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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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Apr 20, 2012 · 27 min
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We investigate the height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of...
Apr 13, 2012 · 9 min
Eurostats - True or False?
Are there really more Porsche Cayenne owners in Greece than taxpayers earning over Can...
Apr 6, 2012 · 9 min
Stamp prices and the first maths book
The Royal Mail says UK stamp prices are still among the best value in Europe, despite...
Mar 30, 2012 · 9 min
Do big football clubs win more penalties?
Do Manchester United and other leading clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona benefit in...
Mar 23, 2012 · 9 min
What is the world average salary?
If there were perfect income equality worldwide, and everybody earned the same amount...
Mar 16, 2012 · 9 min
Red meat death risk?
Eating an extra portion of red meat every day is associated with an increased risk of...
Mar 9, 2012 · 9 min
Is Apple worth more than Poland?
Tim Harford explains why the technology giant Apple is not bigger than Poland, as have...
Mar 2, 2012 · 9 min
Less than a dollar a day
Tim Harford assesses how global poverty is measured, as the World Bank releases the on...
Feb 24, 2012 · 9 min
Syria poll and Europe’s work hours
Fifty-five per cent of Syrians do not think their leader President Assad should to of...
Feb 17, 2012 · 9 min
Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
Can you measure your popularity – or that of anyone or anything – by the number of...
Feb 10, 2012 · 9 min
Measuring famine
How do you measure a famine? Following the UN’s recent announcement that famine have...
Feb 3, 2012 · 9 min
More alive than dead?
Tim Harford investigates one of the most popular questions from More or Less “Are It...
Jan 27, 2012 · 10 min
Sizing up cities
Which are the world’s biggest cities, and what are their populations? Two simple we...
Jan 20, 2012 · 9 min
Climate bet; Africa Cup of Nations
A four-year bet about global warming between two scientists is settled.
Jan 14, 2012 · 9 min
Chavez's cancer claims
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thinks the US may have developed a secret to give...
Jan 13, 2012 · 28 min
High speed rail
High Speed rail - Tim Harford speaks to railway consultant Chris Stokes and Alison HS2...
Jan 6, 2012 · 27 min
Using statistics in court
Tim Harford tackles the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares,...
Dec 30, 2011 · 28 min
2011 in numbers
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
Dec 23, 2011 · 30 min
Who are the 1% and the 99%?
Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir...
Dec 16, 2011 · 29 min
Higgs boson statistics
In the week scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced that the most coveted in...