Tim Hartford

Tim Harford writes the Financial Times Magazine "Dear
Economist" column, in which he draws upon the latest
economic theories to provide tongue-in-cheek answers to
readers’ personal dilemmas. He also works at the World
Bank, where he is the lead writer for the Chief Economist
of the International Finance Corporation. Formerly an
economics editorial writer at the Financial Times, Harford
has served as both an economist for a major oil company and
an economics tutor at Oxford University. He lives in
Washington DC.