Ranked #1
David Kilcullen: Feral Cities
David Kilcullen: Feral Cities
One of the world's most influential counter-insurgency experts, David Kilcullen, whose ideas were described by the Washi... Read more
23 Jul 2013
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13mins
Ranked #2
Gillian Tett: The Anthropology of Finance
Gillian Tett: The Anthropology of Finance
Tim Harford is joined by Gillian Tett for the second in this new series of talks inspired by ideas in anthropology and t... Read more
16 Jul 2013
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14mins
Ranked #3
Malcolm Gladwell: Listening in Vietnam
Malcolm Gladwell: Listening in Vietnam
Tim Harford (the Financial Times' 'Undercover Economist' and presenter of Radio 4's More or Less) is joined by Malcolm G... Read more
9 Jul 2013
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13mins
Ranked #4
Tim Harford: The day the geeks took over poker
Tim Harford: The day the geeks took over poker
Tim tells the story of Chris Ferguson who applied game theory to poker and won - big time. But, as Ferguson would find o... Read more
13 Feb 2013
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13mins
Ranked #5
Tim Harford: The Indiana Jones of Economics
Tim Harford: The Indiana Jones of Economics
Tim Harford tells the story of Bill Phillips - war hero, engineer, crocodile-hunter, and one of the fathers of macro-eco... Read more
6 Feb 2013
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13mins