubbles good, actually? on.ft.com/495uSte
Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Treacle Tears: The Boston Molasses Disaster (Cautionary Club) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...
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Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel
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October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel
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In praise of being a football fan, by my colleague Simon Kuper: as.ft.com/r/349446da-4...
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
How sport unites us
[FREE TO READ] In a divided world, fandom is a social superpower
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October 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
In praise of being a football fan, by my colleague Simon Kuper: as.ft.com/r/349446da-4...
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
(I am not really a fan, but my son is, and I loved this piece.)
Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel
timharford.com/2025/10/caut...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Cautionary Tales: The TRUTH about Hansel and Gretel
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In defence of digital ID: timharford.com/2025/10/in-d...
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
In defence of digital ID: timharford.com/2025/10/in-d...
Sombre but also good (as always) to talk to Malcolm Gladwell - in this case, about the death penalty in the US, and what it actually takes to kill someone in a way that doesn't qualify as "cruel and unusual".
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Cautionary Tales – On Fire from the Inside; Lethal Injection Up Close with Malcolm Gladwell
Last week, Cautionary Tales told the tragic story of Derek Bentley, exploring Britain’s troubled relationship with capital punishment. Across the Atlantic, Revisionist History has also been s…
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October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sombre but also good (as always) to talk to Malcolm Gladwell - in this case, about the death penalty in the US, and what it actually takes to kill someone in a way that doesn't qualify as "cruel and unusual".
timharford.com/2025/10/caut...
timharford.com/2025/10/caut...
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Why is economics so laden with mathematics - and are we using a broad enough range of maths?
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The wrong kind of maths
The first term of my master’s degree in economics was an alarming experience. The econometrics was bewildering. The macroeconomics was even more mysterious. Everything was drenched in incomprehensi…
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October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Why is economics so laden with mathematics - and are we using a broad enough range of maths?
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#TheThaumaturge was my favourite game of the past year, and this is #DragonWarriors' 40th anniversary, so here are rules for a DW Thaumaturge #RPG campaign set in early 20th century Poland.
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A Thaumaturge campaign using Dragon Warriors rules
Habitués of these parts will already know that I’m an unabashed fan of The Thaumaturge CRPG, so it was only a matter of time before I start...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#TheThaumaturge was my favourite game of the past year, and this is #DragonWarriors' 40th anniversary, so here are rules for a DW Thaumaturge #RPG campaign set in early 20th century Poland.
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...
fabledlands.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-th...
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Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang
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Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Cautionary Tales: Derek Bentley Must Hang
timharford.com/2025/10/caut...
timharford.com/2025/10/caut...
Why is economics so laden with mathematics - and are we using a broad enough range of maths?
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
The wrong kind of maths
The first term of my master’s degree in economics was an alarming experience. The econometrics was bewildering. The macroeconomics was even more mysterious. Everything was drenched in incomprehensi…
timharford.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Why is economics so laden with mathematics - and are we using a broad enough range of maths?
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
Reposted by Tim Harford
Jackson & Livingstone pioneered #gamebooks with series like #Sorcery, #FabledLands kicked off the #openworld #gamebook genre, and that in turn inspired the digital adaptation of Sorcery. And now @steampowered.com has both series in a special-offer bundle.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
Saga of Ink and Paper on Steam
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October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Jackson & Livingstone pioneered #gamebooks with series like #Sorcery, #FabledLands kicked off the #openworld #gamebook genre, and that in turn inspired the digital adaptation of Sorcery. And now @steampowered.com has both series in a special-offer bundle.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/61017...
Why online dating has overpromised and underdelivered
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Taking a swipe at dating apps
[FREE TO READ] The gap between what is promised and delivered is stark when it comes to intimacy
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October 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Why online dating has overpromised and underdelivered
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This is going to be v v good
You might be living with lead poisoning and not know it: the toxin is often invisible to the eye, but wreaks havoc on our bodies once we're exposed.
@laurahughesft.bsky.social uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic in Toxic Legacy, a new season of our Untold podcast: on.ft.com/3WU8YS8
@laurahughesft.bsky.social uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic in Toxic Legacy, a new season of our Untold podcast: on.ft.com/3WU8YS8
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is going to be v v good
Inspiring things happening in Cutteslowe, north Oxford: "restore and reopen Cutteslowe’s historic greenhouses to create a thriving community space where people connect with nature, food, and each other."
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
Cutteslowe Greenhouse | Restore, Support, Engage Today
Join us in restoring and revitalizing Cutteslowe Greenhouse, a community space for nature, food, and connection. Support our mission through volunteering and donations.
www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Inspiring things happening in Cutteslowe, north Oxford: "restore and reopen Cutteslowe’s historic greenhouses to create a thriving community space where people connect with nature, food, and each other."
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
More info for those who might volunteer or support: www.cutteslowegreenhouse.org
Give me this machine. I want this machine.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Order
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Order
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October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Give me this machine. I want this machine.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/order-2
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/order-2
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I did a little chapbook of severed-head creepiness for #Halloween.
#ttrpg #horror #bestiary
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#ttrpg #horror #bestiary
amzn.to/48zA8oK
Headcases: A Bestiary of Flying Nightmares from World Folklore
Headcases: A Bestiary of Flying Nightmares from World Folklore - Kindle edition by Morris, Dave, Hartas, Leo, Nicholson, Russ. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Headcases: A Bestiary of Flying Nightmares from World Folklore.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I did a little chapbook of severed-head creepiness for #Halloween.
#ttrpg #horror #bestiary
amzn.to/48zA8oK
#ttrpg #horror #bestiary
amzn.to/48zA8oK
I'm delighted to be able to say that Cautionary Tales has won not one but THREE Signal awards.
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
October 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm delighted to be able to say that Cautionary Tales has won not one but THREE Signal awards.
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
History Podcast: GOLD
Music / Score: GOLD
Sound Design: SILVER
(This means that our composer and sound designer Pascal Wyse won more awards than the rest of the team put together.)
Hurrah!
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Are the UK's problems caused by immigration? Don't think so. Here I channel the spirit of, of all people, the great Age of Enlightenment explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt, on whom I am forming quite a crush...
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
In 1799, the German adventurer-scientist Alexander von Humboldt set out on what would prove to be a five-year exploration of South America. Young, independently wealthy and almost absurdly energeti…
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October 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Are the UK's problems caused by immigration? Don't think so. Here I channel the spirit of, of all people, the great Age of Enlightenment explorer and scientist Alexander von Humboldt, on whom I am forming quite a crush...
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...
timharford.com/2025/10/the-...