What Tim Harford thinks about education
Economist and journalist; Financial Times columnist as The Undercover Economist, author of How to Make the World Add Up, and presenter of the Cautionary Tales podcast.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tim Harford has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsNone of these methods guarantees success, but they do improve your odds because most setters of multiple-choice questions are more predictable than they realise.
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