Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Read more
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31/12/2010
Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers.
07/01/2011
More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT.
14/01/2011
Looking behind the numbers in the news. Street grooming, bank taxes and Loxleygate.
21/01/2011
Do other European countries enjoy better healthcare, as the Government suggests?
01/04/2011
Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news.
08/04/2011
Tim Harford and the team look at more numbers in the news.
15/04/2011
Tim Harford and the team on tuition fees and drugs testing.
22/04/2011
Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.
29/04/2011
A cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, and AV explained.
08/05/2011
More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's left hook.
13/05/2011
Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.
05/08/2011
Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news.
12/08/2011
Riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.
19/08/2011
Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.
26/08/2011
Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?
02/09/2011
Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.
09/09/2011
This edition features zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying.
02/12/2011
Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing.
09/12/2011
The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row.
16/12/2011
Higgs boson statistics; how to corner a market; and Fibonacci's medieval mathematics.
Who are the 1% and who are the 99%?
Tim Harford discusses income inequality and discovers the maths in magic.
30/12/2011
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
Using statistics in court
Tim Harford looks at numbers in the news and in life, including statistics in court.
High Speed 2 and Executive Pay
Tim Harford looks at high speed rail and executive pay.
How many species are going extinct?
The height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of species extinction.
The formula that changed the world
The drought in numbers, the formula that changed the world, and tall Tories.
A grand economic experiment?
Austerity, border queues and bank holidays. With Tim Harford.
Are CEOs worth it?
Executive pay, chess and trouble on the Greek railway.
Are 120,000 families responsible for a disproportionate share of society's ills?
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
Would firing staff 'at will' boost the economy?
The Beecroft Review, infidelity, Ben Goldacre and the truth about hard-working Greeks.
Who are the Libor losers?
How much damage did messing with Libor actually do to the financial system?