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    Esther Duflo and women in economics

    Discussing Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer鈥檚 economics Nobel Prize.

  2. Energy prices, excess deaths and the race to count to 200

    Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills?

  3. Energy crisis plan, imperial measures survey, gardens v national parks

    How much will the UK government鈥檚 plan to limit energy price rises end up costing?

  4. Employment puzzle, pyramids and triplets

    The UK has a low unemployment rate but lots of people not working 鈥� how come?

  5. Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?

    Is the weight of electric vehicles a risk to infrastructure?

  6. Electric cars, school-ready and feedback

    Will we need more power stations? Plus, are children in Manchester ready for school?

  7. Election Special: Tax, borders and climate

    Who pays income tax, cutting migration and where in the UK is cold?

  8. Election Special 1/2

    50,000 nurses? 40 hospitals? Corporate tax rises? Tim Harford looks at Election pledges.

  9. Election Special (2/2)

    Labour's spending plans, Conservatives claims on homelessness, the SNP's education record

  10. Election endings, tennis and meeting men in finance

    Exit polls, election claims, and a 54% chance of winning a point in tennis

  11. Election claims and erection claims

    What did Liz Truss do to mortgage rates? Do erections use a litre of blood?

  12. Election and Adultery Special

    Tim Harford and a panel of experts discuss pre-election polls and election fact checking.

  13. Egypt: Biggest protest in history?

    It鈥檚 claimed that Egyptians have taken part in the biggest uprising the world has...

  14. Edith Abbott and crime statistics

    Social worker and economist Edith Abbott and her contribution to crime statistics.

  15. Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences

    Ed Sheeran thinks that musical coincidences will always happen鈥� but do the numbers agree?

  16. Economics of Overbooking

    Why airlines bet that not everybody will turn up for a flight.

  17. E-cigarettes: Can They Help People Quit?

    Do e-cigarettes harm your chances of quitting smoking? Tim Harford looks at the evidence.

  18. Drinks and drugs capital of the world? (WS)

    Do residents of the tiny micronesian island of Palau really smoke more cannabis, and...

  19. Donald Trump: 100 days fact-check

    Working out the reality behind President Trump鈥檚 claims on immigration, fentanyl and eggs

  20. Domestic Violence, Jobs, Easter Snowfall

    Tim Harford on domestic violence, employment numbers, and the chance of a white Easter.

  21. DOGE, apples and irregular migrants

    Fact-checking government efficiency claims in the US.

  22. Does your jewellery contain stolen Brink鈥檚-Mat gold?

    We ask what happened to the 3 tonnes of pure gold after the infamous robbery of 1983

  23. Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?

    Is it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?

  24. Does toilet paper cause 15% of global deforestation?

    We investigate the impact of our use of toilet paper on the world鈥檚 forests.

  25. Does the World Athletics Championships have a false start problem?

    We examine the rules and tech of false starts after the disqualification of Devon Allen.

  26. Does the UK take in more refugees than other European countries?

    Fact checking Boris Johnson鈥檚 claim.

  27. Does the UK have the fastest growing economy in the G7?

    How fast is our economy growing? And what is happening with Omicron reinfections?

  28. Does the Russian government really spend 40% of its budget on the military?

    We investigate how much the Russian state is spending on the war in Ukraine.

  29. Does the average American have fewer than three friends?

    Plus, skilled migrants, preventing Alzheimer鈥檚 and Robert Prevost on God and probability

  30. Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?

    The numbers behind water use and denim production.

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