The economic mysteries of daily life.

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• Rationalizing Resolutions Can economics make you a better person?
  Tim Harford Dec. 22, 2007
  
• Simple Giving C'mon, you can do better than a gift card.
  Tim Harford Dec. 8, 2007
  
• Vive la Différence Are societies hard-wired to tolerate income inequality?
  Tim Harford Nov. 24, 2007
  
• Waiting for Good Joe Do coffee shops discriminate against women?
  Tim Harford Nov. 10, 2007
  
• Why You Didn't Pay To Read This Should newspaper Web sites really be free?
  Tim Harford Oct. 27, 2007
  
• The Conjurer's Dilemma How magicians protect their tricks.
  Tim Harford Oct. 13, 2007
  
• The Stag Hunt The obscure game-theory problem that explains why rich countries are rich.
  Tim Harford Sept. 28, 2007
  
• Rent-A-Treasure How to eliminate the black market in stolen antiquities.
  Tim Harford Sept. 14, 2007
  
• Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails There's finally proof that boys do ruin schools for girls.
  Tim Harford Sept. 1, 2007
  
• Milton Friedman, Meet Richard Feynman How physics can explain why some countries are rich and others are poor.
  Tim Harford Aug. 18, 2007
  
• The Economics of Addiction Is it possible that heroin junkies and crackheads are actually rational?
  Tim Harford Aug. 4, 2007
  
• Dumb Bomb Why most terrorists are so incompetent.
  Tim Harford July 21, 2007
  
• Hillary's Odds Can you rig the political betting markets?
  Tim Harford July 7, 2007
  
• How To Sell a Tuna What fish markets teach about the economy.
  Tim Harford June 22, 2007
  
• The Shock of the New What the history of the electric dynamo teaches about the future of the computer.
  Tim Harford June 9, 2007
  
• Is eBay Rational? Why auction sites make economists so giddy.
  Tim Harford May 26, 2007
  
• The Mystery of the 5-Cent Coca-Cola Why it's so hard for companies to raise prices.
  Tim Harford May 11, 2007
  
• If God Were an Accountant … Whose life is worth more, a drug dealer or a prostitute?
  Tim Harford April 28, 2007
  
• Dollar a Day How the world's poorest really spend their money.
  Tim Harford March 31, 2007
  
• Tax the Middle-Aged! A few bold new ideas to make taxes more efficient and more fair.
  Tim Harford March 31, 2007
  
• The Renter's Manifesto Why home ownership causes unemployment.
  Tim Harford March 17, 2007
  
• Beauty and the Geek Maybe good looks do make you smarter.
  Tim Harford March 3, 2007
  
• Minibar Economics Why you should stay at hotels that overcharge for drinks and Wi-Fi access.
  Tim Harford Feb. 17, 2007
  
• The Distance Paradox If telecommuting is so easy, why do we travel for work more than ever?
  Tim Harford Feb. 3, 2007
  
• Why the Stock Market Rises in January … And why it shouldn't.
  Tim Harford Jan. 27, 2007
  
• Urinalysis What potty training reveals about excessive executive salaries.
  Tim Harford Jan. 13, 2007