Intelligence Squared:
How To Make The World Add Up, with Tim Harford

Tim Harford is an economist best known for his remarkable ability to explain and communicate complex economic data in ways that are compelling and entertaining. As the FT’s Undercover Economist and host of BBC Radio 4’s More or Less’ he explains – and sometimes debunks – the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.

Harford’s principal argument is that numbers have the power to change the world for the better. He believes that good statistics help us see more clearly. Good statistics are like a telescope for an astronomer, a microscope for a bacteriologist, or an X-ray for a radiologist. If we are willing to let them, good statistics help us see the world around us – and ourselves – in ways that we would not be able to see normally.

Harford comes to Intelligence Squared to help us make sense of the world through numbers. He will take us deep into the world of disinformation and obfuscation, bad research and misplaced motivation to discover those jewels of data and analysis that make communicating with numbers worthwhile.

Join us live and ask Tim your questions about how the world adds up.
 

Age Recommendation:

16+

Price:

*A £2 venue levy is applied to each ticket purchased. This levy helps to support us in covering the costs of keeping our grade II listed building running and our doors open.*

Premium Seating £41.52 (+£2 venue levy)
This seat guarantees seating within the first front rows.

Standard £25 • Living Support £17.80 • Students £17.80  (+£2 venue levy)

Additional ticket options are available to include purchase of Tim Harford’s book, How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers.

Access Information

This event is in the Main Hall, which is located on the ground floor.

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.