More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
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The Story of Economics 'Monsters'
Wed 30 Mar 2011
In this three-part series Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to...
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The Story of Economics 'Cogs'
Wed 23 Mar 2011
'More or Less' creator Michael Blastland goes to Chicago to explore a machine-like of...
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The Story of Economics 'Gods'
Wed 16 Mar 2011
More or Less creator Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas to why...
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Health check
Fri 21 Jan 2011
The Government says Britain's health care standards have fallen behind those of our...
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Street grooming
Fri 14 Jan 2011
We look at street grooming, examine the new bank taxes, revisit Ambridge in the wake...
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Big numbers
Fri 7 Jan 2011
More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT, exposes some -...
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2010 in numbers
Fri 31 Dec 2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Happy New Year to all...
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What the Dickens?
Christmas Eve 2010
Boom. Bust. Bah humbug. Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol' in which...
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Council of despair
Fri 17 Dec 2010
Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced on...
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Degrees of Debt
Fri 10 Dec 2010
We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in...
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Gay Britain
Fri 1 Oct 2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine the micromort measure of risk and on...
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How welfare works
Fri 24 Sep 2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. Fast.
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Who earns more?
Fri 17 Sep 2010
Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?
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Back to school
Fri 10 Sep 2010
More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the of the...
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03 Sep 2010
Fri 3 Sep 2010
How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And,...
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Tuition fees
Thu 15 Apr 2010
Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation.
Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
蘑菇短视频 Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
