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The prize-winning economics of migration and the minimum wage

A look at the work of this year鈥檚 winners of the most prestigious prize in economics.

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The numbers behind Squid Game

Could you survive a round in Squid Game, and how many have watched it?

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The art of counting

Tim Harford talks to author Deborah Stone about her book which explores counting

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Same data, opposite results. Can we trust research?

Why the same data can produce different conclusions.

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The carbon cost of breakfast at COP26

Can a vegan croissant really be worse for the environment than a bacon roll?

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A TikTok tale

How a well-meaning TikTok disrupted 4,600 studies.

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Simpson鈥檚 Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading

A tricky statistical phenomenon at play.

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Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?

Is it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?

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Does catching Covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?

Infection vs injection: Could Covid infection provide 27 times more protection?

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The psychological economics of gift giving

How to buy gifts people actually want.

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Numbers of 2021

The most significant numbers of the year

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Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe鈥檚?

Will Nigeria鈥檚 population really reach 600million?

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How much plastic is in the ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?

Can two social media stars remove $30million worth of plastic from the ocean?

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QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?

Fact checking a QAnon claim.

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Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?

Should women be worried about having a male surgeon?

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Fertility rates: Baby boom or bust?

Fertility rates around the world

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Placebo: Can you fool your brain?

Looking at the power of expectations

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Testosterone and sport

Trans women鈥檚 participation in elite sport

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Hospitalisation rates for children with Covid

What does the data tell us?

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Did lockdowns save any lives?

Did lockdowns actually save any lives?

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Numbers in Ukraine and low seas in Chagos

Troop and casualty numbers in Ukraine

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Does the UK take in more refugees than other European countries?

Fact checking Boris Johnson鈥檚 claim

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Pizza and nuclear war

How good negotiation can help us split pizzas fairly and also avoid nuclear war.

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Why has Hong Kong鈥檚 Covid wave been so bad?

What鈥檚 behind one of the worst Covid death rates ever?

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Will the war in Ukraine cause a global wheat shortage?

How much of the worlds wheat comes from Ukraine and Russia

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Did tea-drinking cut deaths in the Industrial Revolution?

How tea became an accidental lifesaver in 18th Century England.

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Subitising and simplifying: how to better explain numbers

How can we clearly explain complex numbers to the public without losing their meaning?

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Understanding India through data

What can data tell us about a country of 1.4 billion people?

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Sweden鈥檚 polarising pandemic response

Has Sweden鈥檚 pandemic response been a triumph or a disaster鈥�or something in-between?

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Have the oceans become 30% more acidic?

Tim Harford asks how we measure the health of our oceans

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