More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Episode guide
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Who pays when trade wars heat up?
We look at Donald Trump鈥檚 claim that tariffs are a tax on other countries
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Who earns more?
Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?
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Who are the Libor losers?
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? And we the a...
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Who are the 1% and the 99%?
Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir...
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Which city has the longest canals?
We dive into the world of waterways after a listener asked who has the longest canals.
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Where is Scotland鈥檚 highest village?
A battle is brewing in the Southern Scottish uplands between two rival villages.
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Where have Cuba鈥檚 people gone?
We investigate the collapse in the Caribbean island鈥檚 population
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Where could we fit the entire world鈥檚 population?
If all the world鈥檚 population crowded together, where could we all fit? London? More...
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Where are the world hardest workers? (WS)
Earlier in the year we found out that Greeks put in more working hours than Germans.
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Where are the Paralympics Medals?
Why did the USA top the gold medals league in the Olympics, but not the Paralympics?...
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When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
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When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?
Plus: the taxes of 60 very rich people, water bill spreadsheets, and is 0 a small number?
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What鈥檚 Trump鈥檚 problem with Canada?
Does the US subsidise Canada $200 billion a year and why does Trump call them nasty?
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What's Scottish Independence Worth?
Scottish independence - yes or no? Which will line your pocket more? The Scottish says...
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What's happening to Arctic ice?
Arctic ice has been in long decline. Do recent fluctuations change the story?
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What the Dickens?
Boom. Bust. Bah humbug. Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol' in which...
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What price the life of a badger?
Has the government taken into account the worth of a badger's life in any cost-benefit...
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What percentage of our brain do we actually use?
Do we have access to some or all of our brain-power?
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What is the world average salary?
If there were perfect income equality worldwide, and everybody earned the same amount...
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What is the most visited country in the world?
This week we find out what the most visited country in the world is and ask why they...
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What is an IQ map and can we trust them?
We investigate maps that suggest extremely low average IQs in developing countries
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What do windscreen splats tell us about insect decline?
We ask whether the 鈥榳indscreen phenomenon鈥� suggests falling numbers of insects
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What can economics learn from sport?
From loss aversion to game theory, how sports provide evidence for economic theories
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What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?
Why the likelihood of planetary impact changed as asteroid 2024 YR4 approached.
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Were 鈥榚xtra鈥� votes counted in Russia鈥檚 presidential election?
We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia
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Were 鈥榚xtra鈥� votes counted in Russia鈥檚 presidential election?
We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia.
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Were 鈥榚xtra鈥� votes counted in Russia鈥檚 presidential election?
We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia.
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Weighing the Cost of Brexit
The cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck
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Weekend Stroke Deaths
Jeremy Hunt says if you have a stroke at the weekend, you're 20% more likely to die .
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Wedding Stats
In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained.
