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What does per capita GDP tell us about the UK economy? Did the government spend £94bn helping with rising energy prices? Was Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg right about the cost of the EU covid recovery scheme? How did Ben Goldacre persuade scientists to publish all their medical research?
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford Reporters: Nathan Gower and Lucy Proctor Producers: Debbie Richford, Perisha Kudhail, Olga Smirnova Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound mix: Neil Churchill Editor: Richard Vadon
Do one in five young Americans think the holocaust is a myth?
Has Milei fixed Argentina’s inflation problem?
98%: Is misinformation being spread about a review of trans youth medicine?
Tackling The Three-Body Problem
Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?
Remembering Daniel Kahneman
Bonus episode: Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow
What's happening to Arctic ice?
Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?
Is public speaking really our biggest fear?
Ultramarathons: Are women faster than men?
School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow
NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?
The digital ‘robots’ unlocking medical data
Debt, students, shark and chips
The global gender split in young people’s politics
Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster
A pocket-size history of the calculator
Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit
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