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Qatar World Cup: the pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
Why are data so important in determining how we live?
How good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
The World Cup: how many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the FIFA football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
Bonus Episode: Understand the Economy
Tim Harford brings you the first episode of his new podcast and explains inflation
Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
Lula’s “zero deforestation” plan for the Amazon
How much of the rainforest has been lost? And can Brazil’s new president save it?
Can China’s GDP data be trusted?
Are China’s most recent figures for economic growth wrong?
Do half of new books really sell fewer than twelve copies?
We look into a claim that 50% of new books in the US sell just a handful of copies.
