Of all the dubious claims uttered recently by Elon Musk, I have yet to see a more interesting one than his tweet asserting that “a more accurate measure of GDP would exclude government spending.

Why Steven Levitt swapped academia for podcasting.

Tim Harford’s magazine article “The value of institutional memory” (April 19) was a stark reminder that loss of corporate memory can cause disastrous harm and financial and human loss to ...

That’s the question at the heart of The Price of Life, a book by journalist Jenny Kleeman. It turns out that there’s not just one price, there are many - depending on exactly how that life is being ...

John von Neumann — the man who created game theory, advanced many branches of mathematics and physics, and did more than anyone to design the modern computer — was someone who attracted a certain ...

This episode was originally broadcast on the 9th April.

Tim Harford and Kate Moore discuss how the "Radium Girls" took on their employers.

“I love being the person who doesn’t know anything” - Why Steven Levitt has swapped academia for podcasting“I love being the person who doesn’t know anything” - Why Steven Levitt has swapped academia ...