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How do you count millionaires?

Plus, asylum seeker costs, private school bets and Baumol's cost disease.

Can we be sure that thousands of millionaires are leaving the UK?
How much do asylum seekers cost the state?
Who will win a geeky bet on private school pupil numbers?
What does a string quartet teach us about the woes of the National Health Service?

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Caroline Bayley, Natasha Fernandes and Bethan Ashmead-Latham
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Sarah Hockley
Editor: Richard Vadon

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28 minutes

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  • Wed 18 Sep 2024 09:00
  • Fri 20 Sep 2024 16:30

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