Writers festival. This is 45 minutes. Please welcome tim harford. [applause]. Thank you very much everyone. Host i dont believe in long preambles but i thought i should say a few words. I am well aware the many of you have no idea who i am printed as a thank you for showing up on the spirits of pure curiosity. It speaks very well of you. Even though its a really big name for the festival. I feel very honored to be amongst them. So who am i, few things. Already called the undercover columnist for the Financial Times. It is really good. I recommend it printed thank you sir. [laughter]. The second thing is im with radio. I chauffeur the media world service, fifty inventions that shaped the modern economy. And how we think about numbers and how numbers sometimes lead us astray. They help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called Michael Lewis and malcolm. Read Cautionary Tales force all about things going wrong and sometimes in amusing ways. And what we can
Aware many of you have no idea who i am so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you and i know theres really big names at the festival and i feel honored to be among them so thanks for coming. Who am i to mark a few things around i write a column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times. At the pink newspaper thats really good. I recommend it. Thanks baxter. And the second thing is i present bbc radio so im present a show for the Bbc World Service called 50things that made the modern economy. Ive presented a show for bbc radio for aboutnumbers and how we think about numbers and how numbers lead us astray. And sometimes help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called michael lewis, a gentleman called Malcolm Gladwell called Cautionary Tales which is all aboutthings going wrong , sometimes in amusing ways and what we can learn from them. So in between all that, i tried to write a few bo
The first thing is i am well aware that many of you have no idea who i am. And so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you. I know there are some really, really big nays in the festival and i feel very honored to be amongst them. Thanks for coming. So who am i . A few things, i write column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times at the pink newspaper thats really good, i recommend it. [applause] thank you sir. The second thing is i present radio. I did a show for the Bbc World Service called 50 things amid the modern economy. I present a show for bbc all about numbers and how we think about numbers, how numbers sometimes lead us astray. Sometimes they help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell called cautionary tales. Which is all about things going wrong, sometimes in sideways and sometimes in amusing ways and what we can learn from them. So
The futures right now are indicated higher as well. Dow futures up by about 90 points. S p futures up by seven. This is off the lows we had seen this morning. Europe is good too. I think negative Interest Rates reminds me of negative growth. Its too long. Its too many words. We need a new word for these. Some people are writing in to me. What about optist rates. Clever. So japan now has put into effect some outrest rates. Its that simple. Its quicker. Its succinct. Someone suggested that on twitter. The head of the bank of japan said the country is recovering moderately, but they made the move to stop risks by falling oil prices. Did cramer make up f. A. N. G. Stocks . I dont know. They have t. F. A. N. G. Now too. Anyway, they talked about the prices and slowing emerging economies theyve been watching closely. He told reporters that there is more policy ammunition available if necessary, but its hard to think what youd be getting beyond that. Lets tell you about some of the other stor