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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
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Episodes (1426)
Are 4% of young women in the UK on OnlyFans?
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Jun 18, 202528:49pending
Could you be hit by a falling satellite?
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Jun 14, 20259:55pending
How do you make something 10-times more lethal?
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Jun 11, 202528:28pending
Is the world’s population being miscounted?
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Jun 7, 20258:58pending
Does the average American have fewer than three friends?
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Jun 4, 202528:48pending
Factchecking the Trump administration’s Autism claims
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May 31, 20259:14pending
Is the UN underestimating the global fall in fertility?
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May 24, 20258:58pending
How dead is the internet?
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May 17, 20258:59pending
Warren Buffett’s brilliant bets
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May 10, 20258:58pending
Bonus episode: The Autism Curve
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May 5, 202515:08pending
Donald Trump: 100 days fact-check
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May 3, 20259:09pending
Are 80% of women really only attracted to 20% of men?
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Apr 29, 20258:57pending
The pioneers of proof
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Apr 19, 20258:59pending
How much is a human life worth?
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Apr 12, 20258:58pending
The mistake in Trump’s tariff formula
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Apr 9, 202529:37pending
Trump tariffs: All about the deficits
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Apr 4, 20258:58pending
Is one in four people in the UK disabled?
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Apr 2, 202526:35pending
What’s Trump’s problem with Canada?
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Mar 29, 20258:58pending
Could a 2% wealth tax raise £24bn?
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Mar 26, 202528:54pending
What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?
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Mar 22, 20258:58pending
Why are more people claiming disability benefits?
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Mar 19, 202528:42pending
How did lockdown impact children?
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Mar 17, 202541:54pending
What is an IQ map and can we trust them?
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Mar 15, 20258:57pending
DOGE, apples and irregular migrants
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Mar 12, 202528:37pending
DOGE, apples and irregular migrants
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Mar 12, 202528:37pending
Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?
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Mar 8, 20258:57pending
Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths
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Mar 5, 202528:30pending
Has the US really given Ukraine more aid than Europe?
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Mar 1, 20258:56pending
Are 150 year olds getting social security payments?
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Feb 22, 20258:58pending
Has the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to Gaza?
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Feb 15, 20258:58pending
Are black babies in the US really more likely to die under the care of white doc...
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Feb 8, 20258:58pending
Are quantum computers already super-powerful?
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Feb 1, 20258:58pending
Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?
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Jan 25, 20258:57pending
Can redheads handle 25% more pain than brunettes?
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Jan 18, 20258:57pending
Do 79% of Swedish asylum seekers go on holiday to the country they fled from?
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Jan 11, 20258:57pending
Numbers of the year part 2
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Jan 4, 20259:00pending
Numbers of the year 2024
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Dec 28, 20248:58pending
Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?
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Dec 21, 20248:58pending
How many Americans live ‘paycheck to paycheck’?
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Dec 14, 20248:58pending
Did one in 10 Greeks die in World War Two?
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Dec 7, 20249:56pending
Can Elon Musk save the US Government $2 trillion?
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Nov 30, 20248:59pending
Do fossil fuels get $7 trillion in subsidies?
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Nov 23, 20248:56pending
Did 20 million votes really go missing in the US election?
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Nov 16, 20248:59pending
Do we have enough clothes for the next six generations?
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Nov 9, 202410:00pending
What can economics learn from sport?
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Nov 2, 20248:57pending
Are older drivers more dangerous?
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Oct 30, 202428:01pending
Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?
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Oct 26, 202410:07pending
Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?
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Oct 23, 202428:19pending
Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?
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Oct 23, 202428:19pending
Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?
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Oct 19, 20248:55pending
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