More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget
What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on covid recovery?
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Pensions, and the Eurozone crisis.
In the week of a nationwide strike over pension changes, Tim Harford explains how the...
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Pensioners aren't poor anymore
High-rolling pensioners? predicting Norovirus, air pollution deaths and lost or found?
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Pension Charges
When the government announced that fees charged by pension providers could be capped,...
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Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris鈥檚 broadband claim
The scale of the disaster is huge, but is a third of Pakistan really under water?
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One in 500 Year Storm
Experts say that Houston just suffered a one in 500 year storm but what does that mean?
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Omicron, pandemic birth rates and boosters
An Omicron update, pandemic birth rates and the booster drive.
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Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals and is this wave of the epidemic waning?
What does the data show about whether this wave of the epidemic is waning in the UK?
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Obesity Projections, Global Footprint, Street Value of Drugs
Tim Harford looks at how recent obesity projections were calculated.
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Obesity crisis?
Tim Harford discovers that health statistics contradict a report which says obesity is...
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Nurses' pay, Scottish seats, Penalty shootouts
Are nurses paid more than the national average? We take a look.
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Nurses' pay, ambulance times and forgotten female economists
We look at how much nurses in the UK are paid compared with those in Europe.
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Nurses, flatmates and cats
We look into sobering statistics about nurses and some curious claims about house-sharing
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Numbers of the year: Part two
Tim Harford showcases statistics from 2020
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Numbers of the year: Part one
Tim Harford showcases statistics from 2020
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Numbers of the year part 2
Our listeners favourite numbers of 2024.
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Numbers of the year 2024
We ask experts about their favourite stats from 2024.
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Numbers of the year 2023
Hand-picked stats that tell you something interesting about the world
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Numbers of the Year 2022
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
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Numbers of the Year 2015
A look back at some of the numbers behind the news in 2015 with Tim Harford.
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Numbers of the Year 2014.
Tim Harford and guests look back at some of the weird and wonderful numbers of 2014.
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Numbers of the year
A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic of by...
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Numbers of 2021
The most significant numbers of the year
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Numbers of 2012
A special review of the year through the interesting, informative and idiosyncratic of...
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Numbers of 2012
A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic of by...
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Numbers in Ukraine and low seas in Chagos
Troop and casualty numbers in Ukraine
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Numbers Behind a Tweetstorm
How do you get a hashtag to trend around the world?
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Noisy Decisions
The world鈥檚 most famous psychologist on how 'noise' impacts our decision making
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Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?
Why Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
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Nobel economics prize 2025: What's the big idea?
Tim Harford explains the ideas behind the winners of the economics Nobel Prize.
