More or Less Episodes Available now
What are the numbers of 2022?
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
Qatar World Cup: The pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
Why is data so important in determining how we live?
Tim Harford on how good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
World Cup in Qatar: How many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the Fifa football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
Lula鈥檚 'zero deforestation' plan for the Amazon
How much of the rainforest has been lost? And can Brazil鈥檚 new president save it?
Can China鈥檚 GDP data be trusted?
Are China鈥檚 most recent figures for economic growth wrong?
Do half of new books really sell fewer than twelve copies?
We look into a claim that 50% of new books in the US sell just a handful of copies.
