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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.

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Esther Duflo and women in economics
Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer’s economics Nobel Prize.
18 Oct 2019,20 mins
Aid to Ukraine and being struck by lightning
Dissecting President Trump’s aid to Ukraine claims.
12 Oct 2019,9 mins
The Extra Episode: Minimum wage, drinking in Scotland and identical twins.
Exploring how long one identical twin lives after the other twin dies.
11 Oct 2019,28 mins
WS More or Less: Does San Francisco have more rough sleepers than Britain?
Are the shocking statistics true? and how do you count people who don't wish to be found?
07 Oct 2019,8 mins
Does San Francisco have more rough sleepers than Britain?
Is it true that there are more rough sleepers in San Francisco than in Britain?
05 Oct 2019,9 mins
New hospitals promised, Aid to Ukraine, Bacon sandwiches
Dissecting the government’s hospitals announcement and President Trump’s Ukraine claims.
04 Oct 2019,28 mins
New hospitals promised, aid to Ukraine, and bacon sandwiches
Dissecting the government’s hospitals announcement and President Trump’s Ukraine claims.
04 Oct 2019,27 mins
WS More or Less: Who fought in World War 1?
Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?
30 Sep 2019,8 mins
Who fought in World War One and the American Civil War?
Were a third of those that fought for Britain in WW1 black or Asian?
28 Sep 2019,9 mins
Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning.
Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men?
27 Sep 2019,28 mins
Austerity Deaths, C-Sections and being struck by lightning
Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men?
27 Sep 2019,23 mins
WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?
Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.
23 Sep 2019,8 mins
Peaty v Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?
Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming
21 Sep 2019,9 mins
Dementia, inflation and shark deaths
Health risks for presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims
20 Sep 2019,28 mins
Dementia, inflation and shark deaths
Health risks for Presidential hopefuls, falling inflation, shark deaths and salary claims
20 Sep 2019,24 mins
WS More or Less: Cape Town murders
Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?
16 Sep 2019,8 mins
Cape Town murders
Are eight people a day murdered in Cape Town and is that number unusually high?
14 Sep 2019,9 mins
Maternal deaths, taxi driver earnings and statistical pop music
Are black women five times more likely to die in childbirth? Plus making pop music.
13 Sep 2019,28 mins
Maternal deaths, taxi driver earnings and statistical pop music
Are black women five times more likely to die in childbirth? Plus making pop music.
13 Sep 2019,24 mins
WS More or Less: Deforestation in Brazil
Has it increased significantly since President Bolsonaro took office in January?
09 Sep 2019,8 mins
Deforestation in Brazil
Has it increased significantly since President Bolsonaro took office in January?
07 Sep 2019,9 mins
Climate deaths, Austerity, Pet food
Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.
06 Sep 2019,28 mins
Climate deaths, austerity and pet food
Challenging the idea of six billion deaths due to climate change; plus what pets eat.
06 Sep 2019,24 mins
WS More or Less: Amazon forest fires
Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?
02 Sep 2019,8 mins
Amazon forest fires
Are they really 85 percent worse than last year?
31 Aug 2019,9 mins
Amazon fires, State pension, American burgers
Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?
30 Aug 2019,28 mins
Amazon fires, state pension and American burgers
Are forest fires in Brazil the worst in recent times? What is the state pension worth?
30 Aug 2019,27 mins
WS More or Less: Ethiopia’s 350m trees in a day
Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?
26 Aug 2019,8 mins
Ethiopia’s 350m trees in a day
Were millions of trees planted in just one day in Ethiopia?
24 Aug 2019,9 mins
Exam grades, Chernobyl and Ethiopian trees
Was your A Level grade correct? Plus were 350m trees planted in one day in Ethiopia?
23 Aug 2019,24 mins