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Airships, AI and Alan Cumming: Tim Answers Your Questions

2023/5/26
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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Tim Harford 认为政治家应该重视并支持国家的统计基础设施建设,因为高质量的统计数据对于了解世界和制定有效的政策至关重要。他以英国在2005-2006年间由于统计方法落后而导致对来自东欧移民数量严重低估的案例为例,说明了忽视统计基础设施建设可能造成的严重后果。他强调,统计数据并非凭空产生,需要专业人员进行收集和整理,而这方面的工作往往被忽视。他呼吁政治家们应该更加重视并投资于统计数据的收集、测量和分析过程,以确保数据的准确性和可靠性,从而为政策制定提供坚实的基础。

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Tim Harford discusses the perception of economics and the importance of good statistics in political decision-making.

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Why does economics get a bad rap? How did a small Hungarian airline wreak havoc in the 2000s?

What cautionary tales can we glean from Tim’s own life? And what’s his favourite role-playing game?

You sent in your questions and now - with the help of podcasting maestro Jacob Goldstein (What’s Your Problem?) - Tim is answering them.

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