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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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Jan 28, 2013 · 9 min
Fat or Fiction
A ‘new’ BMI calculation has been proposed by Oxford Mathematician Professor Nick a...
Jan 21, 2013 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: Indian Farmer Suicides
This week Ruth Alexander is looking at farmer suicides in India. But is it any more in...
Jan 16, 2013 · 14 min
Pop up economics
Episode 1 of Tim Harford's new series, Pop Up Economics, in which he tells a live and...
Jan 14, 2013 · 9 min
Food waste and Scrabble
Reports this week suggest that we are wasting 50 per cent of our food globally.
Jan 7, 2013 · 9 min
The Parable of the Ox
What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and We...
Jan 4, 2013 · 28 min
The Parable of the Ox
What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and We...
Dec 31, 2012 · 9 min
Numbers of 2012
A special review of the year through the interesting, informative and idiosyncratic of...
Dec 28, 2012 · 27 min
Numbers of 2012
A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic of by...
Dec 24, 2012 · 9 min
Gun Statistics
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the debate on firearms deaths, and discovers...
Dec 21, 2012 · 27 min
Fact-checking US gun crime statistics
Tim Harford investigates gun crime statistics in the US. Plus, why death is not always...
Dec 17, 2012 · 9 min
WS MoreOrLess: What is "rare"?
This week: What is ‘rare’? When we say something is rare what do we mean? strikes...
Dec 14, 2012 · 27 min
The Census and what does 'rare' mean?
Why was the estimate, in 2003, for Eastern Europeans coming to the UK so wrong? Which...
Dec 10, 2012 · 9 min
World Service: Africa GDP & Royal twins
Where does Nigeria’s plan to revise its GDP leave our understanding of growth in And...
Dec 7, 2012 · 27 min
Radio 4: Royal Twins & Autumn Statement
In light of the Royal pregnancy Tim Harford asks what severe morning sickness tells us...
Dec 3, 2012 · 9 min
More or Less: How reliable is Kevin Pietersen?
Kevin Pietersen has been widely praised as one of the best England batsmen of the era...
Nov 30, 2012 · 24 min
More or Less: Opinion polling, Kevin Pietersen, and stacking Lego
On More or Less this week Tim Harford looks at three polls carried out to gauge the on...
Nov 26, 2012 · 9 min
Fergie Time
This is the first in the new series of the programme. There’s a well-established get...
Nov 23, 2012 · 27 min
Ash Die Back and Fergie Time
This is the first in the new series of the programme. Tim Harford has been busy some...
Nov 19, 2012 · 9 min
Brain Food and Bacteria
There's not an obvious link between chocolate and Nobel prizes, but this did not stop...
Nov 12, 2012 · 9 min
Voodoo polling? Predicting the US election
This week Ruth Alexander looks at the other winner the US elections. Blogger and of of...