WebbThe Problem With Facts. by Tim Harford Mar 17, 2024 Highlights. 1. Just before Christmas 1953, the bosses of America’s leading tobacco companies met John Hill, the founder and chief executive of one of America’s leading public relations firms, Hill & Knowlton. Despite the impressive surroundings — the Plaza Hotel,... WebbNations have trouble selling their products when they won’t buy anyone else’s without high taxes. This is called the “Lerner Theorem” after economist Abba Lerner, who developed it in 1936. For example, if the U.S. puts a high tax on imports of Chinese TVs, effectively banning them, the American TV-making industry will benefit (people will buy the cheaper …
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Webb17 mars 2024 · There’s a final problem with trying to persuade people by giving them facts: the truth can feel threatening, and threatening people tends to backfire. “People respond in the opposite direction,” says Jason Reifler, a political scientist at Exeter University. WebbIn a Financial Times article, The problem with facts, he reflects on how fact checking and political counter measures went wrong. [Solved] Harford: Facts Without Curiosity are … sharegate create site collection
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Webb10 apr. 2024 · We did think about having this matter adjudicated by Tim Harford at BBC Radio 4’s More or Less, and perhaps he will yet take up the issue for us, but in the meantime we shall crack on ourselves. Now, we do not climb E9, so in this sense we are not peers of the eGrader campaign team athletes and so cannot reasonably comment on … WebbSummary: the ‘facts’ didn’t carry the day — or at any rate took an awful long time to have a major impact. “The facts about smoking — indisputable facts, from unquestionable … WebbEconomist Tim Harford understands that evolution – gradual adaptive change – breeds far more success than revolution. In this thought-provoking book, Harford draws examples from multiple disciplines, illuminates the gap between how things work and how people think they work, and maintains reader interest with his entertaining style ... sharegate current version