Friday Sep 5 2008
All times are London time
My colleague Lucy Kellaway has without apparent effort highlighted a profound point: statistical data is only ever an indirect summary of the true state of the world.
…as The Beatles pointed out, money can’t buy you love. Or rather, money doesn’t make you tick “strongly agree” when someone comes around with a clipboard asking if you are happy at work.
About Tim Harford
I write leaders for the FT and two columns for FT Magazine: "The Undercover Economist", about economics in everyday life, and "Dear Economist", in which readers' questions are answered, tongue-in-cheek, with the latest economic theory. To find out about my books, "The Undercover Economist" and my new book "The Logic of Life", or about my radio series, More or Less, see timharford.com.
