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Who will be most affected by mortgage rate increases? Show more
26 minutes
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Is the planet still getting hotter? Plus, the results of our quest to find out which UK town has the highest concentration of pubs. Show more
26 minutes
Tim Harford investigates the connection between a doctors' strike and a drop in the death rate. Plus, how does the Eurovision Song Contest voting work? Show more
28 minutes
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Who is coming to the UK as a long-term migrant - and how are the numbers worked out? Show more
28 minutes
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Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2? Show more
28 minutes
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Covid-related deaths are rising in England and Wales, but what do the figures really tell us? Show more
25 minutes
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Tim Harford on the economics of an independent Scotland, Ryanair's boast about flight punctuality, Eurovision voting, why millions of science papers may be wrong, and cat years. Show more
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Are hundreds of young children visiting A&E because of alcohol? Plus an update on the Trumptonshire economy, and has the mosquito killed half the people who have ever lived? Show more
25 minutes
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Tim Harford explores a Shelter statistic. Plus the 'global wine shortage' fact-checked, the mathematics of magic card shuffling, and how crucial are the festive football fixtures? Show more
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Is there any evidence to support the Beecroft Review's recommended changes to employment law? Plus hard-working Greeks, infidelity, and Ben Goldacre on publication bias. Show more
30 minutes
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Which countries punch above their weight at the Olympics? Is there any correlation between gun control laws and gun crime? And why do US presidents' mums live so long? Show more
25 minutes
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Tim Harford presents a guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year, as discussed by More or Less interviewees. Show more
25 minutes
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Tim Harford discovers that health data contradict a report that says obesity is worsening. And he looks at claims about police shootings, winter storms, Benefits Street and apples. Show more
25 minutes
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Tim Harford presents a detailed looked at the impact immigration has on the public purse. Plus single women; alcohol and mouth cancer; and a tennis puzzle to ponder. Show more
26 minutes
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Are one million people really using food banks in Britain? Do food bank statistics tell us anything about how many people are struggling to get enough to eat? With Tim Harford. Show more
26 minutes
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Does the government have lots of people chasing the relatively small amounts lost to benefits cheats, while massive amounts of tax evasion are barely investigated? Show more
26 minutes
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Is the Financial Times right to claim that French economist Thomas Piketty got his numbers wrong? Show more
26 minutes
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Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news. Featuring an analysis of the Scottish and UK government claims about what the referendum result will mean for Scots' wallets. Show more
28 minutes
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Tim Harford scrutinises claims made about the virus outbreak. Plus guide dogs and cyclists, prison numbers and ATOS fit-for-work checks. Show more
30 minutes
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Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life. Show more
