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

Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?

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Do US crime statistics miss out the most violent cities?
28m

Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?

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Nobel prize: Why are some countries so much richer than others?
8m

When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?

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When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?
28m

Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs

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Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs
8m

Should the government target persnuffle?

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Should the government target persnuffle?
27m

Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?

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Are 672 billion pounds of corn eaten in the US every year?
10m

How do you breed seventeen octillion rats?

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How do you breed seventeen octillion rats?
28m

The puzzles you’re meant to get wrong

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The puzzles you’re meant to get wrong
8m

Could the winter fuel cut cost more than it saves?

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Could the winter fuel cut cost more than it saves?
28m

Do 85% of the world’s population practice a religion?

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Do 85% of the world’s population practice a religion?
10m

How do you count millionaires?

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How do you count millionaires?
28m

Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?

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Nate Silver: Do risk-takers run the world?
8m

How long does it take to turn around an oil tanker?

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How long does it take to turn around an oil tanker?
27m

Who pays when trade wars heat up?

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Who pays when trade wars heat up?
8m

Exclusions, black holes and dividing by zero

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Exclusions, black holes and dividing by zero
28m

Where have Cuba’s people gone?

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Where have Cuba’s people gone?
9m

Do we eat a credit card's worth of microplastic each week?

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Do we eat a credit card's worth of microplastic each week?
8m

Are companies making more money from their customers?

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Are companies making more money from their customers?
8m

Is planet Earth getting greener?

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Is planet Earth getting greener?
10m

Does a language die every two weeks?

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Does a language die every two weeks?
9m

Are women 14 times more likely to die in natural disasters?

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Are women 14 times more likely to die in natural disasters?
12m

Is increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?

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Is increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?
10m

Federer’s 54%: Tennis stats explained

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Federer’s 54%: Tennis stats explained
8m

The magic of trigonometry

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The magic of trigonometry
9m

Election endings, tennis and meeting men in finance

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Election endings, tennis and meeting men in finance
37m

How a tick box doubled the US maternal mortality rates.

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How a tick box doubled the US maternal mortality rates.
9m

Election claims and erection claims

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Election claims and erection claims
28m

Do ‘pig butchering’ cyber scams make as much as half Cambodia’s GDP?

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Do ‘pig butchering’ cyber scams make as much as half Cambodia’s GDP?
9m

Worse mortgages, better readers, and potholes on the moon

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Worse mortgages, better readers, and potholes on the moon
31m

Shakespeare’s maths

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Shakespeare’s maths
9m