Evan Davis
Evan Davis
Evan Harold Davisis an English economist, journalist, and presenter for the BBC...
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth8 April 1962
luxury healthy elements
Once we are fed, heated, housed and healthy, our extra consumption inevitably has an element of luxury about it. And once luxury enters the scene, the practicalities are in trouble, as women who wear expensive stiletto heels can testify.
thinking practice people
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption.
struggle views hands
Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views.
issues way argument
Reducing every issue to an argument can become stale but it's often a very good way of clarifying issues.
today programmes
Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.
writing want ifs
It's amazing, if you know what you want to say, how fast it is to write.
strong population three
There is a strong link between the following three things: exporting, manufacturing and the degree of saving by the population. It's complicated, but if the population doesn't save, the economy will not tend to export as much, and if it doesn't export as much, it won't manufacture enough.
mistake mean trying
If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.
country school firsts
For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry.
inspirational funny nice
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
thinking ideas everyday-things
It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.