Tim Harford, “the Undercover Economist”, is a Financial Times columnist, BBC broadcaster, the author of nine books—including, most recently, The Data Detective—and host of the podcast “Cautionary Tales.” He was described by the New Statesman as “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world.”
William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-Director of the NYU Development Research Institute, which won the 2009 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge in Development Cooperation Award. He is the author of three books, including most recently, The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor.
