US legislators are eager to ban TikTok. They are missing a bigger question: should they also ban Instagram, Facebook and the network formerly known as Twitter? The obvious answer is “no”, because although everyone grumbles about social media, we still use these networks, which strongly suggests that deep down we still value them. But what…

Tim Harford

23.04.2024

Cautionary Tales – Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow) | Tim Harford

Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortune was rife with treachery and deceit. Within a few short years, the once-thriving Incan empire had been decimated. Tim Harford is joined by Dan Snow for a special…

Tim Harford

26.04.2024

Cautionary Tales – The Fraudster’s Guide to Magic Money | Tim Harford

Cautionary Tales will be LIVE on stage in London 21 May 2024. Tickets are on sale now. Sam Israel had a problem. The investors in his hedge fund, Bayou Capital, were expecting spectacular returns. Sam himself had spent years proclaiming the fund's brilliant results. In reality, Sam had been marking his own homework, publishing fraudulent…

Tim Harford

26.04.2024

Why the biscuit tax leaves a bad taste in the mouth | Tim Harford

Earlier this year, two distinguished gentlemen, Judge Hyde and his adviser Julian Stafford, sampled a mineral-enriched flapjack — alas, a year past its sell-by date — and pondered its qualities. (Flapjacks are slabs of oats stuck together with a glue made of butter, sugar and syrup.) The question: was this unconventional flapjack, designed as a…

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