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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How to lose money - fast!
Mon 13 Aug 2012
Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter...
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How to lose money - fast!
Fri 10 Aug 2012
Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter...
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How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen? WS
Fri 3 Aug 2012
There was controversy this week after Ye Shiwen, a young Chinese swimmer, won the 400...
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How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?
Fri 3 Aug 2012
There was controversy this week after Ye Shiwen, a young Chinese swimmer, won the 400...
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Gun laws and gold medals (WS)
Sat 28 Jul 2012
Last week's mass-shooting at a cinema in Colorado has - not surprisingly - intensified...
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Gun laws and gold medals
Fri 27 Jul 2012
Last week's mass-shooting at a cinema in Colorado has - not suprisingly - intensified...
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Has clamping down on drugs made the Tour de France slower? (WS)
Fri 20 Jul 2012
The Tour de France, we are told, has finally cleaned up its act and clamped down on of...
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Has clamping down on drugs made the Tour de France slower?
Fri 20 Jul 2012
The Tour de France, we are told, has finally cleaned up its act and clamped down on of...
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More or Less: Who are the Libor losers? (WS)
Fri 13 Jul 2012
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? After all, a...
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Who are the Libor losers?
Fri 13 Jul 2012
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? And we the a...
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Drinks and drugs capital of the world? (WS)
Fri 6 Jul 2012
Do residents of the tiny micronesian island of Palau really smoke more cannabis, and...
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Hit movies and killer birthdays (WS)
Fri 29 Jun 2012
What is the highest-earning film ever if you adjust for inflation? And are birthdays...
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(WS) Weight of the world
Sat 23 Jun 2012
How fat could the global population become? Plus, Angela Saini considers whether could...
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(WS) Chance encounters
Fri 15 Jun 2012
Is the likelihood of bumping into your boss on holiday greater than you think? Angela...
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Interview with Daniel Kahneman
Fri 8 Jun 2012
Tim Harford interviews Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in...
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Counting images of The Queen. (WS)
Fri 1 Jun 2012
How many images of Queen Elizabeth II have ever been created? And is Facebook really...
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Would firing staff 'at will' work? (R4)
Fri 25 May 2012
Is there any evidence to support the Beecroft Review's recommended changes to law? and...
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The maths of infidelity (WS)
Fri 25 May 2012
It’s a very commonly-held belief that men are less faithful than women But it takes...
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Where are the world hardest workers? (WS)
Fri 18 May 2012
Earlier in the year we found out that Greeks put in more working hours than Germans.
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Troubled families and unneutered cats. (R4)
Fri 18 May 2012
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
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Trouble on the Greek railways (WS)
Fri 11 May 2012
Would it be cheaper to send every Greek rail passenger by taxi instead? This programme...
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Austerity, border queues and bank holidays (R4)
Fri 4 May 2012
Are we witnessing a grand economic experiment playing out between Britain and the How...
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A grand economic experiment? (WS)
Fri 4 May 2012
Are we witnessing a grand economic experiment being played out between Europe, trying...
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The formula that changed the world
Fri 27 Apr 2012
Rain and drought in numbers, the formula which changed Wall Street and then the world...
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The formula that changed the world
Fri 27 Apr 2012
The Midas Formula - In this week's More or Less: The story of Black-Scholes, the that...
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20 Apr 12
Fri 20 Apr 2012
Is the rate of species extinction exaggerated - or even unknowable? Producer: Richard...
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20 Apr 12
Fri 20 Apr 2012
We investigate the height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of...
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Eurostats - True or False?
Fri 13 Apr 2012
Are there really more Porsche Cayenne owners in Greece than taxpayers earning over Can...
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Stamp prices and the first maths book
Fri 6 Apr 2012
The Royal Mail says UK stamp prices are still among the best value in Europe, despite...
