More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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WS More or Less: Ice Cream versus aid
Mon 7 Nov 2016
Does the world really spend three times as much on ice cream than on humanitarian aid?
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WS More or Less: Child Marriage, Dangerous Algorithms
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Is a girl under 15 married every seven seconds? And beware dangerous algorithms
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WS More or Less: Escobar鈥檚 Cocaine Deaths
Mon 24 Oct 2016
How many people die for every kilo of cocaine?
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WS More or Less: The Sustainable Development Goals 鈥� are there just too many?
Fri 7 Oct 2016
Is there a better way of looking at the Sustainable Development Goals?
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WS More or Less: Who Won the US Presidential Debate?
Fri 30 Sep 2016
Polling on the Clinton-Trump TV showdown 鈥� and why not all polls are equal.
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WS More or Less: Trump鈥檚 crime claims
Fri 23 Sep 2016
Are some US inner cities more dangerous than Afghanistan?
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WS More or Less: Wedding gift economics
Fri 16 Sep 2016
How much should spend when a couple get married?
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WS More or Less: Drug deaths in the Philippines
Fri 9 Sep 2016
How many people have died during President Duterte鈥檚 drug crackdown?
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WS More or Less: Menstrual Syncing
Mon 5 Sep 2016
Do women鈥檚 periods start to synchronise if they spend time together?
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Death Penalty abolition
Tue 30 Aug 2016
The story behind the countries that have not executed anyone for 10 years
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WS More or Less: Counting Terror Deaths
Mon 22 Aug 2016
Has 2016 been a particularly bad year for terrorism in Europe?
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WS More or Less: Swimming World Records
Mon 15 Aug 2016
Why are swimming world records frequently being broken?
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WS More or Less: Predicting Olympic Medals
Mon 8 Aug 2016
What makes a country successful at winning gold, silver and bronze?
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WS More or Less: Odd Socks and Algorithms
Fri 29 Jul 2016
How can the techniques of computer science help us in everyday life?
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The Supermarket Effect
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Tim Harford returns with Brexit, Trumpton, the Antiques Roadshow and some good news.
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WS More or Less: Ireland鈥檚 Shock GDP figures
Fri 22 Jul 2016
Does Ireland have the fastest growing economy in the world?
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WS More or Less: Violence, shootings and the police in the US
Fri 15 Jul 2016
Tim Harford investigates the numbers surrounding police shootings in the USA.
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WS More or Less: Sleeping: the 8-hour myth
Fri 8 Jul 2016
Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?
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WS More or Less: Brexit Economics
Fri 24 Jun 2016
What will happen to trade and business in the UK after leaving the EU?
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WS More or Less: When Companies Track Your Life
Fri 17 Jun 2016
How are companies using our personal data?
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The Referendum by Numbers: Trade
Fri 17 Jun 2016
Tim Harford asks if the UK would be better off in or out of the EU when it comes to trade
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The Referendum by Numbers: Regulation
Thu 16 Jun 2016
Tim Harford on how much red tape from the EU costs and what might happen if the UK leaves
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