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Writer & Presenter of Cautionary Tales & Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy; Undercover Economist at the FT; BBC More or Less. Views my own, of course.

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Joined April 2009

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    "How behavioural economics helped me kick my smartphone addiction" - my for the magazine is here:

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  2. How to revitalise the oil industry: - explains.

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    Welcome to Thrust, a brave new worktopia ‘A co-creating community, where the lowliest penpusher rubs shoulders with the most exalted CEO. I literally built on this dream of equality, adding an elite club for top-floor tenants.’ With ⁦

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  4. 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy: Dams

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    In 1995, Michael Crichton had the No. 1 book ... and the No. 1 TV series ... and the No. 1 movie. Then in 1996, he did it again. But, how? host explains the concept of “slow-motion multitasking” in his latest at .

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    Feb 1

    A lot of tweets about miss that 02 February 2020 is a palindrome in USA, UK and ISO formats; it is a palindrome day of the year (33) and there are a palindrome of days left in the year (333). This will never happen again. More details here:

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    "Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. Look only and solely at what are the facts..."

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  8. Will the 2020s finally be the decade that the robots come for our jobs? (Spoiler: no. But they look likely to cause a lot of disruption.)

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  9. Hetan is a proper statistical hero. 's loss is the 's gain. Bravo Hetan, and good luck.

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  10. A friend has asked me to read a piece which dismisses economics because economists ONLY study money. Another friend has asked me to read something which dismisses economics because economists DON'T study money. Feel they should talk to each other, and cut out the middle-man...

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  11. Why disagreeing vocally is hard - and important:

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  12. Reading about curiosity-driven AI in "You Look Like A Thing And I Love You" - great book about AI by It's funny, and I'm learning a lot.

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  13. Will the 2020s finally be the decade that the robots come for our jobs? (Spoiler: no. But they look likely to cause a lot of disruption.)

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    Jan 30

    Some of the problems the legendary Leonhard Euler worked on sound more like puzzles you'd find in a newspaper than serious mathematical work. Here are 5 favourites involving bridges, officers, knights and more

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  15. If you'd like to hear Malcolm in his acting debut as LePan - helping tell the cautionary tale of Keynes, Fisher and the Wall Street Crash - it's all here:

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  16. “I am spellbound. This is the most beautiful creature I have ever listened to. Does he belong to our species? Or is he from some other order?” - Canadian diplomat Douglas LePan

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  17. Will the 2020s be the decade that the robots finally come for our jobs?

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  18. Fifty things that made the modern economy... CCTV.

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    24 Sep 2019

    New Missing Numbers post: how we lost data on millions of police stops, despite the recommendations of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.

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  20. The latest in my collection of teeny book reviews: Bill Bryson's "The Body". I'm envious. He makes it look so easy:

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  21. The latest in my collection of teeny book reviews: Bill Bryson's "The Body". I'm envious. He makes it look so easy:

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