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Tim Harford finds an audience at a railway station and tells the extraordinary story of Al Roth, the economist who worked out how to create a clearing-house for kidneys. Show more
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New series. Tim Harford tells short stories about fascinating people and ideas in economics. On Regent Street, Tim looks at heated pants and the business of innovation. Show more
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Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, an economist who helped America and the Soviet Union to avoid nuclear war. Show more
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Tim Harford tells the story of Chris Ferguson, who applied game theory to poker and won, big time. But as Ferguson would find out, there's always a bigger game. Show more
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Tim Harford tells the story of Bill Phillips - war hero, engineer, crocodile-hunter, and one of the fathers of macro-economics. Show more
