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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life

Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

More or Less: Numbers of the Year: Part Two

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27/12/2014

Numbers of the Year: Part Two

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Goalkeepers, gold miners and happiness: We look at the most interesting numbers of 2014

Goalkeepers, gold miners and happiness. More or Less looks back at the most interesting and important numbers of 2014.

How optimistic are people about the future? The BBC’s Evan Davis tells More or Less as the programme looks back at the most interesting and important numbers of 2014. 

Tim Harford also speaks to Dr Pippa Malmgren, who was a former economic adviser to President George W Bush, Times football journalist Bill Edgar and the winner of the first Africa fact-checking award, Edem Srem, to discuss goalkeepers and gold miners.

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