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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.

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Migrant workers in Qatar.

05/06/2015

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Is the World Cup really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar?

Is the World Cup really responsible for migrant deaths in Qatar? Plus, solving the fiendish maths exam question that baffled students so much it became a trend on Twitter.

Is the football World Cup really responsible for 1200 migrant deaths in Qatar? We talk to the International Trade Unions Confederation who first published the figure. 

Plus, we solve the fiendish maths exam question that perplexed students so much it became a trend on Twitter.

(Photo: Foreign labourers working on the construction site of the al-Wakrah football stadium. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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