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- The $20 Pack Why smokers are happier when cigarettes cost more.
Tim Harford May 17, 2008 - It's Like Money, but With No Dead Presidents Do "local currencies" really help the communities that use them?
Tim Harford May 3, 2008 - What Is "Income per Natural"? How a new way to count national income could change how we think about immigration and development.
Tim Harford April 19, 2008 - Steal This Book! Please! Why software and media companies should encourage piracy (sometimes).
Tim Harford April 12, 2008 - The Price Is Right Does evolution explain why we hate to pay more for scarce goods?
Tim Harford March 29, 2008 - Smallpox or Facebook? Which better explains how ideas move through society: diseases or social networks?
Tim Harford March 15, 2008 - Money That Lasts Forever Why are we so scared of annuities?
Tim Harford March 1, 2008 - My Own Private Housing Bubble I'm about to pay way too much for a house, and I know it. Does that make me a fool?
Tim Harford Feb. 16, 2008 - Amazing Racism A study that shows the true stupidity of discrimination.
Tim Harford Feb. 2, 2008 - How Facebook Is Like Ikea They get their customers to do the work—and to enjoy doing it.
Tim Harford Jan. 19, 2008 - The Logic of Life Why divorce is good for women.
Tim Harford Jan. 15, 2008 - Trial by Camera Measuring the effectiveness of foreign aid.
Tim Harford Jan. 5, 2008
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