Tim Harford

Timothy Harford OBE is an English economist, broadcaster and journalist. Harford is the author of four economics books and is a senior columnist for the Financial Times. His long-running column, "The Undercover Economist", explores the economic ideas behind everyday experiences.

Tim is the presenter of BBC Radio’s “More or Less”, “How To Vaccinate The World”, and “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, as well as the podcast “Cautionary Tales”. Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney Opera House. He is an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Tim was made an OBE for services to improving economic understanding in the New Year honours of 2019.