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The art of counting
Tim Harford talks to author Deborah Stone about her book which explores counting
The numbers behind Squid Game
Could you survive a round in Squid Game, and how many have watched it?
The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage
A look at the work of this year鈥檚 winners of the most prestigious prize in economics.
Vaccinating the world
How countries鈥� vaccination rates measure up 鈥� and the trickiness of comparing them.
The Gender Pay Gap
Can Machiavelli help women get a better deal in the workplace?
Has the number of periods a woman has in her lifetime quadrupled?
A claim about how many periods a woman has and a suspicious stat on single-use face masks
How many holes are there in a drinking straw?
Tim Harford talks to Jordan Ellenberg about the pandemic, geometry and drinking straws
Is immunity from vaccines waning?
How worried should we be about declining antibodies? Plus life-threatening hotdogs.
The bill for Afghanistan
Did the war in Afghanistan cost the US $2 trillion?
Reason, numbers and Mr Spock
What role do numbers play in helping us think more rationally?
