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

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

Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, an economist who helped America and the Soviet Union to avoid nuclear war. Show more

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

Tim Harford tells the story of Bill Phillips - war hero, engineer, crocodile-hunter, and one of the fathers of macro-economics. Show more