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More or Less: Behind the Stats

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BB

Episodes

Total: 1116

Small spending cuts?

2011/4/1

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

In this three-part series Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why

'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like view of the econo

More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to understand why econ

Health check

2011/1/21

The Government says Britain's health care standards have fallen behind those of our European neighbo

Street grooming

2011/1/14

We look at street grooming, examine the new bank taxes, revisit Ambridge in the wake of Loxleygate a

Big numbers

2011/1/7

More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT, exposes some seriously sloppy

2010 in numbers

2010/12/31

Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Happy New Year to all our listeners.

What the Dickens?

2010/12/24

Boom. Bust. Bah humbug. Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol' in which British Bank

Council of despair

2010/12/17

Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced and finds everyt

Degrees of Debt

2010/12/10

We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in England. Are

Gay Britain

2010/10/1

Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine the micromort measure of risk and official statistics

How welfare works

2010/9/24

Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: Claiming benefits

Who earns more?

2010/9/17

Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?

Back to school

2010/9/10

More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the population of the wo

03 Sep 2010

2010/9/3

How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And, what can math