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    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      The enshittification of apps is real. But is it bad?

      Internet platforms are the latest example of a product destined to go to the dogs

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Special ReportRoad to Net Zero
      Calls for clearer communication to cultivate greener consumers

      Environmentalists say unified messaging and policy are vital for behavioural change

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Lex
      Surge pricing: algos lift margins and challenge trust busters Premium content

      Machine learning lets companies make timelier use of data on everything from input costs to the weather

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      What economists get wrong about personal finance

      The advice given by academics and by financial self-help gurus is often very different

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Quitting is underrated

      We are far too stubborn, committing to an idea, job or romantic partner even when it becomes clear we’ve made a mistake

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      How much money will actually make you happy?

      We can all fantasise about what we need to make ourselves satisfied — and it doesn’t have to be a fortune

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      We tried to buy our way into The Queue. Here’s what we learned

      A monarchal experiment in time versus money

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      Markets InsightHoward Marks
      The illusion of knowledge for investors

      Why rely on forecasts if they’re so easily rendered inaccurate?

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Markets InsightHoward Marks
      Investors need to stay away from the herd to outperform

      Portfolio shifts should not be based on short-term results as no strategy will make every quarter or year successful

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      FT MagazineTim Harford
      What nudge theory got wrong

      Is behavioural public policy a distraction from finding systemic solutions?

    • Monday, 27 December, 2021
      Ravi Gurumurthy
      Covid has demonstrated the power of the ‘nudge’

      Policies on everything from public health to climate change would benefit from using behavioural science

    • Monday, 20 December, 2021
      FT Swamp Notes
      The best and the brightest Premium content

      When done properly, systems thinking can help us solve the world’s most complex problems

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      UK government to boost investment in ‘nudge unit’ by selling stake

      Behavioural Insights Team will attract £100m in funding to direct its messaging at Britain’s big social challenges

    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      Can guilt help bankers change for the better?

      Research suggests that ‘guilt-prone individuals’ may have a ‘moral advantage’ in workplaces and that banks should try to hire them

    • Monday, 11 October, 2021
      Nobel prizes
      Three economists share Nobel Prize for pioneering ‘natural experiments’

      Trio challenged ideas, including work to show that raising the minimum wage need not depress jobs

    • Friday, 8 October, 2021
      John Gapper
      Everyone wants to catch billionaire lottery fever

      Prize draws with jackpots worth hundreds of millions are democratic financial fantasies

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      News in-depthReproductive rights
      Lack of abortion access will set US women back, economists warn

      Wages and education significantly affected, brief says, as Supreme Court considers latest challenge to Roe vs Wade

    • Monday, 30 August, 2021
      Lex
      Game theory: collaborative kids beat the marshmallow test Premium content

      Most people want to co-operate, even when it is not individually optimal

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      FT Magazine
      Treat brain: how the pandemic is rewiring our minds

      The comfort-seeking behaviours of Covid may be here to stay. Is that such a bad thing?

    • Friday, 11 June, 2021
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Mr Spock is not as logical as he’d like to think

      ‘The Vulcan is a dramatic portrayal of the mistakes economists make in assuming everyone is rational’

    • Friday, 4 June, 2021
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Some gripes about groupthink

      ‘While dissent leads to better decisions, it also leads to discomfort. Disagreement is valuable but agreement feels so much more comfortable’

    • Friday, 4 December, 2020
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      What puzzles and poker teach us about misinformation

      We cannot escape our emotions — but we can take them into account

    • Friday, 6 November, 2020
      Tim Harford
      Why pollsters so often seem to get it wrong

      The huge win suggested for Joe Biden did not materialise — but we shouldn’t expect certainty

    • Friday, 11 September, 2020
      Tim Harford
      How quick and dirty Covid tests can help end the weariness

      A mass programme is needed because we cannot wait for an effective vaccine

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      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      Live events are back, but new rules make for thin performances

      Lockdowns called for ingenuity to meet the challenge of staging in a post-Covid world

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