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

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Surviving the Battle of Britain; the World Cup and Domestic Violence; Buckfast and Arrests in Scotland Sep 28, 2018

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Tim Harford on Spitfire pilots, and whether football triggers violence in the home.

WS More or Less: Trump and the Puerto Rico Death Toll Sep 24, 2018

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How can we calculate excess mortality after a natural disaster?

How Many Schoolchildren are Carers? Shareholder Income, and Museum Visitors Vs Football Fans Sep 21, 2018

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Tim Harford on child carers, shareholder income, football vs museums and dangerous sports

WS More or Less: DNA - Are You More Chimp or Neanderthal? Sep 17, 2018

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What is the difference between 96% similarity or sharing 20% of our DNA?

Male suicide, school ratings, are female tennis players treated unfairly by umpires? Sep 14, 2018

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Tim Harford with statistics on suicide, good schools and sexism in tennis. Plus goats

WS More or Less: The Safest Car in the World? Sep 10, 2018

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A listener asks whether his Volvo is the safest car on the road?

Heart Age Calculator; Danish Sperm Imports; Counting Goats Sep 07, 2018

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Tim Harford questions the usefulness of a popular heart age calculator.

WS: More or Less - How well do you understand your world? Sep 03, 2018

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Tim Harford talks to Bobby Duffy about why we are often wrong about a lot of basic facts

African Trade Tariffs; Alcohol Safe Limits; President Trump's Popularity Aug 31, 2018

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Tim Harford fact checks EU trade deals with Africa, and whether one drink is one too many

BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles - Coffins Full of Car Keys Aug 29, 2018

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BONUS PODCAST: For the rest of August, in addition to More or Less you’ll get a brand new podcast, Economics with Subtitles. It’s your everyday guide to economics and why you should care. In this edition, Ayeisha and Steve make sense of interest rates. Why did they lead to coffins full of car getting sent to the US Federal Reserve? What factors affect what you have to pay on your loans? And what do your film choices say about why you decide to borrow?

Producers: Simon Maybin & Phoebe Keane Presenters: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Steve Bugeja