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11/02/2023 GMT

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The long and costly history of spreadsheet mistakes

The UK’s Office for National Statistics recently published some dramatically incorrect data - all because of a spreadsheet slip-up. But that’s just the most recent in a long list of times when spreadsheets have gone wrong, often with costly consequences

Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker takes us through a short history of spreadsheet mistakes.

Presenter:Tim Harford
Producer: Nathan Gower
Programme Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Engineer: John Scott

(Financial analyst using spreadsheet software. Credit: Andrey Popov/Getty Images)

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