More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Numbers of the Year 2022
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
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Numbers of the Year 2015
A look back at some of the numbers behind the news in 2015 with Tim Harford.
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Numbers of the Year 2014.
Tim Harford and guests look back at some of the weird and wonderful numbers of 2014.
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Numbers of the year
A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic of by...
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Numbers of 2021
The most significant numbers of the year
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Numbers of 2012
A special review of the year through the interesting, informative and idiosyncratic of...
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Numbers of 2012
A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic of by...
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Numbers in Ukraine and low seas in Chagos
Troop and casualty numbers in Ukraine
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Numbers Behind a Tweetstorm
How do you get a hashtag to trend around the world?
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Noisy Decisions
The world鈥檚 most famous psychologist on how 'noise' impacts our decision making
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Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?
Why Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
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Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize.
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No, a study has not shown that the covid jab causes cancer
Why a study from South Korea does not show that vaccines cause cancer
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Nigeria - rich or poor?
Nigeria's bureau of statistics has overhauled the way it calculates the country's GDP...
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NHS waiting lists, Voter ID and measuring divorce
Why a fall in those waiting longest for treatment in England isn't telling the whole story
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NHS hospital deaths
Tim Harford examines the claim that NHS hospital patients are 45% more likely to die...
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NHS consultant pay, Net Zero claims and Scotland's ferry woes
Are consultants in England really paid an average of 拢120,000 a year?
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New hospitals promised, aid to Ukraine, and bacon sandwiches
Dissecting the government鈥檚 hospitals announcement and President Trump鈥檚 Ukraine claims.
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Netflix vs the environment
Does watching 30 minutes of Netflix have the same carbon footprint as driving four miles?
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Netflix and Chill
The carbon consequence of streaming, stats on sepsis and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto.
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NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?
How much does a man鈥檚 height affect his chances of becoming an NBA basketball player?
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Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?
Poker player and polling analyst Nate Silver on his new book
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NASA鈥檚 asteroid collision: how many asteroids are really out there?
As NASA rams an asteroid to try and alter its course, how many are yet to be discovered?
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MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)
Will it take 685 years to clear the NHS waiting list? Are 10% of MPs under investigation?
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Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?
Who will be most affected by mortgage rate increases?
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More or Less: Who are the Libor losers? (WS)
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? After all, a...
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More or Less: The concrete facts about Trump鈥檚 wall and China
Did China use more concrete in three years than the US in the 20th Century?
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More or Less: Superforecasting, wood burning stoves and the real story of Hidden Figures
Dipping into the archive for stories on the art of prediction and wood burner pollution
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More or Less: Statistics of the Year 2017
Phones, lawn mowers and how Kim Kardashian helped the public understanding of risk.
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More or Less: Opinion polling, Kevin Pietersen, and stacking Lego
On More or Less this week Tim Harford looks at three polls carried out to gauge the on...
