More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Why are data so important in determining how we live?
How good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
The World Cup: 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?
Bonus Episode: Understand the Economy
Tim Harford brings you the first episode of his new podcast and explains inflation
Improving the numbers in the news
Tim Harford discusses the role statistics should play in the reporting of the news
Lula鈥檚 鈥渮ero deforestation鈥� 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.
Ben Bernanke and the magic of banking
Tim Harford explains the work of this year鈥檚 Nobel Economics Prize winners
