[2] Hardie is currently a research associate in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the London School of Economics.
[3] In 2012 he published Evidence Based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing It Better with the philosopher Nancy Cartwright.
[4] He left Keble in 1975, becoming a partner in the accountants Dixon Wilson & Co in the same year and remaining until 1982.
He has chaired various companies, including the W H Smith Group from 1994 to 1999 and Loch Fyne Restaurants from 2002 to 2005; he was also chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research from 1984 to 1989.
[2] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1983 for his work at the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.