*'Economists do indeed think differently from the rest of us. This book gives an excellent introduction as to quite why they do' TELEGRAPH *'THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is an excellent Undercover Introduction to Economics. If you think that sounds boring, you probably ought to read it' FINANCIAL TIMES *'As lively and witty an introduction to the supposedly "dismal science" as you are likely to read' THE TIMES *'Harford writes like a dream ... reading THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is like spending an ordinary day wearing X-ray goggles' David Bodanis, author of ELECTRIC UNIVERSE and E=MC2 *'THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a rare specimen ... beautifully written and argued, it brings the power of economics to life' Steven D. Levitt, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago and author of FREAKONOMICS

Tim Harford currently works for the World Bank in Washington. He writes the 'Dear Economist' column for the FT Saturday magazine. An award-winning public speaker, Tim has been an economist for a major oil company and an economics tutor at Oxford University.