More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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The great playing field sell off?
How many school playing fields have really been sold off? Presented by Tim Harford.
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How to lose money, fast
High-frequency trading, Trumptonomics and more medalling with the Olympics.
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How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?
Ye Shiwen's statistics, what's happening to homelessness, and TV's murder capital.
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Levelling the playing field
Which countries punch above and below their weight at the Olympics? With Tim Harford.
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The Tour de France and the statistics of cheating
Can maths prove whether the Tour de France has successfully clamped down on drugs?
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Who are the Libor losers?
How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system?
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Would firing staff 'at will' boost the economy?
The Beecroft Review, infidelity, Ben Goldacre and the truth about hard-working Greeks.
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Are 120,000 families responsible for a disproportionate share of society's ills?
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
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Are CEOs worth it?
Executive pay, chess and trouble on the Greek railway.
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A grand economic experiment?
Austerity, border queues and bank holidays. With Tim Harford.
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The formula that changed the world
The drought in numbers, the formula that changed the world, and tall Tories.
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How many species are going extinct?
The height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of species extinction.
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High Speed 2 and Executive Pay
Tim Harford looks at high speed rail and executive pay.
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Using statistics in court
Tim Harford looks at numbers in the news and in life, including statistics in court.
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30/12/2011
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
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Who are the 1% and who are the 99%?
Tim Harford discusses income inequality and discovers the maths in magic.
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16/12/2011
Higgs boson statistics; how to corner a market; and Fibonacci's medieval mathematics.
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09/12/2011
The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row.
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02/12/2011
Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing.
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09/09/2011
This edition features zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying.
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02/09/2011
Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.
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26/08/2011
Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?
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19/08/2011
Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.
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12/08/2011
Riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.
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05/08/2011
Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news.
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13/05/2011
Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.
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08/05/2011
More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's left hook.
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29/04/2011
A cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, and AV explained.
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22/04/2011
Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.
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15/04/2011
Tim Harford and the team on tuition fees and drugs testing.
