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Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.

Can China’s GDP data be trusted?

4 years
Can China’s GDP data be trusted?
8m

Do half of new books really sell fewer than twelve copies?

4 years
Do half of new books really sell fewer than twelve copies?
8m

Ben Bernanke and the magic of banking

4 years
Ben Bernanke and the magic of banking
10m

Catching Chess Cheats with Data

4 years
Catching Chess Cheats with Data
8m

Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities

4 years
Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities
28m

NASA’s asteroid collision: how many asteroids are really out there?

4 years
NASA’s asteroid collision: how many asteroids are really out there?
9m

Falling pound, the Queen’s funeral and is 0.5 on the Richter scale a big number?

4 years
Falling pound, the Queen’s funeral and is 0.5 on the Richter scale a big number?
29m

Ukraine’s progress in numbers

4 years
Ukraine’s progress in numbers
10m

Ukraine offensive, weak pound & how much do women really exercise

4 years
Ukraine offensive, weak pound & how much do women really exercise
28m

How bad is fashion for the environment?

4 years
How bad is fashion for the environment?
8m

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

4 years
Energy crisis plan, imperial measures survey, gardens v national parks
28m

Is a third of Pakistan really under water?

4 years
Is a third of Pakistan really under water?
8m

Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris’s broadband claim

4 years
Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris’s broadband claim
28m

Can we use maths to beat the robots?

4 years
Can we use maths to beat the robots?
8m

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

4 years
Energy prices, excess deaths and the race to count to 200
28m

Kenya’s Election Rounding Error

4 years
Kenya’s Election Rounding Error
8m

The numbers behind “natural” birth control

4 years
The numbers behind “natural” birth control
9m

Is opinion polling broken?

4 years
Is opinion polling broken?
8m

Debunking the Liverpool FC Conspiracy Theory

4 years
Debunking the Liverpool FC Conspiracy Theory
8m

How our world measures up

4 years
How our world measures up
8m

Does the World Athletics Championships have a false start problem?

4 years
Does the World Athletics Championships have a false start problem?
10m

Is Uganda about to become a middle income country?

4 years
Is Uganda about to become a middle income country?
10m

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

4 years
Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?
10m

How many American women will have an abortion in their lifetime?

4 years
How many American women will have an abortion in their lifetime?
9m

Covid climb, childcare costs and why can’t the French count properly?

4 years
Covid climb, childcare costs and why can’t the French count properly?
29m

Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences

4 years
Ed Sheeran and the mathematics of musical coincidences
11m

Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics

4 years
Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics
28m

How often do people have sex?

4 years
How often do people have sex?
8m

Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes

4 years
Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
28m

Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer

4 years
Hannah Fry: Understanding the numbers of cancer
10m