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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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US election, stray cats and puzzles Nov 11, 2016

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Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK?

WS More or Less: Ice Cream versus aid Nov 07, 2016

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Does the world really spend three times as much on ice cream than on humanitarian aid?

Trump tells the Truth Nov 04, 2016

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The fact-checkers have been working overtime looking into the numbers used by Donald Trump during his campaign to become President of the USA. In the wake of the election next week, we take a look at some of Trump’s more outrageous statistical claims

WS More or Less: Child Marriage, Dangerous Algorithms Oct 28, 2016

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Is a girl under 15 married every seven seconds? And beware dangerous algorithms

WS More or Less: Escobar’s Cocaine Deaths Oct 24, 2016

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How many people die for every kilo of cocaine? More Or Less investigates.

WS More or Less: Algorithms, Crime and Punishment Oct 14, 2016

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When maths can get you locked up.

WS More or Less: The Sustainable Development Goals – are there just too many? Oct 07, 2016

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It’s now a year since the UN set its new Sustainable Development Goals to try to make the world a better place. They include 17 goals and a massive 169 targets on subjects like disease, education and governance. But some people like Bjorn Lomborg are saying that there’s just too many and they are too broad, and left like that will never achieve anything. Is he right – and is there a better way to make the world better and stop some countries lagging behind? Wesley Stephenson and Charlotte McDonald find out.

WS More or Less: Who Won the US Presidential Debate? Sep 30, 2016

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Polling on the first TV debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appears to be divided over who won it. But not all polls are equal. If the people being polled aren’t representative of the population at large, then their responses may not tell you anything useful. And when internet polls can be hijacked by online activists, they can throw up some pretty strange results.

(Photo: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton first presidential debate. Credit: Getty Images)

WS More or Less: Trump’s crime claims Sep 23, 2016

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This week Donald Trump claimed that there are some inner city areas in the US which are suffering from the worst crime rates ever. They are so dangerous, he says, that Afghanistan is safer than many of these areas. But could this be true? We take a look at crime in the US and assess whether you can compare it to a conflict zone such as Afghanistan.

(Image: Chicago - Neighbourhood residents watch as police investigate a homicide scene. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

WS More or Less: Wedding gift economics Sep 18, 2016

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Can economics help us work out the perfect amount to spend on a wedding gift? Our reporter Jordan Dunbar is in a tricky situation-he’s heading to an old friend’s wedding and needs to figure out how much to give as a gift without breaking the bank. Luckily, economist Maria Kozlovskaya is on hand to talk about her findings on what factors we need to consider for gift giving, as well as preserving Jordan’s friendship and wallet.

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