More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Did London see a 2500% increase in gun crime? Are taxes in the UK the highest since the 1950s? Did the UK have high excess deaths from Covid, compared to the rest of Europe? Do three cats go missing every second in the UK?
Tim and the team investigate a few of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Nathan Gower Series Producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon
Are falling marriage rates causing happiness to fall in the US?
Is reading for pleasure the single biggest factor in how well a child does in life?
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?
Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget
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
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