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Why most terrorists are so incompetent.
Tim Harford
July 21, 2007
7:53 AM
Can the political betting markets be rigged?
Tim Harford
July 07, 2007
7:33 AM
What do fish markets teach us about the economy?
Tim Harford
June 22, 2007
6:31 PM
What the history of the electric dynamo teaches about the future of the computer.
Tim Harford
June 09, 2007
6:18 AM
Are eBay auctions rational or irrational?
Tim Harford
May 26, 2007
7:02 AM
Solving the mystery of the 5-cent Coca-Cola.
Tim Harford
May 11, 2007
6:05 PM
Whose life is worth more, a drug dealer’s or a prostitute’s?
Tim Harford
April 28, 2007
7:27 AM
How to live on $1 a day.
Tim Harford
March 31, 2007
8:33 AM
Taxing the middle-aged, and other bold new ideas for making the IRS more efficient and more fair.
Tim Harford
March 31, 2007
8:30 AM
Why home ownership causes unemployment.
Tim Harford
March 17, 2007
12:09 AM
Does beauty make you smarter?
Tim Harford
March 03, 2007
7:30 AM
The bizarre economics of the hotel minibar.
Tim Harford
Feb 17, 2007
6:29 AM
If telecommuting is so easy, why do we travel for work more than ever?
Tim Harford
Feb 03, 2007
8:47 AM
Why the stock market always rises in January—and why it shouldn’t.
Tim Harford
Jan 27, 2007
7:22 AM
What potty training reveals about excessive executive salaries.
Tim Harford
Jan 13, 2007
6:52 AM
Do hardworking employees make their slacker colleagues more productive?
Tim Harford
Dec 23, 2006
7:16 AM
How economists measure whether you’re happy.
Tim Harford
Dec 09, 2006
1:32 AM
The curious economics of temptation.
Tim Harford
Nov 25, 2006
5:49 AM
My boss is 65 and pregnant.
Tim Harford
Nov 11, 2006
9:56 AM
Would the United States be better off with only one time zone?
Tim Harford
Oct 28, 2006
7:16 AM