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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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May 24, 2013 · 24 min
The economics of Scottish independence
Tim Harford inspects the claims the UK Treasury and the Scottish government make about...
May 20, 2013 · 9 min
Angelina Jolie’s 87% cancer risk
As Angelina Jolie announces that an 87% cancer risk has prompted her to have a double...
May 17, 2013 · 24 min
Angelina Jolie’s 87% cancer risk
As Angelina Jolie announces that an 87% cancer risk has prompted her to have a double...
May 13, 2013 · 9 min
How old is your dog?
It's often said that one dog year equals seven human years. But is it true? Tim and or...
May 10, 2013 · 27 min
How much does the EU cost the UK? Plus, dog years
Tim Harford makes sense of the numbers being used in the political battle about the UK...
May 6, 2013 · 9 min
The Maths of Mozart and Birds
Birds + windows =? The BBC Quiz show The Unbelievable Truth reckons that more than 2...
May 3, 2013 · 28 min
Birds, Mozart, austerity, Thatcher
Birds + windows =? The BBC Quiz show The Unbelievable Truth reckons that more than 2...
Apr 27, 2013 · 9 min
Are Man Utd a one-man team?
More or Less creates the Alternative Premier League, with lead scorer goals chalked to...
Apr 22, 2013 · 9 min
Austerity: a spreadsheet error?
Tim Harford tells the story of the student who uncovered a mistake in a famous paper...
Apr 15, 2013 · 9 min
Thatcher in numbers
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, was Britain’s first female prime...
Apr 8, 2013 · 9 min
Communicating Risk
It’s the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of in Italy...
Mar 30, 2013 · 9 min
That's not much gold
What if a super-villain took control of the world's gold a melted it in to a cube? How...
Mar 25, 2013 · 9 min
Can big data save lives?
With an avalanche of 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data generated daily, could this be used...
Mar 18, 2013 · 9 min
Are there more black men in college or prison in the US?
Only last week Ivory Toldson heard the speaker say there are more black men in prison...
Mar 11, 2013 · 9 min
HIV in numbers
With the news that a baby has been ‘cured’ of HIV what do the numbers tell us the...
Mar 4, 2013 · 9 min
Is the Kenyan election already decided?
Kenya votes for its next President on 4th March. The opinion polls show that it is the...
Feb 25, 2013 · 9 min
Counting Catholics
This week Tim Harford asks how the figure of 1. 2 billion Catholics world-wide is...
Feb 18, 2013 · 9 min
How many people support Manchester United?
This week Ruth Alexander looks at Manchester United versus Real Madrid in the last 16...
Feb 11, 2013 · 9 min
The end of the Penny
Canada has stopped distributing its smallest coin –the one cent or the penny.
Feb 4, 2013 · 9 min
A case of statistical significance in Greece
This week Ruth Alexander looks at the extraordinary case of Andreas Georgiou the head...