“They fall behind and are slowly crushed”: Board Games and Economics with Richard Garfield timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

Santa Claus is still a woman... timharford.com/2025/12/sant...

From colonising Mars to measuring with Mars Bars — addressing your wilder monetary queries as.ft.com/r/1be38a10-3...

Delighted that Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic The Gathering and other joyful games, is appearing on Cautionary Tales this Friday to grill me about UBI and chat about games, economics & game theory. For a taste of his genius, KING OF TOKYO amzn.to/493W7mp

Reading Adam Rutherford's "How To Argue with a Racist". Despite the pugnacious title it's largely a fun, readable and highly educational book about genetics (with the occasional glimpse into the worldview of white supremacists). I learned a lot. amzn.to/4rW29Op

Flixborough: The factory that was wiped off the map timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

Flixborough: The factory that was wiped off the map timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross suggested that there are five stages of grief, but we have leapt instead from stage one, denial — “there is no AI bubble”, to stage five, acceptance — “AI is a bubble and bubbles are great”. timharford.com/2025/12/are-...

The economics of seasonal serenity... as.ft.com/r/f9f99ff8-3...

Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross suggested that there are five stages of grief, but we have leapt instead from stage one, denial — “there is no AI bubble”, to stage five, acceptance — “AI is a bubble and bubbles are great”. timharford.com/2025/12/are-...

The economics of seasonal serenity... as.ft.com/r/f9f99ff8-3...

A friend just gave me "The Mathematicians' Library" - early xmas gift. It's a beautiful looking tour of great books of mathematics from history. Lovely reproductions. Can't wait to properly read it. amzn.to/4iICuo5

Cautionary Club – “What a Bloody Mess we’re in” – Britain’s [REDACTED] Accident timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

A little story about the Treasury secretary, Frankling the Turtle, and Treasury prices as.ft.com/r/6e764b13-d...

Cautionary Club – “What a Bloody Mess we’re in” – Britain’s [REDACTED] Accident timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

Cautionary Tales - the Disappearance of Grace Oakeshott: timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

A friend just gave me "The Mathematicians' Library" - early xmas gift. It's a beautiful looking tour of great books of mathematics from history. Lovely reproductions. Can't wait to properly read it. amzn.to/4iICuo5

Indefinite Hyperbolic Numerals forty-leven squillion umpteen steen umpty umpty-ump umpty-steen zillion skillion jillion gillion bazillion umptillion kazillion gazillion kajillion gajillion bajillion Collected by Stephen Chrisomalis www.futilitycloset.com/2025/12/05/e...

"judge not lest you be judged" ... In which I argue that everyone has a little bit of exaggeration in their CV, so it's not a good idea to throw stones (featuring Rachel Reeves and Alex Edmans) www.ft.com/content/81b8...

Cautionary Tales - the Disappearance of Grace Oakeshott: timharford.com/2025/12/caut...

A couple of years ago I got "Scum and Villainy" for Christmas. Life-changing, if you love TTRPGS. Really fun, and a great introduction to the Blades in the Dark family of games. amzn.to/4iDpaRO

In search of the perfect gift... a kidney timharford.com/2025/12/a-ki...

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Homo Deceptus: Science's Dirty Little Secret #CautionaryTalesPod timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

"Whispers Beyond the Stars" - a new gamebook from Dave Morris and Pawel Dziemski - I know Dave is very excited about this project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4nT...

Homo Deceptus: Science's Dirty Little Secret #CautionaryTalesPod timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

The OBR error was bad for all of us My column www.ft.com/content/b1af...

Resonating with any women who have lost their shit over presents. I really do think the self-gifting of beauty advent calendars is a sop

How to get things done in a world where our devices work for Big Tech, not for us: timharford.com/2025/11/our-...

"Fela Kuti: Fear No Man" is MAGIC from Jad Abumrad and the team. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

Santa Claus is a woman. Always has been. (Always will be?) on.ft.com/43POQET

Book of the day recommendation is Cory Doctorow's "Enshittificaiton" - a punchy, pungent and extremely smart guide to the Enshittocene. amzn.to/4p5tqwb

Book of the day recommendation is Cory Doctorow's "Enshittificaiton" - a punchy, pungent and extremely smart guide to the Enshittocene. amzn.to/4p5tqwb

Santa Claus is a woman. Always has been. (Always will be?) on.ft.com/43POQET

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Great piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com about the weird hollowing out of the UK tax system, how it compares with Scandinavia (vastly MORE progressive), and the strange reluctance of anyone in politics to talk about this truth. on.ft.com/4abEiUj

If you're seeing the news about @rutgerbregman.com and are more interested in his ideas than the latest dust-up, I strongly recommend one of his books. Any of his books - they're all good, but my favourite is Humankind, which is fierce and optimistic: amzn.to/4ru1js7

Great piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com about the weird hollowing out of the UK tax system, how it compares with Scandinavia (vastly MORE progressive), and the strange reluctance of anyone in politics to talk about this truth. on.ft.com/4abEiUj

The Drunkard's Walk - How Randomness Rules our Lives. (Fun book by Leonard Mlodinow, finally emerged from bookshelf deep-freeze.) amzn.to/3LXTcUl

I've just been sent an advance copy of @stewartbrand 's "The Maintenance of Everything". I LOVE it. He has such a distinctive voice and such a surprising set of observations and ideas. Pretty-looking hardback: amzn.to/4rcKamp Online draft: books.worksinprogress.co

Taking a swipe at dating apps timharford.com/2025/11/taki...

Cautionary Tales - Kyoto: The battle that defined climate politics (with Joe Robertson) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

The hall-of-mirrors economy: don't trade where you tweet! on.ft.com/48mNofD

Have I mentioned that Alphaville is setting up a Substack? 👉 on.ft.com/49pcgVk

The hall-of-mirrors economy: don't trade where you tweet! on.ft.com/48mNofD

The Treasure Hunt That Broke America - Part 2 (Cautionary Tales) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...

I've always been curious about what it would be like to play D&D with a a professional DM... Last week I got the chance! timharford.com/2025/11/what...

Over a decade late, I know, but finally got round to reading Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, and it's really, really good - vivid, readable, loads of telling detail, deft drawing of connections and conclusions without overcooking it. Recommended. amzn.to/47THYZH

TBH Not a popular thing to say, but the big problem with the UK direct tax system is that it taxes middle incomes too low, if we move from an income tax rate/ NI switcheroo to lower allowances, that is an improvement. That is a big “if” though.

The Treasure Hunt That Broke America - Part 2 (Cautionary Tales) timharford.com/2025/11/caut...