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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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  • Dec 9, 2011 · 29 min

    Supermarket price wars

    Tim Harford on National Literacy Trust figures and the maths of supermarket price wars.

  • Nov 29, 2011 · 28 min

    Brain Culture Part 3

    In a change to our usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture"...

  • Nov 22, 2011 · 28 min

    Brain Culture Part 2

    In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture"...

  • Nov 15, 2011 · 28 min

    Brain Culture Part 1

    In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain...

  • Sep 9, 2011 · 27 min

    Government waste

    In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying,...

  • Sep 2, 2011 · 27 min

    A Euro Debt Odyssey

    In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of...

  • Aug 26, 2011 · 27 min

    Scottish Independence

    On this week's More or Less: Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is...

  • Aug 19, 2011 · 27 min

    Is salt bad for you?

    More or Less has the latest on salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the...

  • Aug 12, 2011 · 27 min

    The maths of rioting

    In More or Less this week: riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.

  • Aug 5, 2011 · 27 min

    US debt

    Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news.

  • May 13, 2011 · 28 min

    Public Sector Pay

    Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.

  • May 7, 2011 · 27 min

    Climate Refugees

    More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest...

  • Apr 29, 2011 · 27 min

    Wedding Stats

    In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained.

  • Apr 22, 2011 · 28 min

    How useful is GDP?

    Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.

  • Apr 15, 2011 · 28 min

    Tuition fees

    Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation.

  • Apr 8, 2011 · 27 min

    Youth Unemployment

    In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility.

  • Apr 1, 2011 · 27 min

    Small spending cuts?

    Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news.