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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Swedish refugees
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden? Tim Harford finds out.
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How harmful is alcohol?
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Are there problems with the way we judge the harms from alcohol? Tim Harford finds out.
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WSMoreOrLess: Oxfam and Wealth Inequality
Mon 25 Jan 2016
Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?
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Billionaires versus the world
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Does it matter that 62 people now own as much wealth as half of the world鈥檚 population?
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WS MoreOrLess: Gravitational Waves
Fri 15 Jan 2016
In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein鈥檚 theory.
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Weekend Stroke Deaths
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Jeremy Hunt says if you have a stroke at the weekend, you're 20% more likely to die .
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Flood Defence Spending
Fri 8 Jan 2016
Is there a north-south divide in the amount of money spent on flood defences in England?
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WS MoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015: Part Three
Thu 7 Jan 2016
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers making the news in 2015.
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WSMoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2
Thu 31 Dec 2015
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.
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Numbers of the Year 2015
Thu 31 Dec 2015
A look back at some of the numbers behind the news in 2015 with Tim Harford.
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WS MoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 1
Tue 22 Dec 2015
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.
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WS MoreOrLess: How Many Stormtroopers are there?
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Are Star Wars鈥� Stormtroopers the biggest secret army on Earth?
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WS MoreOrLess:100 Year Floods?
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Do so-called 鈥�100 year floods鈥� only happen once a century?
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WS MoreOrLess: '鈥楽ympathy鈥� for jihadis
Fri 27 Nov 2015
Are claims that one in five British Muslims 鈥榮ympathise with jihadis鈥� correct?
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WS MoreOrLess: Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory?
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WS MoreOrLess: Creativity and Mental Illness
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?
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WS MoreOrLess: China's One Child Policy
Fri 6 Nov 2015
As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Processed Meat and Cancer
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Oil
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Are a million barrels of Nigeria鈥檚 oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.
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WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.
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WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study.
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WS MoreOrLess: Football鈥檚 Red Card Clich茅
Fri 2 Oct 2015
Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out.
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Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get Alzheimer's
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WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?
Fri 25 Sep 2015
How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.
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Striking Numbers
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?
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WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
麻豆社 Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
