Posts Tagged “tim harford”
Tim Harford on the ‘evidence revolution’ taking place in education
by Stephen Tall on April 27, 2013
Tim ‘Undercover Economist’ Harford has a terrific piece in today’s FT — An evidence revolution — highlighting the use of research to inform and improve education. He picks up on the aspect of evidence-informed policy which has always excited my (…)
Your essential Easter weekend reader — my personal pick of the week’s must-reads
by Stephen Tall on March 31, 2013
It’s Sunday afternoon, so here are a baker’s dozen of thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices, culled from all those I’ve linked to this past fortnight. You can follow me on Delicious here. Even Britain has now abandoned austerity – Anatole Kaletsky highlights the abandonment of Plan A: “While Osborne repeated his mantra that [...]
The futility of forecasts OR Why no-one knows who’ll win the next election
by Stephen Tall on January 1, 2013
If you don’t read Tim ‘Undercover Economist’ Harford, then you should. I frequently link to his stuff in my weekly ‘essential reading’ lists because he’s witty, concise and forensic, a tricky combo. His latest post An insatiable desire to peer (…)
Your essential weekend reader — 12 must-read articles you may have missed
by Stephen Tall on November 24, 2012
It’s Saturday morning, so here are twelve thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices… The lottery of life: Where to be born in 2013 – The Economist‘s annual list of the top quality-of-life countries: ‘Being rich helps more than anything else, but it is not all that counts; things like crime, trust in public institutions [...]
