360 Lecture with Tim Harford
360 Lecture with Tim Harford
Monday 26 Apr 2021The Department of Economics is pleased to announce a guest lecture by Tim Harford, as part of the 360 Guest Lecture Series 2020/21 for this academic year.
Professor Caroline Elliott will introduce the speaker and chair the Q&A session at the end of the lecture.
How To Start a Public Health Revolution with a Pie Chart
Date: Monday 15 March, 3-4pm (UK Time)
Location: Microsoft Teams
This event is for staff and students only and registration is required in order to attend. We hope to see many of you there.
About the speaker
is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of 鈥淗ow To Make the World Add Up鈥� / 鈥淭he Data Detective鈥�, 鈥淢essy鈥�, and the million-selling 鈥淭he Undercover Economist鈥�. His book ' How to Make the World Add Up' is currently available at at a discounted price.
Stephen Fry had this to say about his latest book:
Fabulously readable, lucid, witty and authoritative鈥� Every politician and journalist should be made to read this book鈥�
Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of BBC Radio鈥檚 鈥淢ore or Less鈥�, 鈥淗ow To Vaccinate The World鈥�, and 鈥淔ifty Things That Made the Modern Economy鈥�, as well as the podcast 鈥淐autionary Tales鈥�. 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.
Tim has appeared on the Colbert Report, Newsnight, Marketplace, Planet Money, PM, Today, The One Show and many other popular radio and TV programs. His writing has been published by the leading magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, including Esquire, Forbes, Wired, New York Magazine, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the New York Times. Tim was the first Peter Martin Fellow at the Financial Times, and was a member of the Financial Times editorial board from 2006-2009. He previously worked for Shell and for the World Bank.
Registration
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