Tim Harford

Tim Harford is an award-winning journalist, economist, and broadcaster. He is the author of the bestselling The Undercover Economist, Messy, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Adapt, and The Logic of Life. A senior columnist at the Financial Times, Harford’s new book is Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy.

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How Concrete Cemented Its Place in History

The Undercover Economist explains why this ancient building material came to dominate the world today—and why that could be a problem in the future.

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