Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, at LSEEcon and CFM

Tuesday 1 October 2013 LSE Department of Economics and Centre for Macroeconomics Public Lecture: "The Undercover Economist Strikes Back" by Tim Harford

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LSE Economics Dept @LSEEcon
Tomorrow: The Undercover Economist Strikes Back public lecture by @TimHarford @LSEEcon http://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/newsAndEvents/lecturesAndEvents.aspx#timharford …wsLSEHarfordord
Mon, Sep 30 2013 10:01:13
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— LSE Economics Dept (@LSEEcon)Mon, Sep 30 2013 10:01:13
Lectures and Events
October 2013 Department of Economics Public Lecture: "Why Growth Theory Requires a Theory of the State Beyond Market Failures" Date: Tues...
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Prior to the lecture
Demand for tickets was high, and excitement about the lecture was spreading!
Danny Quah @DannyQuah
RT @LSEpublicevents: Wow over 1200 ticket requests for #LSEHarford so far lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/e… @LSEEcon @TimHarford
Tue, Sep 24 2013 07:37:51
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Alex Christensen @alxchrstnsn
Got my #LSEHarford ticket so I can see the Undercover Economist strike back in person. @TimHarford
Tue, Sep 24 2013 09:16:29
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— Alex Christensen (@alxchrstnsn)Tue, Sep 24 2013 09:16:29
One of the few who did get tickets! #LSEharford http://twitter.com/EdenMesfun/status/385130865811931136/photo/1 …
Eden @EdenMesfun
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 19:55:28
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LSE Economics Dept @LSEEcon
For those unable to enter tonight's lecture by @TimHarford, a videolink will be free & open to all http://bit.ly/144wQ1b foLSEHarford
@BISGovPolEcon
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 16:27:34
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At the lecture
Aneta Atanasova @Aneta_Atanasova
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back ... Tim Harford blowing my mind at tonight's LSE lecture #LSEHarford
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:45:47
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— Aneta Atanasova (@Aneta_Atanasova)Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:45:47
#lseharford @MoTanweer pic.twitter.com/rnVMuti3Ouevan/status/385133966078275584/photo/1
di bevan @dibevan
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 20:07:47
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Liam Barrington-Bush @hackofalltrades
'Writing the book gave me a sense of why macroeconomists sometimes do the crazy things that they do.' - @TimHarford #LSEHarford #hmmmmm
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:56:02
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:56:02
LSE Economics Dept @LSEEcon
#LSEHarford Bill Phillips and the 'Phillips Machine' https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=phillips+machine+economics&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=SBBLUrvUNqqJ0AXh0oHgCg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=320&bih=504&dpr=2#biv=i%7C26%3Bd%7C3Y5Tu98UOcNp4M%3A …hill…
@MoTanweer
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:13:23
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— LSE Economics Dept (@LSEEcon)Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:13:23
Bill Philipps' story was central to the lecture
LSE Economics Dept @LSEEcon
Bill Philipps, the 'Indiana Jones' of Economics #LSEHarford
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:20:09
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LSE Economics Dept @LSEEcon
#LSEHarford someone needs to make a film about Bill Phillips' 'mother of all gap years '!
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:28:11
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Tim Whiting @Timwhiting
@LSEEcon Definitely!
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:32:18
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— Tim Whiting (@Timwhiting)Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:32:18
Further storytelling
James Wallman @jameswallman
@TimHarford: storytelling genius - from LSE to a dairy farm in NZ to the A-team & escape from Singapore in WW2...
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:19:51
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Tom Peters @tompeters1
Add POW camps and Babysitting co-ops = a fascinating discussion on the history of economic thinking #LSEHarford
@EmilyYarrow1
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:53:11
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— Tom Peters (@tompeters1)Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:53:11
Orla Ryan @TweetingInterim
#LSEHarford So, quantative easing in the Babysitting Co-op..
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:38:45
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Mo Tanweer @MoTanweer
"The economic organisation of a POW camp". #LSEHarford
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:43:50
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— Mo Tanweer (@MoTanweer)Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:43:50
Liam Barrington-Bush @hackofalltrades
"When you point at a specific thing + say 'that's what's going on' you miss all of the interconnectedness." - @TimHarford #LSEHarford
Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:32:27
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Tue, Oct 01 2013 18:32:27
And the closing line

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