The Airport Economist

John Hegley once wrote a poem about accidentally ending up with another boy’s school cap – John Hegarty, a boy with “a name like mine and a cap like mine”. My John Hegarty is Tim Harcourt, chief economist of the Australian Trade Commission, an export-promotion body, and author of “The Airport Economist”, which has just crossed my desk.

I think it will only be published in Australia, which makes sense – it’s very much written with the Australian entrepreneur in mind, but that said, very engaging and (as the title implies), some serious air miles went into the production of this book.

Tim Harford’s blog

This blog is no longer updated but it remains open as an archive.

Tim, also known as the Undercover Economist, writes about the economics of everyday life.

The Undercover Economist: a guide

Publishing schedule: Excerpts from "The Undercover Economist" and "Dear Economist", Tim's weekly columns for the FT Magazine, are published on this blog on Saturday mornings.
More about Tim: Tim also writes editorials for the FT, presents Radio 4's More or Less and is the author of "The Undercover Economist" and "The Logic of Life".
Comment: To comment, please register with FT.com, which you can do for free here. Please also read our comments policy here.
Contact: Tim's contact address is: economist@ft.com
Time: UK time is shown on posts.
Follow: A link to the blog's RSS feeds is at the top of the page.
Follow on Twitter
FT blogs: See the full range of the FT's blogs here.